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June, 2010

So long and best wishes to our departing Nurse Anesthetist,
Ruth Kroll, our departing (to the Cleveland VA Hospital) Attending Anesthesiologist (Critical Care), Dr. Joel Peerless, and our departing Attending Anesthesiologist (Pediatric) and Webmaster, Dr. Greg Gordon. We will miss you all.

June 10, 2010

Congratulations Drs. Andrew Bauer and Ingrid Anderson!
Baby girl Elizabeth Bauer (6 lbs 12 oz, 20 inches long) was born today.

June 1 2010

Welcome aboard new Anesthesiology Resident's starting July 2010!

May 20

Congratulations to our most recently graduated residents who are brand new Board Certified Anesthesiologists:
    Drs. Vera Borzova,
    Jeff Brown,
    Saebom Lee
    and
    Cheryl Walker!

May 17, 2010

Congratulations to Brendan and Erin Astley!
AstleyKids
Baby boy Finnegan James George Astley was born today!

May 8, 2010

Congratulations to Melvin Chin and Kim Sidhu!
BabyChin
Baby boy Jashan Singh Chin, 5 lbs 6 oz, was born today!

March 22 2010

Welcome aboard new Anesthesiology Resident's starting July 2011!

27 January 2010

Congratulations Dr. Sher Tang!
Sonia (6 lbs 9 oz) was born today!

11 November 2009

Congratulations to our new Board Certified Pain Management (Anesthesiology) Subspecialist David Ryan, M.D.!

17 July 2009

Congratulations!
Hot newest oral board review text:
Anesthesia Oral Board Review: Knocking Out the Boards
Jessica Lovich-Sapola M.D.

26 June 2009

Congratulations Drs. Joy Loy & Greg Gordon!
Joshua
Joshua Gregory Loy Gordon (7lbs) was born today!

16 May 2009

Congratulations Dr. Ryan Gunselman and Cristi!
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Married today!

15 May 2009

Congratulations to our new American Board of Anesthesiologists
Oral Board Examiner: Dr. Elizabeth Steele!

13 May 2009

Congratulations Dr. Jeffrey Brown & Debbie!
Browns
Connor Andrew Brown (8lbs 13oz) arrived today at 11:18 PM!

8 May 2009

CONGRATULATIONS! New Board Certified Anesthesiologists:
    Our Attending Anesthesiologisists,
      Brendan Astley, M.D.
      Jennifer Eismon, M.D.
      Donn Marciniak, M.D.
    and former residents,
      Alma Hoxha, M.D.
      Baiju Sheth, M.D.

24 April 2009

Welcome new CA1 Residents, starting July 1, 2009:

29 March 2009

Congratulations Jennifer and Corey Toth!
Toths Baby
Simon Richard Toth (7 lbs 5 oz) arrived today!

24 March 2009

Congratulations to our new chief residents for the 2009-2010 academic year:
    Ryan Gunselman and
    Kelly Jones

21 January 2009

Congratulations Dr. Marissa Wynne & Tom!
Baby Baby
Harrison John (6 lbs 8 oz) arrived today!

14 October 2008

Congratulations to new Board Certified Anesthesiologists, our own
    David Ryan, M.D., and
    Karl Wagner, M.D.,
and former residents,
    Gurdip Bhatia, M.D. and
    Luis Lahud, M.D.!

20 September 2008

Retirement Party for Drs. Alf Pinchak and Frank Ditzig

19 September 2008

Congratulations!
    Brendan Astley, M.D.
    Jennifer Eismon, M.D.
    Alma Hoxha, M.D.
    Edward Kosik, D.O.
    Donn Marciniak, M.D.
    Rahim Rahman, M.D.
    Sunay Ravindra, M.D.
    Baiju Sheth, M.D.
100% of MetroHealth Anesthesiology Residents Pass 2008 Written Board Exam!

2 September 2008

Congratulations Lena and Fred Goyzman!
Eric Julian (8 lbs 14 oz) arrived today.

23 August 2008

Congratulations Dr. Cheryl Walker and Nick!
Cheryl and Nick
Married today!

August 2008

Congratulations to our recently-graduated resident, Dr. Ed Kosik, whose essay, "Four Decades of Suspending Disbelief: Milestones in Anesthesia Simulation," won first prize in the 2008 C. Ronald Stephen Resident Essay Contest sponsored by the Anesthesia History Association.

