Congratulations to  Ted Sakai, MD, PhD , who was invited to participate in writing a position paper by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) on "Research in Residency", which will be featured in the journal Academic Medicine.  He was also  invited for a visiting professorship with the Department of Anesthesiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School from November 10 - 11, 2015.  Dr. Sakai will present the lecture "Complications with Veno-Venous Bypass and other Monitors during Liver Transplantation" to the residents there and will also present the grand rounds lecture "Facilitation of Resident Scholarly Activity: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Experience."

Profiles in Diversity: Timeline of Prominent Achievements in Medicine by African American Men and Women in Pittsburgh   read more

	Dr. William Simmons to be Honored with Jefferson Award for Volunteerism   read more       Dr. William Simmons Featured in Mayo Clinic Alumni Magazine    read more
	C ongratulations to Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, who will receive funding from Mylan Specialty to conduct an investigator-initiated clinical trial on remifentanil and the glycemic/stress response to cardiac surgery.
Congratulations to Steven L. Orebaugh, MD, whose fiction book, "A Night in the Life," which is based on his real life experiences working in the ER at South Side Hospital (now UPMC Mercy South Side), was published this fall.
	Congratulations to James G. Cain, MD, MBA, FAAP, who was recently inducted into the Port Jervis High School Alumni Hall of Fame.  A  plaque with Dr. Cain's photograph and biography will be placed on permanent display at the school.

Congratulations to Brian A. Williams, MD, MBA, who was recently notified he will receive a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for his proposal "Four-drug Nerve Block versus Plain Local Anesthetic for Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Analgesia in Veterans."

Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA edited the section on regional anesthesia in the October 2015 issue of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology. A biography on Dr. Chelly was published in a " Section Editors Introduction" article in the issue. Dr. Chelly's section featured seven articles, four of which were written by authors in the University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology.    The topic of the article, "Fast-track Total Hip and Knee Replacement" by Dana C. Mears, MD, PhD (Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UPMC) is UPMC Shadyside's fast-track total hip and knee center that Dr. Mears established with Dr. Chelly. Their innovative program shortened hospital length of stay and reduced the invasiveness of the surgery to only three small incisions, translating to cost savings and faster patient discharge and recovery.   "Although, my name is listed, everyone at UPMC Shadyside deserves recognition," says Dr. Chelly. "In addition, all of this would never have been possible without the support of a lot of people, including Dr. Mark Hudson, who at the time was the Chief at Shadyside."   The article appears on page 370 of the  September Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) Bulletin .