Grand Rounds Archive

Ronald Reagan Medical Center | Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital

Ronald Reagan Medical Center - Wednesday Grand Rounds

 

DateLecturer/Topic
July 1, 2020

Maxime Cannesson, M.D., Ph.D.
Incoming Chair
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Critical Care Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Perioperative Medicine
Director of Clinical Research
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine: Current State and Future Perspectives
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

July 8, 2020

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

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

TOPIC: Perioperative Care of Patients on ECMO and LVAD Support
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

July 15, 2020

Combined with Department of Surgery

Scott R. Votey, M.D.
Professor of Medicine / Emergency Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Physician Fatigue 2020 What it is doing to you and your patients
Moderator: Catherine Lewis, M.D.

July 22, 2020

Jennifer Lucero, M.D., MA
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Anesthesiology
Associate Dean for Admissions at the David Geffen School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Maxime Cannesson, M.D., Ph.D.
Ronald L. Katz, M.D. Chair
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Critical Care Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

DAPM EDI Committee Members

TOPIC: Equity, diversity, and Inclusion: We're All In.
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.
Diversity and Inclusion in Anesthesiology
Associate Dean for Admissions at the David Geffen School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Maxime Cannesson, M.D., Ph.D.
Ronald L. Katz, M.D. Chair
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Critical Care Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

DAPM EDI Committee Members

TOPIC: Equity, diversity, and Inclusion: We're All In.
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

July 29, 2020

Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia, Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Acute Pain Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Tracie Lo, M.D.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Kent Garber, M.D.
Department of Surgery Resident
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

August 5, 2020Grand Rounds Cancelled
August 12, 2020

Matthieu Legrand, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
UCSF Medical Center
School of Medicine

TOPIC: Cardiovascular Consequences of Acute Kidney Injury
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

August 19, 2020

Manish Butte, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

TOPIC: Immunology of COVID-19
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

August 26, 2020

Ali Salehi, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting an Update
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

September 2, 2020

Grace M. Aldrovandi, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: SARS-COV-2: The Essentials
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

September 9, 2020

Laleh Jalilian, M.D.
Clinica Assistant Professor
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Nirav Kamdar, M.D., MPP, MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Quality
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: State of Telemedicine After COVID: Where are we? What's the future?
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

September 16, 2020

David Faraoni, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Staff Anesthesiologist
Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Scientist
Department of Translational Medicine, Sick Kids Research Institute

TOPIC: Risk Stratification in Children and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

September 23, 2020

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

TOPIC: The basal ganglia, disorders of consciousness, and anesthesia: The mesocircuit hypothesis
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

September 30, 2020

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

Christine C. Myo Bui, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Joseph DiNorcia III, M.D., MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Teamwork and Communication: Behind the Scenes of Liver Transplantation
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

October 7, 2020

Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence
Associate Program director for Resident Research, Anesthesiology Residency
Division of Molecular Medicine, Faculty UCLA Cardiovascular Theme
Faculty Mentor UCLA Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (MCIP) Graduate Program

TOPIC: In Vivo Knockdown of Snail is a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Right Ventricular Failure

Mansoureh Eghbali, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Medicine Director, Physician Scientist Training Program
Director, Basic Science Training Environment

TOPIC: CXCR3 Antagonist Rescues Pulmonary Hypertension in Female Rats by Blocking Sex-dependent Chemokine Effects

Pamela Chia, M.D., MS
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology

TOPIC: Ipack Block has no Additional Benefit to Patients who Receive an Adductor Canal Catheter and Intraarticular Injection for Total Knee Arthoplasty

Laleh Jalilian, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor

Xuezhi Dong, M.D., MPH
Resident Physician, CA-3

TOPIC: Geospatial Information System Analysis of Telemedicine Pain Management Program Before and After Covid "Safer at Home"

Michela Ottolia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

TOPIC: Inhibition of the Na+ - Ca2+ Exchanger by Intracellular Na+ is Essential for Normal Cardiac Function