20 August 2008

Congratulations Carie Twichell and Eric!
Baby Boy Jack (7 lbs 12 oz, 19.5 in) arrived today.

1 July 2008

A warm welcome aboard to our new CA1 Anesthesiology Residents:
    Anthony Bauer, M.D.
    Varun Dixit, M.D.
    Vincent Garcia-Tomas, M.D.
    Ermias Gebre, M.D.
    Manjunath Shetty, M.D.
    Xiaozhou Tang, M.D.
    Shruthima Thangada, M.D.
    Marisa Wynne, D.O.
And our new Attending Anesthesiologists:
    Brendan Astley, M.D.
    Jennifer Eismon, M.D.
    Donn Marciniak, M.D.
    David Ryan, M.D.

16 June 2008

Congratulations Sarah and Brant Russell!
Baby Girl Russell (7 lbs 11 oz) arrived today!

15 June 2008

Congratulations! The best at CCF comes from (and goes back to) MetroHealth Medical Center. Our own David Ryan, M.D. received the: Ethelee R Smith, M.D. Pain Fellow of the Year award for 2008 last night at the CCF Anesthesia and Fellowship Graduation!

2 June 2008

A warm welcome to our new Anesthesiologist Assistant,
    Stephanie Polutnik, AA-C!

17 May 2008

Congratulations Dr. Donn and Annie Marciniak!
Marciniaks
Married today!

12 May 2008

Congratulations to our new Board Certified Anesthesiologist,
    Cristian Prada, M.D.!

9 May 08

So long and best wishes to our departing anesthesia careteam member, Kathy Hoyt, CRNA.

April 08

So long and good luck to our departing anesthesia careteam member, Sheri Shimandle, CRNA.

7 April 2008

We are happy to announce our Chief Residents for this coming Academic Year:
    Drs. Jeff Brown and Saebom Lee
CONGRATULATIONS!

28 March 2008

Congratulations Greg and Joy Loy Gordon!

Jordan Gregory (8 lbs 11 oz) arrived today.

15 March 2008

Sadly, Dr. Emil Choi, our former Chief Resident, passed away this morning, 15 March 2008. Funeral planned in Vancouver, British Columbia. Our condolences to Emil's family.
Emil's brother Eric's email: [email protected]

9 January 2008

Fond farewell and best wishes to CA-2 Resident Evan Chen MD who has elected to continue his anesthesia training at St. Vincent's Manhattan. Good luck Evan!

17 December 2007

Steele
Congratulations Drs. Elizabeth Steele and Ross Downey!
Bronwyn Downey (6lb 6oz, 20") arrived at 10:16 today.

6 December 2007

MetroHealth first! Trend-setters Drs. Loy, Walker, Reddy, Carter, and Hunyadi perform five pediatric tonsillectomies and/or adenoidectomies under general anesthesia using the flexible LMA! All cases went very smoothly.

5 December 2007

Our own Don Voltz, M.D. looks and sounds great representing us live on the Good Company Today morning television show! Check it out at: Dr. Don Voltz discusses anesthesia awareness.

28 October 2007

Congratulations Dr. Augusto and Melinda Torres!
Baby boy Torres (7lbs 3oz) arrived today!

15 October 2007

A warm welcome to our new anesthesia care team member,
    Diane Fowles, CRNA

1 September 2007

A warm welcome to our new anesthesia care team members,
    Kevin Busdiecker, CRNA
    Roy Haber, AA-C

30 August 2007

Congratulations Brendan & Erin Astley!
Rowan Astley arrived today!

27 August 2007

Congratulations Dr. & Mrs. Adi Reddy!
Baby Boy Reddy (7 lbs, 7 oz) arrived today!

30 July 2007

Congratulations Dr. Arnie Morscher and Joanne!
Hans Alexander (6 lbs, 12 oz) arrived today!

27 July 2007

Differential Diagnosis and Critical Events

1 July 2007

Fondest farewell to our retiring super Chief Anesthesiologist Assistant, John Petro. We will miss you.

1 July 2007

A warm welcome to our two new Anesthesiology Attendings!
and
A warm welcome to our seven new CA-1 Residents!

30 June 2007

So long and best wishes to our departing CA-3 Residents,


30 May 2007

Congratulations to our two new Board Certified Anesthesiologists,
    Joni Maga, M.D., and
    Augusto Torres, M.D.!

