Grand Rounds Archive

Ronald Reagan Medical Center | Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital

Ronald Reagan Medical Center - Wednesday Grand Rounds

Date

July 7, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

July 14, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

David Boldt, M.D., MS
Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Linda Li, M.D.
HS Clinical Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Christian Seger, M.D., MS
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Catherine Oberg, M.D., DAABIP
Associate Program Director, Interventional Pulmonology
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Section of Interventional Pulmonology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 

TOPIC: Pre-Induction Arterial-Line? How About Pre-Induction VV-ECMO? Two Case Reports from Our Department
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

July 21, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Christina Nguyen-Buckley, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Robert Eldridge, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Amy Weimer, M.D.
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Gladys Ng, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor of Urology
Genitourinary Reconstruction
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 

TOPIC: Perioperative Considerations for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

July 28, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Joel Stockman, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director, Perioperative Services
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Director, UCLA Pediatric Acute Pain Management
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

James Wu, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Combined Anesthesia and Surgery M&M
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

August 4, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Erik P. Dutson, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Executive Director of Center for advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT)
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Abie Avraham H. Mendelsohn, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Head & Neck Robotic Surgery
Department of Head & Neck Surgery 
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: Prevention and Management of Fires in the Operating Room
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

August 11, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

August 18, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Emily Methangkool, M.D., MPH
Associate Clinical Professor, Cardiac Anesthesia
Vice Chair for Quality & Safety 
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Natalie Moreland, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Fiona Dunne
Accreditation Specialist
Clinical Regulatory Affairs
UCLA Health System

Anet Sinanyan
Director, Patient Safety
UCLA Quality Management Services
Ronald Reagan Medical Center Patient Safety 

TOPIC: M&M: 2021 Quality and Safety Update
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

August 25, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Victoria Vo, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Loma Linda University Medical Center
School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

TOPIC: Vaping and Anesthesia
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

September 1, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

E. Brooke Baker, M.D., JD
Associate Professor
University of New Mexico, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division Chief, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine
Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
Albuquerque, NM

TOPIC: Apology Law
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

September 8, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Matthieu Komorowski, M.D., PhD
Consultant in Intensive Care and Anesthetics at Charing Cross Hospital
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer
Imperial College London
London, UK

TOPIC: On the Challenges of Anesthesia and Surgery for Interplanetary Spaceflights
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

September 15, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Matthew Fischer, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Reed Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Jonathan Ho, M.D., FASE
Clinical Professor
Director, UCLA Interventional Cardiovascular Operations
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Sumit Singh, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Medical Director, Surgical ICU, Greater Los Angeles VA Health System
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: AFIB Hemodynamic Instability followed by the Mocardial Ischemia
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

September 22, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Susan Chan, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Linda Li, M.D.
Clinical Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Kevin Nash, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Brian Park, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Challenging Airway Management
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

September 29, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Christopher Ortiz, M.D., PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Catherine E. Lewis, M.D.
Associate Professor
Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
UCLA Department of Surgery, David Geffen School fo Medicine

TOPIC: ICU Literature Updates: Critical Care Management of TBI and Review of Damage Control Surgery
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

October 6, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

JOINT M&M CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Karim Chamie, M.D.
Associate Professor of Urology
Oncology Fellowship Director

Reed Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship

Christopher L. Wray, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Liver Transplant & Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Peyman Benharash, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
Director, UCLA Adult ECMO Program Thoracic Surgery

Paul Helland, M.D.
Resident Physician Anesthesiology

TOPIC: Renal Tumors and Intraoperative Challenges
Moderator: Karim Charmie, M.D., Reed Harvey, M.D., Christopher L. Wray, M.D.

