💜 We celebrate the Advanced Practice Providers who are vital to our healthcare mission—CRNAs, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and other APPs. Your clinical expertise, commitment to patients, and leadership drive excellence in care every day.

🖥️ Grand Rounds on September 24 at 5:00 pm: Dr. Mihaela Visoiu will present "Improving Perioperative Pain Management in Pediatric Trauma Patients: Best Practices and Innovations." 📅 Event details: calendar.pitt.edu/event/anesth...

🚶‍♀️Walking together for change: around fifty participants joined Pittsburgh's inaugural Global Walk Against Pain at Highland Park, raising awareness about an often-overlooked but devastating condition. inside.upmc.com/a-walk-to-ra...

🔬 Research Rounds on September 23 at 3:00 pm: Dr. Sarah Ross will present “A New Perspective on Pain." 📅 Event details: calendar.pitt.edu/event/anesth...

🖥️ Grand Rounds today, September 17, at 5:00pm: Dr. Marcos Cruvinel will present "From Probe to Plan: Tailoring Anesthetic Management Based on Preoperative POCUS." 📅 Event details: calendar.pitt.edu/event/anesth...

⭐ Congratulations to UPMC Children's! Tied for No. 1 in both Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic Region, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has earned a place on the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll. www.upmc.com/media/news/0...

🏥 UPMC Recruitment team recently shadowed the incredible CRNAs at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. A huge thank you to Derek Reckard, MSN, CRNA, and Jennifer Fleegle-Vitsas, MSN, CRNA, for warmly welcoming our dedicated recruiters, and to all of our CRNAs for generously sharing their expertise and time!

🏥🫀 Congratulations to Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS, FASE, FAHA, on securing an NIH R01 grant to support research aiming to determine how oxytocin signaling in the spinal cord reduces cardiac ischemia-induced sympathoexcitation and cardiac arrhythmias. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-howa...

🌷 Initiated and supported by CRNAs in our department, the inaugural scholarship honoring Marthe Cohn's legacy of service has been awarded to two exceptional SRNAs from participating nurse anesthesia programs across the greater Pittsburgh area. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/inaugur...

🔬💫 Congratulations to Siamak Salavatian, MEng, PhD, on securing an NIH R01 grant for an innovative neuromodulation project aimed at predicting and preventing life-threatening heart arrhythmias. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-sala...

🏆 Congratulations to Jessica Warnock, GME Academic Manager for our anesthesiology residency program, on receiving the 2026 UPMC Medical Education Groundbreaker of the Year Award! www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/upmc-ho...

🔬 This summer, Aidan Eldridge and Arravintha Gobinathan, 2026 FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellows, joined our department for an eight-week research experience. Both fellows will present their findings at the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/celebra...

🏥📚️ UPMC Passavant anesthesia team has collected over 400 items of school supplies to support students and educators in schools throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania: www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/upmc-pa...

We're thrilled to celebrate Dr. Steven Orebaugh's new memoir, The Six-Lined Racerunner! 🦎✨ In his coming-of-age memoir, Dr. Orebaugh shares his formative years as a military brat in Spain, exploring themes of resilience, identity, and personal growth: www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-stev...

“The leadership has enabled me to flourish in my role as a CRNA. I can’t think of many places that would be as supportive. They have helped me to be fully invested in my work environment.” — Elizabeth Moore, DNP, CRNA More about the UPMC CRNA experience: www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/clinical-car...

Jen Branik, Executive Assistant in our department, was featured in Today.com for a story about navigating menopause after a stroke. Her experience highlights the importance of listening to your body, advocating for better support, and finding care that’s right for you. www.today.com/health/women...

🥗🏸 We recently held the annual Welcome Picnic at Schenley Park to welcome new residents, fellows, and faculty. More than 100 department members attended with their families and friends to celebrate together. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/departm...

#StaffSpotlight | We are pleased to feature Barbara Beatty, Pre-Award Manager in our department, in this edition of our Administrative Staff Spotlight series. Read our Q&A and learn more about Barb: www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/adminis...

Dr. Yanni Angelidis has been elected Vice Chair of the SOCCA Education Committee. This appointment reflects his growing influence in critical care anesthesiology and commitment to advancing high‑impact educational programming across the specialty. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-yann...

🔬🧠 We are proud to feature Benedict Alter, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Director of Translational Pain Research in this inaugural edition of our Research Feature Series: www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/researc...

🏅 Daniel Kim, MD, anesthesiology resident in our department, has been honored with the Pitt Med Professionalism Accolade in recognition of his outstanding service, teaching, and mentorship. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-dani...

Happy 4th of July — we reflect on the past, celebrate the progress, and look forward to the promise of tomorrow. Wishing our community a safe and restful Independence Day.

Our Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship program has received ICPNT accreditation, which recognizes fellowship programs that meet established international standards for education and training in neuroanesthesiology and perioperative neuroscience. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/upmc-ne...

Laura Wiggins, DNP, MSN, CRNA, Lt. Col. (Ret), USAF, has been elected as Regional Director for the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, representing Region 6, which covers Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/laura-w...

💜 CRNAs at UPMC Presbyterian hosted their annual lemonade stand to benefit 412 Gives Back, a volunteer-led nonprofit working to support the local community. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/upmc-pr...

Celebrating our 2026 Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine graduates! Proud of all the hard work and dedication from our trainees and grateful to the faculty and staff who supported them. Here’s to the next chapter! 🥂👏 www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/celebra...

💫 We welcomed our newest class of residents to the department on Monday. After a morning of introductions and a program overview, they explored the city and connected over lunch in Lawrenceville. Best wishes to all as you begin this exciting chapter!

Join us in congratulating our residency classes of 2026! 🎓 Over 150 faculty, residents, families, and staff celebrated their achievement — and we're proud that nearly a quarter of the class will stay at UPMC for fellowships or faculty roles. Wishing all our graduates success in their next chapters!

We are excited to announce that our Adult Anesthesiology Critical Care Fellowship has successfully filled both positions in the 2027 match! Prabhleen Kaur, MBBS, and Kelia Gerhardt, MD, will be joining the program. www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/adult-a...

💫 Congratulations to Dahye Park, MD, on successfully completing the Hepatic Transplantation Anesthesiology Fellowship! www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/celebra...