25 May 2007

Congratulations to Drs Novikov, Marciniak and Wagner for their awards at the 20th Annual Trauma Anesthesia & Critical Care Symposium, Trauma Care 2007, Las Vegas, May 2007:
    1rst place, Resident Award to Dr Novikov:
    Novikov M, Avula R, Smith CE, Jernigan JR. Does Hypothermia Predict Mortality in Trauma Patients? A Hypothesis Revisited.

    3rd place, Resident Award to Dr Marciniak:
    Marciniak D, Smith CE: Emergent retrograde intubation with a bougie.

    2nd place, Attending Award to Dr Wagner:
    Wagner K, Smith CE, Avula R. Intraoperative Hextend administration in trauma patients requiring surgery.


22 April 2007

Congratulations to Mike Hopkins and family!
Baby girl, Maddy (7 lb 1 oz), arrived today.

2 April 2007

Congratulations! Newly elected chief residents for 2007-2008 are:
    Donn Marciniak, M.D. and
    Brendan Astley, M.D.

24 March 2007

Congratulations Jessica and Brian!

JBS
JBS
Jeremy Brian Sapola (6 lbs. 14 oz. and 19 inches) was born healthy today at 8:51 PM!

2 March 2007

Congratulations Dr. Scott Bobst! Ms. Teagen Bobst (6lbs 15 oz, 20") arrived today!

31 December 2006

Fond farewell and best wishes to our departing attending anesthesiologist, Mohan Kareti, M.D.

14 December 2006

Congratulations Christine! Girl Cimoroni (6 lbs 11 oz) was born today.

31 October 2006

Fondest farewell to our retiring department super-secretary, Wendy Lister. We will miss you.

2 October 2006

A warm welcome to our new careteam members,

5 September 2006

Parker Brown
Congratulations! Parker Alexander Brown (7 lbs 1 oz) was born today!

4 September 2006

Congratulations on Passing the 2006 Written Boards!
    Luis Lahud M.D.
    Joni Maga M.D.
    Grace Moy M.D.
    Augusto Torres M.D.
    Karl Wagner M.D.

19 August 2006

Kasia and Ryan
Congratulations Dr. Kasia Petelenz and Ryan - married today!

1 August 2006

A warm welcome to our new Attending Anesthesiologist,

18 July 2006

Congratulations Ed and April! Christian Kosik was born today.

17 July 2006

A warm welcome to our new Attending Anesthesiologist, Congratulations Sarah and Brant! Baby Girl Russell (8 lbs 3 oz) was born today.

10 July 2006

A warm welcome to our new Attending Anesthesiologist,

1 July 2006

A warm welcome to our new Resident Anesthesiologists,

30 June 2006

So long and best wishes to our departing CA-3 Residents,


15 June 2006

So long and good luck to our departing Anesthesiologist Assistant, Liz Decker!

8 June 2006

We bid fond farewell to our departing Attending Anesthesiologist, Ron Lisan M.D.
    Drs. Lisan and Gordon
We will miss you, Ron!

1 June 2006

Welcome, new Chester Scholars
    Sanbir Sidhu and Katherine Moore,
who will be with us from June 1- Aug 3, 2006. They will be doing research projects with Drs. Wagner and Smith.

31 May 2006

Good bye and best wishes to our retiring Anesthesia Tech, Ann Davies!

30 May 2006

Winners of the MetroHealth Resident Research oral presentations:
4th Place ~ Maxim Novikov, MD Anesthesia
Does Hypothermia Predict Mortality in Trauma Patients? A Hypothesis Revisited

20 May 2006

Congratulations to our new Board Certified Anesthesiologist,
and our former resident new Board Certified Anesthesiologist,

19 May 2006

Dr. Steele's Oral Board Preparation

12 May 2006

MetroHealthAnesthesia Blog is born.

6 April 2006

Congratulations Lena and Fred Goyzman!
Ella Juliana Goyzman (8 lbs 8 oz) was born today!

30 March 2006

Congratulations Liz and John Decker!
Dennie Katherine Decker (7 lbs 6 oz) was born today!

22 March 2006

Congratulations Dr. Maxim Novikov, winner in the General Scientific Section at the MARC 2006!