Date

October 13, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Michael Lin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical Co-Director of Operations, Early Recognition and Emergency Response
Divisions of Critical Care and Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Perioperative Goal-Directed Fluid Resuscitation
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

October 20, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM

Hannah Wunsch, M.D., MSc
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
University of Toronto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON

TOPIC: Everything you don't know about using vasopressors
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., PhD

Date

October 27, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

November 3, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Ruben J. Azocar, M.D., MHCM, FCCM, FASA
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Vice President for Perioperative Services
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

TOPIC: Preoperative Care of the Geriatric Surgical Patient
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., PhD

Date

November 10, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Shannon N. Tessier, Ph.D.
Assitant Professor in Surgery (Research) | Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor in Investigation | Massachusetts General Hospital
Scientific Staff | Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston

TOPIC: Putting Organs on Hold with Suspended Animation
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

November 17, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM

Kate Kronish, M.D.
Associate Professor, Anesthesia
Director of Liver Transplant Anesthesia
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

TOPIC: Organ Stewardship and Patient Selection for Liver Transplantation
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., Ph.D.

Date

November 24, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Kasey Grewe, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Reed Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Stewart Smith, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Michael Tien, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Libing Wang, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Cardiac Team M&M
Moderator: Reed Harvey, M.D.

Date

December 1, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Jack Buckley, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesia
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Residency Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Nir Hoftman, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship 
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Marc Iravani, M.D. 
Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: To ventilate before paralysis - A pro/con debate
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

December 8, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Vadim Gudzenko, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Felowship
Medical Director, Adult ECLS/ECMO Service
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Critical Care M&M
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

December 15, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Elizabeth Mead, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica

Karen Miotto, M.D.
Director, UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Service
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Member, Adult Psychiatry
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry

Joseph Rosa III, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (Retired)
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (Vol)
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Diplomat American Board of Anesthesiology

TOPIC: Physician Suicide and Mental Health: It's time to talk about it
Moderator: Keren Ziv, M.D.

Date

December 22, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Jean-Francois Pittet, M.D., DEAA
David H. Chestnut Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Investigator, Center for Lung Injury and Repair
Senior Scientist, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Scientist, Microbiome Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham | School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
The University of California Los Angeles | School of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Anesthesia & Analgesia

TOPIC: Bacterial Pneumonia and Brain Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients 
Moderator: 
Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

December 29, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

January 5, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Jason Chua, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
Aliso Viejo, CA

Krisztina Escallier, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Clinician Educator)
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
USC University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Tara Brakke, M.D., FASE
Professor
Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Associate Fellowship Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA)
College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

TOPIC: Early Career Mentoring and Mentoring: From Private to Academics
Moderator: Jacques Neelankavil, M.D.

Date

January 12, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Hai Pham, M.D., MS
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Mansi D. Sheth, M.D.
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Liver Transplant M&M
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

January 19, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM

Paul Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division Chief of Neuroanesthesia
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY

TOPIC: Delirium Demystified: Diagnosis, Definitions & Decisions
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., Ph.D.

Date

January 26, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Brenda Bursch, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Clinical Director, Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Mattel Children's Hospital

TOPIC: How to Cultivate Meaning & Joy at Work
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

February 2, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Jane Moon, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Bringing the Pain...and Healing the Pain: John J. Bonica, M.D., Professional Wrestler and Pioneer of Pain Medicine
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

February 9, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Emilie Marcus, M.D.
Executive Strategy Officer
Dean's Office
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Demystifying Publication in High-profile Journals
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

February 16, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Eilon Gabel, M.D., MS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Informatics Operations & Chief Data Architect
Center of Excellence for Perioperative Analytics
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Theodora Wingert, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Christopher Wray, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Liver Transplant and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Respiratory Depression M&M: Introducing a Smart Pathway
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

February 23, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Leopoldo "Leo" Marquez, BS, RHIT
Systems & Quality Analyst, HIMS
ISS | Information Services & Solutions

TOPIC: iMed Consent Overview with Q&A
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

