Dr. Wei Ruan Receives the 2022 IARS Mentored Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Wei Ruan for receiving the 2022 International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Mentored Research Award for her project entitled “Circadian cardioprotection: BMAL1/HIF2A complex and co-target amphiregulin”. She will receive $175,000 over the next two years to conduct her…
2022 Summer Department Updates
Dr. Sara Guzman-Reyes was awarded the Excellence in Anesthesia Award from the Department of General Surgery’s Chief Resident Class of 2021-2022. Congratulations to Drs. Evan Pivalizza, Srikanth Sridhar and the Department of Anesthesiology for its recently cited articles and research….
Announcement for Director of Airway Management
Congratulations to Dr. Yandong Jiang who has been appointed Director of Airway Management effective May 16th, 2022. In this role, Dr. Jiang will lead the development of a formalized airway management curriculum for our residents and other trainees; foster faculty interest, scholarship, and research…
Obstetrics Anesthesiology receives SOAP Center of Excellence designation
The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) recently announced the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology at McGovern Medical School is accredited and awarded the prestigious SOAP Center of Excellence (COE) designation. The SOAP Center of Excellence designation recognizes institutions and programs that demonstrate excellence…
2022-2023 McGovern Medical School House Staff Association
Congratulations to our department’s residents/fellows that were elected for the 2022-2023 UT House Staff Association Council. Dr. Ryan Lord was elected to the position of President. Dr. Maggie Swift was elected to the position of Vice President….
Announcement for the Division Director of Quality and Process Improvement
Congratulations to Dr. Hwong who was appointed as the Director for Quality and Process Improvement for the Division of Critical Care Medicine effective April 1, 2022. Dr. Hwong completed a the UT System CS&E course while a resident at UTSW…
Masters of Anesthesia
The Case Western Reserve University Master of Science in Anesthesia Program held its 2022 White Coat Ceremony and Graduate Celebration, April 22, at the Denton A. Cooley, MD, and Ralph C. Cooley, DDS, University Life Center. Dr. Rhashedah Ekeoduru presented…
Dr. Yafen Liang Receives the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia Mid-Career Award
Congratulations to Dr. Yafen Liang for receiving the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia (SCA) Mid-Career Award! This award will support $100k over 2-year period and will start on July 1, 2022. The SCA offers a number of funding opportunities to facilitate…
Welcome to the Department of Anesthesiology – New Team Members for April and May 2022
We would like to welcome the below new faculty and staff members to the department. Asif Zaman, PhD Dr. Zaman joined the department in May as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in our research division, specializing in age related changes in…
Winners of the 2022 McGovern Medical School Pilot Grant
Congratulations to Drs. Cynthia Ju and Kangho Kim for winning the 2022 McGovern Medical School Pilot Grant Award. This award will facilitate close a collaboration between the Ju and Kim Labs to identify functional significance of de novo EET biosynthetic…