16 March 2006

Congratulations Dr. Rahim and Tiffany Rahman!
Khalil Rahman (6 lbs 12 oz) was born today!

8 March 2006

Congratulations to our newly elected Chief Residents for 2006 - 2007,
    Kasia Petelenz, M.D, and
    Dave Ryan, M.D.!

8 March 2006

A warm advance welcome to our new Attending Anesthesiologists (starting July, 2006),
    Karl Wagner, M.D, and
    Augosto Torres, M.D.!

6 February 2006

A warm welcome to our new Anesthesiologist Assistant,
    Carie Twichell!

20 January 2006

Our publications list is growing!

11 January 2006

Congratulations to the new Director of our MHMC Outpatient Surgery Center,
    Maureen Harders, M.D.

1 January 2006

A fond farewell to our departing attending anesthesiologist,
    Irv Hirsch, M.D.

27 October 2005

Congratulations Brendan and Erin! Giana Veleigh Astley was born today!

26 October 2005

Congratulations to our new Board Certified Anesthesiologist,
    Elizabeth Steele, M.D.!

18 October 2005

Congratulations Baiju Sheth, M.D., newly Board Certified in Internal Medicine!

12 October 2005

A warm welcome back to our much missed attending anesthesiologist,
    Rani Sidhu, M.D.!

10 October 2005

Carson Davenport
Congratulations! Carson Earl Davenport (8 lbs 3 oz) was born today!

2 October 2005

Ms. Bidinotto
Our own Rebecca Bidinotto, CRNA, and her writings from Iraq are featured in The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine today!

19 September 2005

A fond farewell to our departing attending anesthesiologist and Residency Program Director
    Judy Haas, M.D.
Congratulations to our new Acting Residency Program Director
    Sam DeJoy III, D.M.D., M.D.

3 September 2005

Congratulations to our own Joel Peerless, M.D., awarded the 2005 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The national award recognizes Joel's compassion and sensitivity in caring for our patients. We couldn't be more proud of you, Joel!

2 September 2005

Congratulations on passing the ABA written boards,
    Mike Howkins, D.O.,
    Jessica Lovich, M.D., and
    Chris Metzger, M.D.!

1 September 2005

A warm welcome to our new attending anesthesiologist,
    Jessica Lovich, M.D.!

31 August 2005

A fond farewell to our legend-in-his-own time Anesthesiologist Assistant,
    Mr. Arthur Economy!
We will miss you, Art.

27 August 2005

Congratulations to our newlyweds,
    Drs. Elizabeth Steele and Ross, happily married today.

15 August 2005

A warm welcome to our new anesthesiologist assistant,
    Joseph Peachman, AA-C

11 August 2005

A fond farewell to our departing attending anesthesiologist
    Andreas Grabinsky, M.D.

25 July 2005

A warm welcome to our new attending anesthesiologist,
    Kutaiba Tabbaa, M.D.!

1 July 2005

A warm welcome to our new CA-1 Residents:
    Brendan Astley, M.D.
    Jennifer Eismon, M.D.
    Alma Hoxha, M.D.
    Edward Kosik, D.O.
    Donn Marciniak, M.D.
    Rahim Rahman, M.D.
    Sunay Ravindra, M.D.
    Baiju Sheth, M.D.

30 June 2005

A fond farewell and good luck to our graduating anesthesiologists
    Gurdip Bhatia, M.D.
    Sam Hemans, M.D.

29 June 2005

Congratulations Avi and Gila! Ryan Jacob Schiowitz (9 lbs, 3 oz) arrived today!

5 June 2005

Photo Gallery

26 May 2005

Congratulations to our own
    Joel Peerless, M.D.,
new recipient of the 2005 Humanism in Medicine Award
presented at this year's CWRU Medical School graduation ceremony!

19 May 2005

So long and best wishes to our departing colleague,
    Brian Radesic, CRNA.

14 May 2005

Congratulations to our new Board Certified Anesthesiologist,
    Ashraf Andrawis, M.D.!
and, making it 'four for four' former recent residents, congratulations to newly Board Certified Anesthesiologists,
    Diego Gonzalez, M.D.
    Towanna Fontenot, M.D.
    and
    Dharmesh Mehta, M.D.!

11 May 2005

Congratulations to our newly elected Chief Residents for our 2005-2006 academic year,
    Drs. Joni Maga and Karl Wagner!