March 2, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Tait Shanafelt, M.D.
Chief Wellness Officer, Associate Dean,
Jeanie and Stewart Richie Professor of Medicine at Stanford University
Director, WellMD & WellPhD Center
Stanford Medicine WellMD & WellPhD Center | Stanford University

TOPIC: Organizational Efforts to Cultivate Healthcare Professional Well-being: Before and After COVID-19 Pandemic.
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

March 9, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Anoushka Afonso, MD
Director, Enhanced Recovery Programs
Faculty Director for Office of Health Equity Programs
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

TOPIC: An Update on Physician Burnout
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

Date

March 16, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Harriet W. Hopf, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering
University of Utah Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT

TOPIC: Safe and Sustainable: Balancing Infection Control and Environmental Health
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., PhD

Date

March 23, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Niraj Gandhi, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-3
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Case Cancelled, Code Blue! A review of ACLS for Anesthesia Providers
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

March 30, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Jack Buckley, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Residency Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Joe Hong, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Michael Lin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine and Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Medical Co-Director of Operations, Early Recognition and Emergency Response
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Judi Turner, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Education
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC:Updates on Pharmacy, Rapid Response, Peri-Op Waste Reducation and Compliance Issues
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

April 6, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Clyde Matava, M.D., MMed, MHSC
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Innovation, Informatics and Technology, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children - University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

TOPIC: Bullet holes in Wings, and Anesthesiology
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

Date

April 13, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Angela L. Neville, M.D., FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care

TOPIC: MTP, PCC, TXA?!? The ABC's of Hemorrhage
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

April 20, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Andrew Hudson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director, Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Neuroscience Research
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

April 27, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Christopher Conley, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

TOPIC: Surviving the (Law) Suits: Recognizing and Supporting the Second Victim
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

May 4, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

DAPM SEED Grant Recipients
Nir Hoftman, M.D.

Clinical Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

John Shin, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Medical Student Education
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: A Novel Negative Pressure Isolation Device to Reduce Aerosol Exposure

Emily Methangkool, M.D., MPH
Associate Clinical Professor, Cardiac Anesthesia
Vice Chair for Quality & Safety
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Mentoring an Academic Anesthesiology Department in the United States: Why It Matters and How We Can Improve

Louis Saddic, M.D., PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: 17B Estradiol slows growth of aortic root dilation in Marfan mice through suppression of the innate immune response

Lejla Medzikovic, PhD
Post-Doctoral
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: microRNA-129-5p Inhibits Myocardial Fibrosis and Calcification by Targeting Asporing and Sox9 in Cardiac Fibroblasts
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

May 11, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS 

Date

May 18, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Sion Roy, M.D.
Assistant HS Clinical Professor, Division of Cardiology
Associate Cardiology Fellowship Program Director
Director, Inpatient Cardiac CT
Director, Cardiovascular Observation Unit (CORE)
Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine
Harobor-UCLA Medical Center

TOPIC: Updates in Health Policy
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

May 25, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Betelehem Asnake, M.D., MS
Clinical Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Michael Lipnick, M.D.
Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at Zuckerberg San Franscisco General Hospital
Co-Director of the UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA) formerly the Anesthesia Division of Global Health Equity

Rediet Shimeles Workneh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences
Black Lion Hospital Anesthesiologist, Critical Care and Pain Management
Physician at Cure Children's Hospital in Ethiopia

TOPIC: New Models for Academic Global Health Equity in Anesthesia
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

June 1, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

June 8, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Richard J. Jackson, M.D., MPH
Professor Emeritus
UCLA Fielding School of Publich Health

Topic: Climate Heating in the Future of Health: The Role of Medicine
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

Date

June 15, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Michael Wolfe, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Tanner Tripp, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Topic: M&M: Reversal of (mis)Fortune
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

Date

June 22, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Ruth L. Landau-Cahana, M.D.
Virginia Apgar Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Obstetric Anesthesia
Director of the Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York

Topic: Pain during cesarean delivery: How to avoid it, and if not, what's next
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

