Congratulations to Brittany Burton, MD for receiving the 2025 SOAP/FAER Mentored Research Training Grant at the @soap_hq Annual Meeting! 🎉 Thank you, Dr. Burton, for all you do for our department and being a wonderful UCLA DAPM team member. 💛
UCLA Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
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Trailblazing the field of anesthesiology through advanced research, education and discovery at the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at UCLA.
Honored to co-write this w/ @courtneyjburnsmd.bsky.social —a rising 🌟 bringing 💥 qualitative expertise to well-being science Our jobs can be minefields; but: shared experience gives us 🦸♀️ superpowers to help each other through the hardest parts & co-create supportive cultures @uclaanes.bsky.social
“You are not alone.” Anesthesiologists face significant well-being challenges and often suffer in silence. In our new work with original art, we explore how visual art may foster reflection and conversation, cultivating supportive cultures. @ehigginsMD.bsky.social rapm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Our manuscript telling the story of the development & validation of the #WISH inventory is out @anesthesiology.bsky.social — free for the next month! Read here how to measure the root drivers of well-being & identify the pillars of supportive work environments: journals.lww.com/anesthesiolo...
Measuring Well-being Influencers: Development and... : Anesthesiology
of an inventory measuring perceptions of modifiable workplace dimensions—termed “influencers”—that shape healthcare professionals’ well-being. Methods: A core team developed the Well-Being Influenc...
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Join us in celebrating our Patient Specialty Services Techs during #AnesthesiaTechWeek! Our PSSTs are integral members of the anesthesia patient care team and their contributions are invaluable to the success of the department and the overall care of patients at #UCLAHealth.
Today we celebrate our physicians and their devotion to excellence in clinical care, teaching, and research settings. Happy #NationalDoctorsDay to the anesthesiologists of UCLA DAPM and to all our colleagues at @dgsomucla.bsky.social and @uclahealth.org! 🩺🥼🏥💙💛
Last night, we celebrated our 5th Annual Womxn’s Symposium featuring DAPM faculty, nurses, and staff with a specific focus on work-life integration! A delicious dinner followed by an engaging discussion with the moderators, panelists, and audience made for a wonderful evening! 💜 #womxnshistorymonth
Zhen Mei, MD, Assistant Professor of Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation Pathology at @dgsomucla.bsky.social , will be presenting at our combined #GrandRounds with #UCLASurgery tomorrow! Dr. Mei will share insights on rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM). 🏥⚕️
Join us as we celebrate Womxn’s History Month at our 5th Annual DAPM Womxn's Symposium this Wednesday, March 26th! This year's symposium theme is "Womxn Leaders & A Conversation on Work-Life Integration". We hope you can join us! To RSVP, uclahs.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Congrats to K. Elliott Higgins, III, MD for receiving the 2025 SEAd Grant, sponsored by #SocietyforEducationinAnesthesia! “Validating a Novel Inventory to Assess Well-Being Influencers and Guide the Cultivation of Supportive Learning Environments in Anesthesiology Training.” @ehigginsmd.bsky.social
It’s #MatchDay! Congratulations to all of the medical students who received their letters this week matching into #anesthesiology. Welcome to the specialty! #anesthesiologist
Happy #MatchDay2025! 🎉💙💛 • 63% of the class will stay in California • One-third of the class will train in the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social, with 20% of the class continuing their training at UCLA Health Read more at UCLA Health: uclahs.fyi/4kKy8gX
Today is #MatchDay! Please join us in extending a warm welcome to the incoming UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Residency Class of 2029!! Congratulations to all and welcome to our UCLA family! #UCLAAnes #anesthesia #UCLADAPM
🎉 The 2025 DAPM Scientific Evening on March 11th celebrated our department’s research accomplishments over the past year! From the Poster Session to Oral Presentations, there was excitement and conversation happening everywhere. Congratulations to all the awardees! 🔬 #anesthesiology #uclaanesthesia
Today is National Health Workforce Well-Being Day, organized by the National Academy of Medicine. It’s a reminder of the importance of sustainable, supported work lives for all of us. We’re proud to be part of the NAM Clinician Well-Being Collaborative, advocating for lasting change.
Proud of my friend @ehigginsmd.bsky.social , an emerging leader in healthcare worker well-being, crushing it with a plenary at @nam.edu! Highlighting his vital work on measuring systemic influencers of well-being. The mentee is quickly surpassing the mentor- couldn't be happier!!
@dgsomucla.bsky.social @uclaanes.bsky.social #UCLAproud!!!
In a March 2025 editorial, Drs. Mazzeffi, Zaaqoq, and Teman discuss the article on perioperative extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Kapoor et al. in the same issue. Read more: ow.ly/u25t50V8kGW
✈️🚂 DC-bound! Off to speak @nam.edu Health Workforce Well-Being Day Event ✨ My 📣: We can’t fix what we can’t see! We need smart strategies to measure both individual well-being (e.g., burnout) and the systemic influencers that shape it. 💪 #HWWBDay @asahq.bsky.social @uclaanes.bsky.social
Building on the momentum of the inaugural Health Workforce Well-Being Day last year, several key events are planned for 2025 - including NAM's celebratory event! See how you can observe the Day in this Clinician Well-Being Collaborative feature story: buff.ly/MQFWYXO #HealthWorkerWellBeing #HWWBDay
🎉 PRESENTING THE 2025-26 CHIEF RESIDENT PHYSICIANS! Please join our department in congratulating our 2025-26 Chief Resident Physicians on this well-deserved appointment: ✨ Andrea Antenucci, M.D. ✨ Michael Lobasso, M.D. ✨ Sonali Nayak, M.D. ✨ Rebecca Toohey, M.D.