1 April 2005

All evaluations moved to MyEvaluations.com.

18 March 2005

Congratulations and a warm welcome to our newly matched residents, to start July 1, 2006:
    Vera Borzova, M.D.
    Evan Chen, M.D.
    Aamna Hassan, M.D.
    Adtiya Reddy, M.D.
    Cheryl Walker, D.O.

28 February 2005

Dr. Chris Metzger

A fond farewall to our departing Chief Resident,
Chris Metzger, M.D.!
We wish you all the best.

1 February 2005

Welcome aboard to our new attending anesthesiologist,
Dr. Mike Howkins!

4 January 2005

Congratulations to our new Chief Resident,
Jessica Lovich, M.D.!

7 December 2004

In response to members' requests, our heroes and records are back!

6 December 2004

Congratulations Tony and Deanna Chang!
Alexandra Jules Chang (7 lbs, 4 oz) was born today.

29 November 2004

New recent publications and abstracts!
More alternative intubation technics!

19 November 2004

Congratulations to our new Board Certified Pain Medicine Specialist,
Abdullah Kabbara, M.D.!

9 November 2004

A warm welcome to our new CRNA,
Marie Masters, CRNA!

26 October 2004

A warm welcome to our new CRNA,
Chris Cimironi, CRNA!

28 September 2004

Congratulations! Mary Mackey Decker, 7 lbs 12 oz, was born today!

23 September 2004

New recent publications.

20 September 2004

Welcome aboard to our new Anesthesiologist Assistant,
Lena Demurova, C-AA!

7 September 2004

Welcome back home, Rebecca Bidinotto! We missed you.

3 September 2004

CONGRATULATIONS! Recent graduate anesthesiologists,
Drs. Andrawis, Fontenot and Gonzalez
pass ABA written boards!

1 September 2004

A warm welcome aboard to our new attending anesthesiologists,
Andreas Grabinski, M.D. and
Elizabeth Steele, M.D.!
and to our new Anesthesiologist Assistant,
Elizabeth Decker, C-AA

18 August 2004

Congratulations! Baby boy Novikov, 6 lbs 10 oz, was born today!

19 July 2004

A warm welcome aboard to our new attending anesthesiologist,
Cristian Prada, M.D.!
and to our new secretary,
Peggy Brady!

1 July 2004

Congratulations to our new Director of Obstetric Anesthesia:
A warm welcome aboard to our new attending anesthesiologist,
And to our new CA-1's:
And to our new dental/oral surgery anesthesia residents:

30 June 2004

A fond fairwell and good luck to our departing attending anesthesiologist,
John Fisgus, M.D.,
and to our graduating Senior Residents:

Ashraf Andrawis, M.D.,
Diego Gonzalez, M.D.,
Towanna Fontenot, M.D., and
Darko Vodopich, M.D..

25 June 2004

CompuRecord Notes/Updates page on the website.

1 June 2004

Welcome to three new members of our department!
Jason Feuerman will be starting June 1 as Chester scholar for the summer.
Rebekah Sidhu will also be starting June 1 as volunteer research assistant for the months of June and July.
Dr Ramachandra Avula will be starting as volunteer research associate for the academic year 2004-2005. He will be replacing Dr. Alma Hoxha who begins her internship at Fairview on June 23, 2004, and her anesthesia residency at MHMC in July 2005.
(So long, good luck and see you later, Dr. Alma Hoxha!)

25 May 2004

Congratulations to newly married today:
Drs. Greg and Joy Loy Gordon!

7 May 2004

Congratulations to our new Chief Resident starting 1 July 2004,
Dr. Chris Metzger!

6 May 2004

Congratulations Karl Wagner and Agni!
Karl IV arrived today!

29 April 2004

Congratulations Sarah Russell and Brant!
Ella Kathryn Russell, 8 lbs, arrived today!

8 March 2004

Congratulations Dr. Jessica Lovich-Sapola and Brian!
Rachael Elizabeth Sapola, 7 lbs 2 oz, arrived today!

27 February 2004


So long and best wishes to our departing anesthesiologist,
Tony Cooper, M.D..

24 January 2004

Five new 2003 abstracts added!

31 Decmeber 2003

So long and best wishes to our graduating senior resident
Basam Jwaida, M.D.,
who is soon to begin a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology in Detroit, Michigan.