Date

June 29, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Judi Turner, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Education
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Topic: DAPM 2022 Presentation of Fellowship Graduates and Awards Ceremony


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Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital - Wednesday Grand Rounds

7:00 am - 8:00 am | Conference Room G210
For more information, Contact Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

July 7, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

July 14, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

David Boldt, M.D., MS
Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Linda Li, M.D.
HS Clinical Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Christian Seger, M.D., MS
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Catherine Oberg, M.D., DAABIP
Associate Program Director, Interventional Pulmonology
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Section of Interventional Pulmonology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 

TOPIC: Pre-Induction Arterial-Line? How About Pre-Induction VV-ECMO? Two Case Reports from Our Department
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

July 21, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Christina Nguyen-Buckley, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Robert Eldridge, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Amy Weimer, M.D.
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Gladys Ng, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor of Urology
Genitourinary Reconstruction
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 

TOPIC: Perioperative Considerations for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

July 28, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Joel Stockman, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director, Perioperative Services
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Director, UCLA Pediatric Acute Pain Management
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

James Wu, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Combined Anesthesia and Surgery M&M
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

August 4, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Erik P. Dutson, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Executive Director of Center for advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT)
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Abie Avraham H. Mendelsohn, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Head & Neck Robotic Surgery
Department of Head & Neck Surgery 
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: Prevention and Management of Fires in the Operating Room
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

August 11, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

August 18, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Emily Methangkool, M.D., MPH
Associate Clinical Professor, Cardiac Anesthesia
Vice Chair for Quality & Safety 
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Natalie Moreland, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Fiona Dunne
Accreditation Specialist
Clinical Regulatory Affairs
UCLA Health System

Anet Sinanyan
Director, Patient Safety
UCLA Quality Management Services
Ronald Reagan Medical Center Patient Safety 

TOPIC: M&M: 2021 Quality and Safety Update
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

August 25, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Victoria Vo, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Loma Linda University Medical Center
School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

TOPIC: Vaping and Anesthesia
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

September 1, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

E. Brooke Baker, M.D., JD
Associate Professor
University of New Mexico, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division Chief, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine
Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
Albuquerque, NM

TOPIC: Apology Law
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

September 8, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Matthieu Komorowski, M.D., PhD
Consultant in Intensive Care and Anesthetics at Charing Cross Hospital
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer
Imperial College London
London, UK

TOPIC: On the Challenges of Anesthesia and Surgery for Interplanetary Spaceflights
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

September 15, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Matthew Fischer, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Reed Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Jonathan Ho, M.D., FASE
Clinical Professor
Director, UCLA Interventional Cardiovascular Operations
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Sumit Singh, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Medical Director, Surgical ICU, Greater Los Angeles VA Health System
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: AFIB Hemodynamic Instability followed by the Mocardial Ischemia
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

September 22, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Susan Chan, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Linda Li, M.D.
Clinical Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Kevin Nash, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Brian Park, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Challenging Airway Management
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

September 29, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Christopher Ortiz, M.D., PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Catherine E. Lewis, M.D.
Associate Professor
Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
UCLA Department of Surgery, David Geffen School fo Medicine

TOPIC: ICU Literature Updates: Critical Care Management of TBI and Review of Damage Control Surgery
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D

Date

October 6, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

JOINT M&M CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Karim Chamie, M.D.
Associate Professor of Urology
Oncology Fellowship Director

Reed Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship

Christopher L. Wray, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Liver Transplant & Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Peyman Benharash, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
Director, UCLA Adult ECMO Program Thoracic Surgery

Paul Helland, M.D.
Resident Physician Anesthesiology

TOPIC: Renal Tumors and Intraoperative Challenges
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

October 13, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

Michael Lin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical Co-Director of Operations, Early Recognition and Emergency Response
Divisions of Critical Care and Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Perioperative Goal-Directed Fluid Resuscitation
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