Riccardo Olcese, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Physiology
Director, Basic Science Research Program Administration

TOPIC: The Molecular Basis of The Voltage Dependence of Skeletal Muscle Contraction

Nirav Kamdar, M.D., MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Quality 

TOPIC: Telemedicine-based Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytoma in a Patient with Von Hippel Lindau Disease

Bryant Hong, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-3

TOPIC: Using High Fidelity Simulation for the Training of Airway Management of Patients with Emerging Infectious Disease

Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

October 14, 2020

Combined: Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and IR Department 

John Moriarty, M.D., FSIR, FSVM
Associate Clinical Professor
Director, IVC Clinic
UCLA Interventional Radiology
Radiological Sciences

Jason Hirsch, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Luhar P. Aarti, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Diagnostic Radiology
UCLA Interventional Radiology
Radiological Sciences

TOPIC: Pointing Fingers: Joint IR and Anesthesiology M&M
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

October 21, 2020

William McDade, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
For the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

TOPIC: Diversity in GME
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

October 28, 2020

Vice Admiral (VADM) Jerome M. Adams, M.D., MPH
Surgeon General of the United States
Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary 

TOPIC: An Update from the Nation's Doctor
Moderator: Daniel Cole, M.D.

November 4, 2020

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

Zarah Antongiorgi, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, PACU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

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

TOPIC: M&M: Orthopedics 2.0 and A Unique Central Line Complication
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

November 11, 2020No Grand Rounds - Veteran's Day Holiday
November 18, 2020

Rochelle A. Dicker, M.D., FACS
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesia
Vice Chair for Surgical Critical Care, Associate Trauma Director
Co-Chair Health Equity and Translational Social Science at David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Structural Racism: What we can do about it as Healthcare Providers
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

November 25, 2020

Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Director, Acute Pain Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 

Daniel Hommes, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Gatroenterology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of mEDICINE

Josh Cohen, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine

John Stern, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Director of the Epilepsy Clinical Program
Director of the Epilepsy Residency Training Program
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: AI-Powered Care Pathway
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

December 2, 2020

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

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

John Shin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Medical Student Education

TOPIC: Quality Informatics Update
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

December 9, 2020

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

TOPIC: Peri-Operative Management of the Obese Pediatric Patient
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

December 16, 2020

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
UCLA Santa Monica Hospital 

TOPIC: Perioperative Pediatric Anxiety in the Wake of COVID-19
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

December 23, 2020No Grand Rounds
December 30, 2020No Grand Rounds
January 6, 2021

Victor Baum, M.D.
FDA
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Division of Blood Components and Devices
Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics
George Washington University

TOPIC: Potential "new" blood products that take transfusion practice back to the future: Deja vu all over again?
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

January 13, 2021

Kate Leslie, MBBS, M.D., MEpid, FANZCA, FAICD ANZCA
Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery
Head of Research in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

TOPIC: Depth of Anesthesia and Postoperative adverse outcomes
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., Ph.D.

January 20, 2021

John Fisher, M.D., MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

TOPIC: The Public-Private Partnership: Supporting the Safety Net through collaborative patient-centered care
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

January 27, 2021

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

Candy Ezimora, M.D., MBA
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Sean Mofidi, M.D., MS
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Christine Stypula, M.D., MPH
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

TOPIC: Cardiac Anesthesia M&M Grand Rounds
Moderator:Reed Harvey, M.D.