3 December 2003

Congratulations to our new Chief Resident, starting 1 January 2004,
Ashraf Andrawis, M.D.!

26 November 2003

Congratulations to our new Board Certified Pain Medicine Specialist,
Mohan Kareti, M.D.!

4 November 2003

Preoperative Evaluation of the Cardiac Patient for Noncardiac Surgery, Drs. Vrobel and Cooper (with thanks to Dr. Finkelhor), 4 Nov 2003 (1.9 MB)

31 October 2003

So long and best wishes to our graduating resident, now anesthesiologist, Yanping Duan, M.D. Good luck in San Antonio, Texas!

27 October 2003

Congratulations! Christina Lahud was born today!

17 September 2003

Congratulations! Martina Jwaida was born today!

6 September 2003

Powerpoint presentation collection begun.

5 September 2003

Download MS Powerpoint Presentation, Congenital Heart Disease, G. Gordon, M.D., 19 Aug 03 (3.71 MB)

3 September 2003

A warm welcome to
Drs. Agni Wagner and Alma Hoxha
who will be anesthesia research associates with us until June 30, 2004.

22 August 2003

Congratulations and good luck to our graduating resident,
Dharmesh Mehta, M.D.,
who will soon begin a Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh.

16 August 2003

Anesthesia for the Child with Congenital Heart Disease section added with Quiz.

13 August 2003

Wednesday 1300 Lecture Schedule

3 August 2003

Congratulations! Julia Andrawis was born today!

24 July 2003

A warm welcome aboard to our new Pain Medicine Nurse,
Tracey Noritz, R.N.!

8 July 2003

Inhalational Anesthesia educational section begun
Intravenous Anesthesia section updated.

2 July 2003

Congratulations to our new Chief Resident 2003,
Dr. Towanna Fontenot!

1 July 2003

A warm welcome aboard to our new CA-1's:
Stephen Giordano, D.O.
Luis Lahud, M.D.
Byron Leak, M.D.
Joni Maga, M.D.
Grace Moy, M.D.
Deborah Opalski, D.O.
Karl Wagner III, M.D.

and our new volunteer summer research assistant, Sanbir Sidhu.

30 June 2003 A fond farewell to our departing senior residents, now anesthesiologists:
Mohan Ettyreddy, M.D.
Al-Mouthana Rajab, M.D.
Xiao(Sue) Wu, M.D.

25 June 2003

A fond farewell to our volunteer research associate, Dr. Ramandeep Sidhu who departs to his surgical residency at Fairview General Hospital.

4 November 2003

  • Preoperative Evaluation of the Cardiac Patient for Noncardiac Surgery, Drs. Vrobel and Cooper (with thanks to Dr. Finkelhor), 4 Nov 2003 (1.9 MB)

    2 June 2003

    A warm welcome back aboard to our former resident and new attending anesthesiologist, Joy Loy, M.D.!
    And welcome to our new summer Chester Scholar, 2003, David Michael Boyer!

    5 May 2003

    Dr. Enas Kandil will be our UH Trauma Resident (Beeper 3782) for the month of May, 2003, starting on Thursday, May 8th.

    11 April 2003

    Three new abstracts added!

    12 March 2003

    Welcome back Dr. Cynthia Dietrich!

    30 January 2003

    Questions for CA-1 Rotation in Cardiac Anesthesia.

    29 January 2003

    Attendings and senior residents taking call in the Main OR should become familiar with: Anesthetic Considerations for Thoracic Aortic Surgery, December, 2002.

    25 November 2002

    Congratulations!! We have our first Full Professor of Anesthesiology, Charles Smith, M.D.!

    23 October 2002

    Congratulations! Ana Isabel Gonzales was born today!

    27 August 2002

    A warm welcome aboard to our two new Anesthesiologist Assistants:
    Heather Machcinski and
    Sarah Russell!

    26 August 2002

    Goals and objectives for Anesthesiology Resident rotations:
    Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
    Neuroanesthesiology
    Obstetric Anesthesiology
    Pain Medicine Anesthesiology
    Pediatric Anesthesiology
    Surgical Intensive Care Unit

    22 August 2002

    Congratulations, Tony and Deanna! Samantha Chang arrived today!

    15 August 2002

    Congratulations Kellye and Bram! Jacob Kaufman (6 lbs, 12 oz) was born today!