October 20, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM

Hannah Wunsch, M.D., MSc
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
University of Toronto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON

TOPIC: Everything you don't know about using vasopressors
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

October 27, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

November 3, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Ruben J. Azocar, M.D., MHCM, FCCM, FASA
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Vice President for Perioperative Services
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

TOPIC: Preoperative Care of the Geriatric Surgical Patient
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

November 10, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Shannon N. Tessier, Ph.D.
Assitant Professor in Surgery (Research) | Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor in Investigation | Massachusetts General Hospital
Scientific Staff | Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston

TOPIC: Putting Organs on Hold with Suspended Animation
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

November 17, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM

Kate Kronish, M.D.
Associate Professor, Anesthesia
Director of Liver Transplant Anesthesia
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

TOPIC: Organ Stewardship and Patient Selection for Liver Transplantation
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

November 24, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Kasey Grewe, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Reed Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Stewart Smith, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Michael Tien, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Libing Wang, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Cardiac Team M&M
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

December 1, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Jack Buckley, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesia
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Residency Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Nir Hoftman, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship 
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Marc Iravani, M.D. 
Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: To ventilate before paralysis - A pro/con debate
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

December 8, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Vadim Gudzenko, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Felowship
Medical Director, Adult ECLS/ECMO Service
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Critical Care M&M
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

December 15, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Elizabeth Mead, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica

Karen Miotto, M.D.
Director, UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Service
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Member, Adult Psychiatry
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry

Joseph Rosa III, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (Retired)
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (Vol)
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Diplomat American Board of Anesthesiology

TOPIC: Physician Suicide and Mental Health: It's time to talk about it
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

December 22, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

Jean-Francois Pittet, M.D., DEAA
David H. Chestnut Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Investigator, Center for Lung Injury and Repair
Senior Scientist, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Senior Scientist, Microbiome Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham | School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
The University of California Los Angeles | School of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Anesthesia & Analgesia

TOPIC: Bacterial Pneumonia and Brain Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients 
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

December 29, 2021

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

January 5, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Jason Chua, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
Aliso Viejo, CA

Krisztina Escallier, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, (Clinician Educator)
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
USC University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Tara Brakke, M.D., FASE
Professor
Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Associate Fellowship Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA)
College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

TOPIC: Early Career Mentoring and Mentoring: From Private to Academics
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

January 12, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Hai Pham, M.D., MS
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Mansi D. Sheth, M.D.
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Liver Transplant M&M
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

January 19, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM

Paul Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division Chief of Neuroanesthesia
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY

TOPIC: Delirium Demystified: Diagnosis, Definitions & Decisions
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D. 

Date

January 26, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Brenda Bursch, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Clinical Director, Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Mattel Children's Hospital

TOPIC: How to Cultivate Meaning & Joy at Work
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D. 

Date

February 2, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Jane Moon, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Bringing the Pain...and Healing the Pain: John J. Bonica, M.D., Professional Wrestler and Pioneer of Pain Medicine
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

February 9, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Emilie Marcus, M.D.
Executive Strategy Officer
Dean's Office
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Demystifying Publication in High-profile Journals
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

February 16, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Eilon Gabel, M.D., MS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Informatics Operations & Chief Data Architect
Center of Excellence for Perioperative Analytics
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Theodora Wingert, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Christopher Wray, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Liver Transplant and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Respiratory Depression M&M: Introducing a Smart Pathway
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

February 23, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Leopoldo "Leo" Marquez, BS, RHIT
Systems & Quality Analyst, HIMS
ISS | Information Services & Solutions

TOPIC: iMed Consent Overview with Q&A
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

March 2, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Tait Shanafelt, M.D.
Chief Wellness Officer, Associate Dean,
Jeanie and Stewart Richie Professor of Medicine at Stanford University
Director, WellMD & WellPhD Center
Stanford Medicine WellMD & WellPhD Center | Stanford University