February 3, 2021

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

TOPIC: Transfusion and Blood Component Therapy
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

February 10, 2021

Cristianna Vallera, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Assistant Director, Quality/Performance Improvement, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Medical Director, MLKCH Obstetric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Genia Dubrovsky, M.D.
Resident Physician
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

David C. Chen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

February 17, 2021

Elizabeth "Libby" Ellinas, M.D.
Director, MCW Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine (AWSM)
Advocate against mental health stigmal; Eating disorder survivor - open to talking about it.
OB Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Dean for Women's Leadership
Medical College of Wisconsin

TOPIC: Women and COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities, Thoughts for the Future
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

February 24, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Meghan Lane-Fall, M.D., MSHP, FCCM
Vice Chair of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity and  David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care & Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine, 
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

TOPIC: The Science of Changing Behavior in the Perioperative Period: The Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care (HATRICC) Study
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

March 3, 2021

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

Kent Garber, M.D., MPH
Resident
Department of surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

March 10, 2021

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

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

Kasey Grewe, M.D.
Anesthesiology Critical Care
Medicine Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Melanie Kusonruska, M.D.
Anesthesiology Critical Care
Medicine Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

James Madrian, M.D.
Anesthesiology Critical Care
Medicine Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Better Living through Chemistry? Misadventures with Pharmacology
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

March 17, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Jean-Louis Vincent, M.D.
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
The Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Intensivist Department of Intensive Care
Erasme University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium

TOPIC: Intensive Care Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D.

March 24, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Jamie Sleigh, M.D., MBChB, FFARCS, FANZA, FJFICM
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Waikato Clinical School, University of Auckland
Hamilton, New Zealand

TOPIC: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and the intraoperative EEG: making sense of the confusion of conclusions
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D.

March 31, 2021No Grand Rounds - Cesar Chavez Holiday
April 7, 2021

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

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

Christine Myo Bui, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Courtney Scott, D.O.
Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

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

April 14, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Chad Brummett, M.D.
Bert N. LaDu Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Research
Michigan Medicine University of Michigan

TOPIC: The Role of Acute Care Prescribing in the Opioid Epidemic
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

April 21, 2021

Sandra Sacks, M.D., MEd
Assistant Clinical Professor
Oncological Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: Live Meaningfully - Guiding Cancer Patients Through Pain and Healing
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

April 28, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Gunisha Kaur M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of the Anesthesiology Global Health Initiative 
Co-Medical director of the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

TOPIC: Human Rights and Anesthesiology
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

May 5, 2021

Amy C. Edmondson, M.D.
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
Technology and Operations Management
Harvard Business School
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

TOPIC: "LEADING A FEARLESS ORGANIZATION: Psychological Safety & Training for Safe, High-Quality Care"
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

May 12, 2021

Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia, Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Acute Pain Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Parisa Partownavid, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Medical director, CRNA Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Andrea Poon, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Valeria Carcamo-Cavazos, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: "Ronald Reagan Pain Management M&M: Missed Opportunities"
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.

May 19, 2021

Peter Jin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: "Updated Information on Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity"
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

May 26, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Paloma Toledo, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Obstetric Anesthesiologist
Northwestern Medical Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

TOPIC: "Lost Mothers: Maternal mortality, disparities, and using systems-based solutions to impact peripartum outcomes"
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.

June 2, 2021

Frances Chung, M.D., MBBS, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University of Health Network, University of Toronto
ResMed Research Chair of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine 
Toronto, Canada

TOPIC: "Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Surgery: Fear but fear itself?"
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., Ph.D.

June 9, 2021

Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, M.D., MMSC
Henry Isaiah Dorr Associate Professor of Research and Teaching in Anesthetics and Anesthesia
Anesthetist-In-Chief, Department of Anesthesia
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

TOPIC: "Sleep, Delirium, and the MINDDS study"
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., Ph.D.

June 16, 2021

Michelle Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Assistant Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory surgery Center
Assistant Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Department of Anesthesiolog & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

Tracie Lo, M.D.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Diana Hekmat, M.D. 
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Director, Visiting Professor Program
Department of ANesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Stephen Acosta, M.D.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: "Ethical and Legal Consideration in Pediatric Anesthesiology"
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

June 23, 2021Fellow's Graduation 

Moderator: Judi Turner, M.D.
June 30, 2021

Victor Baum, M.D.
FDA
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Resarch
Division of Blood Components and Devices
Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics
George Washington University 

TOPIC: "Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Eponyms I Have Known and Loved, on historical appreciation"
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

 

Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital - Wednesday Grand Rounds

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

DateLecturer/Topic
July 1, 2020

Maxime Cannesson, M.D., Ph.D.
Incoming Chair
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Critical Care Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Perioperative Medicine
Director of Clinical Research
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine: Current State and Future Perspectives
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D. 

