Dr. Przkora Elected APPD Director-at-Large
Rene Przkora, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology and chief of the Pain Medicine Division, has been elected a director-at-large of the Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD). His two-year term began in conjunction with the ASRA 20th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting in November 2021.
PeCAN Team Members Earn Grant Support, Spots in Training Programs To Advance Mission
Three Perioperative Cognitive Anesthesia Network (PeCAN) team members recently received grants or earned spots in competitive training programs as the group seeks to advance its mission to promote brain health in older adults undergoing surgery with anesthesia.
UF Health Team Develops Technique To Conserve Oxygen During Acute Shortages
With the oxygen shortage in mind, a team at the University of Florida Health’s Center for Safety, Simulation and Advanced Learning Technologies, or CSSALT, conceived a novel way to prolong the life of oxygen cylinders by reducing oxygen waste.
Dr. Lampotang Receives J.S. Gravenstein Award From Society for Technology in Anesthesia
Samsun (Sem) Lampotang, Ph.D., FSSH, FAIMBE, has received the prestigious 2022 J.S. Gravenstein Award from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA).
Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology Inducted As 2020 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Richard J. Melker, MD, Ph.D., a distinguished University of Florida Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology, has been elected to the rank of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors.
UF Anesthesiology Teams Up With Wind Engineering Laboratory to Make Economy Face Shields
Aiming to help front-line health care workers from exposure to COVID-19, the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of anesthesiology has teamed up with UF’s wind engineering laboratory to produce simple face shields and intubation technology when supplies of personal protective equipment were unknown in early April 2020. Using a 5-foot by 10-foot table computer numerical control, […]