TOPIC: Organizational Efforts to Cultivate Healthcare Professional Well-being: Before and After COVID-19 Pandemic.
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

March 9, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Anoushka Afonso, MD
Director, Enhanced Recovery Programs
Faculty Director for Office of Health Equity Programs
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

TOPIC: An Update on Physician Burnout
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

March 16, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Harriet W. Hopf, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering
University of Utah Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT

TOPIC: Safe and Sustainable: Balancing Infection Control and Environmental Health
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

March 23, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Niraj Gandhi, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-3
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Case Cancelled, Code Blue! A review of ACLS for Anesthesia Providers
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

March 30, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Joe Hong, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Michael Lin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine and Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Medical Co-Director of Operations, Early Recognition and Emergency Response
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Judi Turner, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Education
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC:Updates on Pharmacy, Rapid Response, Peri-Op Waste Reducation and Compliance Issues
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

April 6, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Clyde Matava, M.D., MMed, MHSC
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Innovation, Informatics and Technology, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children - University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

TOPIC: Bullet holes in Wings, and Anesthesiology
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

April 13, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Angela L. Neville, M.D., FACS
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care

TOPIC: MTP, PCC, TXA?!? The ABC's of Hemorrhage
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

April 20, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Andrew Hudson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director, Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Neuroscience Research
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

April 27, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Christopher Conley, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

TOPIC: Surviving the (Law) Suits: Recognizing and Supporting the Second Victim
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

May 4, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

DAPM SEED Grant Recipients
Nir Hoftman, M.D.

Clinical Professor
Director, Thoracic Surgery Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

John Shin, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Medical Student Education
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: A Novel Negative Pressure Isolation Device to Reduce Aerosol Exposure

Emily Methangkool, M.D., MPH
Associate Clinical Professor, Cardiac Anesthesia
Vice Chair for Quality & Safety
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Mentoring an Academic Anesthesiology Department in the United States: Why It Matters and How We Can Improve

Louis Saddic, M.D., PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: 17B Estradiol slows growth of aortic root dilation in Marfan mice through suppression of the innate immune response

Lejla Medzikovic, PhD
Post-Doctoral
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: microRNA-129-5p Inhibits Myocardial Fibrosis and Calcification by Targeting Asporing and Sox9 in Cardiac Fibroblasts
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

May 11, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

May 18, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Sion Roy, M.D.
Assistant HS Clinical Professor, Division of Cardiology
Associate Cardiology Fellowship Program Director
Director, Inpatient Cardiac CT
Director, Cardiovascular Observation Unit (CORE)
Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine
Harobor-UCLA Medical Center

TOPIC: Updates in Health Policy
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

May 25, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Betelehem Asnake, M.D., MS
Clinical Instructor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Michael Lipnick, M.D.
Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at Zuckerberg San Franscisco General Hospital
Co-Director of the UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA) formerly the Anesthesia Division of Global Health Equity

Rediet Shimeles Workneh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences
Black Lion Hospital Anesthesiologist, Critical Care and Pain Management
Physician at Cure Children's Hospital in Ethiopia

TOPIC: New Models for Academic Global Health Equity in Anesthesia
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

June 1, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS

Date

June 8, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Richard J. Jackson, M.D., MPH
Professor Emeritus
UCLA Fielding School of Publich Health

Topic: Climate Heating in the Future of Health: The Role of Medicine
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

June 15, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Michael Wolfe, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Tanner Tripp, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-2
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Topic: M&M: Reversal of (mis)Fortune
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

June 22, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Ruth L. Landau-Cahana, M.D.
Virginia Apgar Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Obstetric Anesthesia
Director of the Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York

Topic: Pain during cesarean delivery: How to avoid it, and if not, what's next
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

Date

June 29, 2022

Lecturer/Topic

Judi Turner, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor
Obstetric Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Education
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Topic: DAPM 2022 Presentation of Fellowship Graduates and Awards Ceremony