July 8, 2020

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

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

TOPIC: Perioperative Care of Patients on ECMO and LVAD Support
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D. 

July 15, 2020

Combined with the Department of Surgery

Scott R. Votey, M.D.
Professor of Medicine / Emergency Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Physician Fatigue 2020 What it is doing to you and your patients
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

July 22, 2020

Jennifer Lucero, M.D., MA
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Anesthesiology
Associate Dean for Admissions at the David Geffen School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Maxime Cannesson, M.D., Ph.D.
Ronald L. Katz, M.D. Chair
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Critical Care Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

DAPM EDI Committee Members

TOPIC: Equity, diversity, and Inclusion: We're All In.
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

July 29, 2020

Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia, Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Acute Pain Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Tracie Lo, M.D.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Kent Garber, M.D.
Department of Surgery Resident
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

August 5, 2020Grand Rounds Cancelled
August 12, 2020

Matthieu Legrand, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
UCSF Medical Center
School of Medicine

TOPIC: Cardiovascular Consequences of Acute Kidney Injury
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

August 19, 2020

Manish Butte, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

TOPIC: Immunology of COVID-19
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

August 26, 2020

Ali Salehi, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting an Update
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

September 2, 2020

Grace M. Aldrovandi, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC:SARS-COV-2: The Essentials
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

September 9, 2020

Laleh Jalilian, M.D.
Clinica Assistant Professor
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Nirav Kamdar, M.D., MPP, MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Quality
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: State of Telemedicine After COVID: Where are we? What's the future?
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

September 16, 2020

David Faraoni, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Staff Anesthesiologist
Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Scientist
Department of Translational Medicine, Sick Kids Research Institute

TOPIC: Risk Stratification in Children and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

September 23, 2020

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

TOPIC: The basal ganglia, disorders of consciousness, and anesthesia: The mesocircuit hypothesis
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

September 30, 2020

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

Christine C. Myo Bui, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Joseph DiNorcia III, M.D., MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Teamwork and Communication: Behind the Scenes of Liver Transplantation
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

October 7, 2020

Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence
Associate Program director for Resident Research, Anesthesiology Residency
Division of Molecular Medicine, Faculty UCLA Cardiovascular Theme
Faculty Mentor UCLA Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (MCIP) Graduate Program

TOPIC: In Vivo Knockdown of Snail is a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Right Ventricular Failure

Mansoureh Eghbali, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Medicine Director, Physician Scientist Training Program
Director, Basic Science Training Environment

TOPIC: CXCR3 Antagonist Rescues Pulmonary Hypertension in Female Rats by Blocking Sex-dependent Chemokine Effects

Pamela Chia, M.D., MS
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology

TOPIC: Ipack Block has no Additional Benefit to Patients who Receive an Adductor Canal Catheter and Intraarticular Injection for Total Knee Arthoplasty

Laleh Jalilian, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor

Xuezhi Dong, M.D., MPH
Resident Physician, CA-3

TOPIC: Geospatial Information System Analysis of Telemedicine Pain Management Program Before and After Covid "Safer at Home"

Michela Ottolia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

TOPIC: Inhibition of the Na+ - Ca2+ Exchanger by Intracellular Na+ is Essential for Normal Cardiac Function

Riccardo Olcese, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Physiology
Director, Basic Science Research Program Administration

TOPIC: The Molecular Basis of The Voltage Dependence of Skeletal Muscle Contraction

Nirav Kamdar, M.D., MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director of Quality 