    12 August 2002

    New recent publications added!
    Search engine installed.

    22 July 2002

    Neuroanesthesia education section begun.

    19 July 2002

    So long and best wishes to our departing attending anesthesiologist, Kutaiba Tabbaa, M.D., who is on his way to lead the Pain Medicine program at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

    16 July 2002

    Congratulations to our new Residency Program Director,
    Judith Haas, M.D.!

    30 June 2002

    Fond farewell and good luck to our departing CA-3 residents,
    Abdallah Kabbara, M.D.,
    Irina Pashkovskaya, M.D.,
    Ebaa Rajab, M.D.,

    26 June 2002

    A warm welcome to our new CA-1 residents, starting 1 July 2002:
    Gurdip Bhatia, M.D.,
    Sam Blankson-Hemans, M.D.,
    Jessica Lovich, M.D.,

    4 June 2002

    Congratulations to our new Board Certified Anesthesiologist,
    Sam DeJoy III, D.M.D., M.D.!

    3 June 2002

    Welcome to our new Chester Summer Scholars, Lisa Lucas and George Tannous, who will be with us from 3 June through 10 August this summer, 2002.

    1 May 2002

    Congratulations to our newly selected Chief Resident, July - December, 2002, Cristian Prada, M.D.!

    6 April 2002

    Congratulations to the our Rita and Dennis Dedolph, married today!

    1 March 2002

    A warm welcome to our new CA-1 resident, Chris Metzger, M.D.!

    13 January 2002

    Webmaster returns!

    21 October 2001

    Two new recent publications added from our prolific group!

    15 October 2001

    Congratulations to two new Board Certified Anesthesiologists: our attending, Mohan Kareti, M.D., and our former Chief Resident, Jocelyn Loy, M.D.!

    10 October 2001

    Welcome to our new Nurse Anesthetist Sharon Shimandle CRNA!

    27 September 2001

    Congratulations Abdallah Kabbara! Jad Kabbara was born today!

    24 August 2001

    Congratulations Matt and Jennifer Joy, married today!

    10 August 2001

    So long and good luck to our summer Chester Scholar,
    Nick Styn.
    Nick presented his research at our MetroHealth Research Exposition on 9 August 01.

    31 July 2001

    A fond farewell and good luck to our 'graduating' CA-3:
    Bupendra Dodhiawala, M.D.,
    about to do an excellent job as a Fellow in Pain Management!

    1 July 2001

    A warm welcome to our new attending anesthesiologist,
    Mohan Kareti, M.D.!
    Welcome back, Mohan!

    30 June 2001

    A fond farewell and good luck to our 'graduating' CA-3:
    Mohammad Kudmani, M.D.,
    and to our departing (moving to Texas) CA-3:
    Sujatha Bhamidipati, M.D.
    We will miss you two.

    27 June 2001

    A grand welcome to our four brand new CA-1's, starting 1 July 2001:
    Ashraf Andrawis, M.D.
    Towanna Fontenot, M.D.
    Diego Gonzales, M.D.
    Darko Vodopich M.D.

    14 June 2001

    Congratulations to our newly elected Chief Resident as of July 1, 2001,
    Abdallah Kabbara, M.D.

    7 June 2001

    Congratulations! For Poster Presentation:
    Kabbara AI and Smith CE: Randomized prospective comparison of convective warming using hospital blankets versus commercial disposable blankets in surgical patients. 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists

    4 June 2001

    A warm welcome to our new attending anesthesiologist,
    Samuel DeJoy III, D.M.D., M.D.!

    20 May 2001

    Congratulations Maureen Harders and family! Baby boy Brendan arrived today!

    11 May 2001

    Congratulations Kellye (& Bram) Kaufman! Baby boy Zachary Jonathon arrived today!

    April 2001

    Congratulations!
    Smith CE and DeJoy SJ: New equipment and techniques for airway management in trauma. Current Opinions in Anesthesiology 14: 197-209. 2001 (April 2001)

    1 April 2001

    Tuesday 1300 Resident Conferences are now WEDNESDAY 1300 Resident Conferences.

    2 February 2001

    A warm welcome to our new Nurse Anesthetist,
    Katherine Hoyt, CRNA!

    To Whatsnew 2000
    To Whatsnew 1999
    To Whatsnew 1998
    To Whatsnew 1997




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