Sarah Hankin

25 years of service and going strong

Leaders and colleagues in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology offered congratulations to Richard Holcomb, MD, assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology, as he celebrated his 25-year service anniversary with Nebraska Medicine and UNMC on Dec. 1. The anniversary is only one more milestone in a long and storied career, as Dr. Holcomb marked […]

Dec 18, 2023

Kyle Johnson, MD, named procedural services chief at Bellevue Medical Center

Kyle Johnson, MD, will oversee operations for perioperative services, one of the main service lines, at Bellevue Medical Center.

Nov 28, 2023

Kyle Johnson, MD

Andrea Dutoit, MD, named president-elect of the Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors

Andrea Dutoit, MD, assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology, has been named president-elect of the Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors (AACPD).

Nov 20, 2023

Andrea Dutoit, MD

UNMC Department of Anesthesiology’s Global Health efforts in Zambia

The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology sent two teams of faculty, residents and fellows to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, as part of the Global Academic Anesthesia Consortium. The group provided clinical training to the residents of UTH, while learning more about the challenges and opportunities in Zambia’s health care system.

Oct 19, 2023

Michael Dancer, MD, Michaela Randall, MD, Logan Harrold, MD, Megan Chacon, MD, and Lucas Deschenes, MD

American Society of Anesthesiology annual meeting highlights

The American Society of Anesthesiology’s (ASA) annual meeting draws anesthesiologists from all over the globe, and the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology turned out in force to give presentations, participate in panels, discuss new research and collaborate on leadership.

Oct 18, 2023

Andrea Dutoit, MD and Amy Duhacheck-Stapelman, MD, at Residency Open House

Dr. Bartels recipient of the James E. Cottrell Presidential Scholar Award

The American Society of Anesthesiologists presented the award.

Oct 16, 2023

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD

Students present summer research projects at STAR fellowship program closing ceremony

The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology held a closing ceremony Aug. 11 for participants of the third annual Summer Training in Anesthesia Research (STAR) Fellowship. The program is designed for high school (HSTAR), undergraduate (USTAR) and medical (MSTAR) students with an interest in an academic career in research.  For 10 weeks, participants conducted graduate-level research with […]

Aug 31, 2023

STAR fellow Mark Bausch gives his presentation during the closing event.

Researcher studies link between pesticide use and ADHD

Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD, Robert Lieberman Professor in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology, received funding to research early life exposure to pyrethroids, a class of pesticides most commonly used in commercial agriculture.

Aug 31, 2023

Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD

Gowen explores effects of early opioid exposure and brain injury

Graduate student Austin Gowen’s inquisitive nature and background as a combat sports athlete led him on a path to research and a recent journal publication in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health.

Aug 31, 2023

Austin Gowen

Megan Rolfzen, MD, a UNMC department of anesthesiology resident and CRANE Scholar, has published an article in Anesthesiology

Megan Rolfzen, MD, a resident in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology and CRANE Scholar, has published an article in Anesthesiology, the specialty’s top journal.

Aug 1, 2023

Megan Rolfzen, MD
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