TOPIC: Telemedicine-based Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytoma in a Patient with Von Hippel Lindau Disease

Bryant Hong, M.D.
Resident Physician, CA-3

TOPIC: Using High Fidelity Simulation for the Training of Airway Management of Patients with Emerging Infectious Disease

Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

October 14, 2020

Combined: Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and IR Department

John Moriarty, M.D., FSIR, FSVM
Associate Clinical Professor
Director, IVC Clinic
UCLA Interventional Radiology
Radiological Sciences

Jason Hirsch, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Obstetric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Luhar P. Aarti, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Diagnostic Radiology
UCLA Interventional Radiology
Radiological Sciences

TOPIC: Pointing Fingers: Joint IR and Anesthesiology M&M
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

October 21, 2020

William McDade, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
For the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

TOPIC: Diversity in GME
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

October 28, 2020

Vice Admiral (VADM) Jerome M. Adams, M.D., MPH
Surgeon General of the United States
Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary 

TOPIC: An Update from the Nation's Doctor
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

November 4, 2020

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

Zarah Antongiorgi, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, PACU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

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

TOPIC: M&M: Orthopedics 2.0 and A Unique Central Line Complication
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

November 11, 2020No Grand Rounds - Veteran's Day Holiday
November 18, 2020

Rochelle A. Dicker, M.D., FACS
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesia
Vice Chair for Surgical Critical Care, Associate Trauma Director
Co-Chair Health Equity and Translational Social Science at David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Structural Racism: What we can do about it as Healthcare Providers
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

November 25, 2020

Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Director, Acute Pain Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 

Daniel Hommes, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Gatroenterology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of mEDICINE

Josh Cohen, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine

John Stern, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Director of the Epilepsy Clinical Program
Director of the Epilepsy Residency Training Program
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: AI-Powered Care Pathway
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

December 2, 2020

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

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

John Shin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Medical Student Education

TOPIC: Quality Informatics Update
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

December 9, 2020

Johanna Schwarzenberger, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology 
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine 
David Geffen School of Medicinez


TOPIC: Peri-Operative Management of the Obese Pediatric Patient
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

December 16, 2020

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
UCLA Santa Monica Hospital

TOPIC: Perioperative Pediatric Anxiety in the Wake of COVID-19
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.

December 23, 2020No Grand Rounds
December 30, 2020No Grand Rounds
January 6, 2021

Victor Baum, M.D.
FDA
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Division of Blood Components and Devices
Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics
George Washington University

TOPIC: Potential "new" blood products that take transfusion practice back to the future: Deja vu all over again?
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

January 13, 2021

Kate Leslie, MBBS, M.D., MEpid, FANZCA, FAICD ANZCA
Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery
Head of Research in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

TOPIC: Depth of Anesthesia and Postoperative adverse outcomes
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

January 20, 2021

John Fisher, M.D., MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

TOPIC: The Public-Private Partnership: Supporting the Safety Net through collaborative patient-centered care
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

January 27, 2021

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

Candy Ezimora, M.D., MBA
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Sean Mofidi, M.D., MS
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Christine Stypula, M.D., MPH
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

TOPIC: Cardiac Anesthesia M&M Grand Rounds
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

February 3, 2021

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

TOPIC: Transfusion and Blood Component Therapy
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

February 10, 2021

Cristianna Vallera, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Assistant Director, Quality/Performance Improvement, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Medical Director, MLKCH Obstetric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Genia Dubrovsky, M.D.
Resident Physician
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

David C. Chen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

February 17, 2021

Elizabeth "Libby" Ellinas, M.D.
Director, MCW Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine (AWSM)
Advocate against mental health stigmal; Eating disorder survivor - open to talking about it.
OB Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Dean for Women's Leadership
Medical College of Wisconsin

TOPIC: Women and COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities, Thoughts for the Future
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

February 24, 2021

Visiting Professor Program 

Meghan Lane-Fall, M.D., MSHP, FCCM
Vice Chair of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity and  David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care & Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine, 
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

TOPIC: The Science of Changing Behavior in the Perioperative Period: The Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care (HATRICC) Study
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

March 3, 2021

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

Kent Garber, M.D., MPH
Resident
Department of surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine

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

March 10, 2021

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

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

Kasey Grewe, M.D.
Anesthesiology Critical Care
Medicine Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Melanie Kusonruska, M.D.
Anesthesiology Critical Care
Medicine Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

James Madrian, M.D.
Anesthesiology Critical Care
Medicine Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Better Living through Chemistry? Misadventures with Pharmacology
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

March 17, 2021

Visiting Professor Program 

Jean-Louis Vincent, M.D.
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
The Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Intensivist Department of Intensive Care
Erasme University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium

TOPIC: Intensive Care Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

March 24, 2021

Visiting Professor Program 

Jamie Sleigh, M.D., MBChB, FFARCS, FANZA, FJFICM
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Waikato Clinical School, University of Auckland
Hamilton, New Zealand

TOPIC: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and the intraoperative EEG: making sense of the confusion of conclusions
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

March 31, 2021No Grand Rounds - Caesar Chavez Holiday
April 7, 2021

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

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

Christine Myo Bui, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Associate Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Courtney Scott, D.O.
Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

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

April 14, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Chad Brummett, M.D.
Bert N. LaDu Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Research
Michigan Medicine University of Michigan

TOPIC: The Role of Acute Care Prescribing in the Opioid Epidemic
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

April 21, 2021

Sandra Sacks, M.D., MEd
Assistant Clinical Professor
Oncological Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: Live Meaningfully - Guiding Cancer Patients Through Pain and Healing
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

April 28, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Gunisha Kaur M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of the Anesthesiology Global Health Initiative 
Co-Medical director of the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

TOPIC: Human Rights and Anesthesiology
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

May 5, 2021

Amy C. Edmondson, M.D.
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
Technology and Operations Management
Harvard Business School
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

TOPIC: "LEADING A FEARLESS ORGANIZATION: Psychological Safety & Training for Safe, High-Quality Care"
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

May 12, 2021

Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia, Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Acute Pain Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Parisa Partownavid, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Medical director, CRNA Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Andrea Poon, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Valeria Carcamo-Cavazos, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: "Ronald Reagan Pain Management M&M: Missed Opportunities"
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

May 19, 2021

Peter Jin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: "Updated Information on Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity"
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

May 26, 2021

Visiting Professor Program

Paloma Toledo, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Obstetric Anesthesiologist
Northwestern Medical Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

TOPIC: "Lost Mothers: Maternal mortality, disparities, and using systems-based solutions to impact peripartum outcomes"
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

June 2, 2021

Frances Chung, M.D., MBBS, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University of Health Network, University of Toronto
ResMed Research Chair of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine 
Toronto, Canada

TOPIC: "Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Surgery: Fear but fear itself?"
Moderator:Philip Morway, M.D.

June 9, 2021

Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, M.D., MMSC
Henry Isaiah Dorr Associate Professor of Research and Teaching in Anesthetics and Anesthesia
Anesthetist-In-Chief, Department of Anesthesia
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

TOPIC: "Sleep, Delirium, and the MINDDS study"
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

June 16, 2021

Michelle Harvey, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Assistant Medical Director, Westwood Ambulatory surgery Center
Assistant Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Department of Anesthesiolog & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

Tracie Lo, M.D.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Diana Hekmat, M.D. 
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Director, Visiting Professor Program
Department of ANesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Stephen Acosta, M.D.
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

TOPIC: "Ethical and Legal Consideration in Pediatric Anesthesiology"
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.

June 23, 2021Fellow's Graduation 

Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.
June 30, 2021

Victor Baum, M.D.
FDA
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Resarch
Division of Blood Components and Devices
Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics
George Washington University 

TOPIC: "Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Eponyms I Have Known and Loved, on historical appreciation"
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.