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Ronald Reagan Medical Center | Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital

Ronald Reagan Medical Center - Wednesday Grand Rounds

Wednesday, 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Room B-130, RRMC Auditorium

 

DateLecturer/Topic
July 5, 2023

Marc R. Nuwer, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurology
David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine
Department Head, Clinical Neurophysiology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 

TOPIC: Evoked Potentials
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD

July 12, 2023

Dane A. Saksa, MD, MBA
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Non-Operating Room Anesthesia: M&M Program Updates
Moderator: Christine Myo Bui, MD and Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

July 19, 2023

Joshua Tobin, MD, MSc
Professor of Critical Care Anesthesiology
Director of Trauma Anesthesiology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

TOPIC: Resuscitation in Trauma Anesthesiology
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

July 26, 2023

Judi Turner, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Education
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

David Machado-Aranda, MD, FACS
HS Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Trauma, and Critical Care
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Department of General Surgery

TOPIC: Best Practices in the Neuromuscular Blockade from the OR to the ICU
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

August 2, 2023

Boris D. Heifets, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
and by courtesy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Exploratory Therapeutics Laboratory
Stanford University School of Medicine 

TOPIC: Deconstructing the psychedelic experience: Insights across species 
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

August 9, 2023

Combined Grand Rounds

Jason Lee, MD
Director, Endocrine Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director for Didactics and Curriculum Development, Anesthesiology Residency 
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

TOPIC: Combined Surgery and Anesthesia M&M: Cholecystectomy
Moderators: Christine Myo Bui, MD and Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

August 16, 2023

Victor Xia, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Anesthesia for Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Nontransplant Surgery
Moderators: Marc Iravani, MD

August 23, 2023

Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FACEP, MCCM, MACP, FAEMS, GRCP, FFSEM
The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Texas
Volunteer Professor of Surgery, the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Immediate Past Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
Public Health and Riggs Family Chair in Emergency Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Medical director for Research, Education and Special Operations / Tactical Response for Broward, Palm Beach and Brevard Counties, Florida (as well as numerous additional South Florida municipalities, seaports, and airports)
Director, Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors Global Alliance and Global Emergency Medical Support, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Medical Director for Public Safety / Emergency Medical Services, County of Dallas, Texas 

TOPIC: Potentiating Profound Improvements in Neuro-Intact Survival for Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrests 
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

August 30, 2023

Andrea McGonigle, MD
Director, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Director of Clinical Outreach, Transfusion Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, UCLA Health System
Associate Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Christine Nguyễn-Buckley, MD
Program Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Massive Transfusion Update
Moderators: Joseph Meltzer, MD

September 6, 2023

Joseph Szokol, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology
Executive Director of Mentorship and Physician Development
Keck Medicine of USC

TOPIC: 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Monitoring and Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade 
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

September 13, 2023

Alice Coombs, MD, MPA, FCCP
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

TOPIC: Health Care Equity Perioperative Roadmap to Success
Moderator: Sunberri Murphy, DO

September 20, 2023

Joe Hong, MD
Executive Vice Chair
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Natalie Moreland, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Program Director, Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

Cristianna Vallera, MD
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Quality Improvement Update
Moderator: Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

September 27, 2023

Sheila Riazi, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Anesthesiology
Site Head, Departments of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Toronto Western and Women's College Hospitals
Clinician Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute (TGHRI)
Director, Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit, UHN Chair, International Professional Advisory Council, MH Association of US

TOPIC: Revisiting Malignant Hyperthermia
Moderator: Sunberri Murphy, DO

October 4, 2023

Carter Lebares, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

TOPIC: Individual Wellbeing: Influencing Systems and Culture in Surgery 
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

October 11, 2023

Steffi Chan, MBBS, MMed
Liver Transplantation, Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Yi Wei Tan, MBBS, MMed
Liver Transplantation, Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Andrew Disque, MD
Director, Perioperative Equipment
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

Christine Myo Bui, MD
Associate Director, Residency Program
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

Christopher Wray, MD
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Clinical Professor Anesthesiology

TOPIC: M&M: Liver Transplant Team
Moderator: Christine Myo Bui, MD and Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

October 18, 2023

Kimberly Brumenthal, MD, MSc
Allergist / Immunologist and Clinical Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Co-Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Research Center
Director of Research in the Center for Drug and Vaccine Allergy

TOPIC: Drug Allergy in Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

October 25, 2023

Thomas M. Vondriska, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Medicine
Vice Chair for Research
Director, Division of Molecular Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Preventing Fibrosis by Targeting Chromatin
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

November 1, 2023

Joe Hong, MD
Executive Vice Chair
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Joseph Meltzer, MD
Medical Director, CTICU
Co-Chair, Grand Rounds Series
Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

John Shin, MD
Director, Medical Student Education
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Perioperative Medication Update 
Moderator: Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

November 8, 2023

Marc L. Dickstein, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
CUMC Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Columbia University Medical Center

TOPIC: The Hemodynamics of Cardiogenic Shock
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

November 15, 2023

Harkirat Chahal, MD
Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Bi Mo, MD, MPH
Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Hayley Osen, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Sandra Sacks, MD, MED
Co-Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: What's New in Chronic Pain?
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

November 22, 2023No Grand Rounds
November 29, 2023

Professor Anil Patel, MBBS, PhD, FRCA
Chairman and Consultant Anesthetist at The Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospital
University College London Hospitals and DAS Professor of Anesthesia & Airway Management

TOPIC: Nasal High Flow
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

December 6, 2023

Jina Sinskey, MD, FASA
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia
Vice Chair of Well-Being, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
Vice Chair, American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Physician Well-Being

TOPIC: Beyond Resilience: How Do We Support Our People?
Moderator: Sunberri Murphy, DO

December 13, 2023

Cheng-Cheng Ma, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Joyce Hsiao, DO
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Maryte Gylys, MD, MBA
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Khristine Ghemigian, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Intraop Management of the "Cardiac" Patient: Pearls and Pitfalls
Moderator: Reed Harvey, MD and Louis Saddic, MD, PhD

December 20, 2023

Jonathan R. Hiatt, MD
Emeritus Professor of Surgery
University of California Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Instrumental: A Tale of the Tools of our Trade Told in Verse
Moderator: Areti Tillou, MD

December 27, 2023No Grand Rounds
January 3, 2024

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

John Moriarty, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
Interventional Radiology
Department of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
Vice Chair (Clinical Research) Department of Radiological Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dane Saksa, MD, MBA
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Interventions for Pulmonary Embolism
Moderator: Christine Myo Bui, MD and Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

January 10, 2024

Michael Lipnick, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Director, UCSF Anesthesia Division of Global Health Equity
University of California, San Francisco 

TOPIC: Anesthesia, Critical Care & Global Health Equity
Moderator: Sunberri Murphy, DO

January 17, 2024

Steven M. Dubinett, MD
Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UCLA
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

TOPIC: Immunity and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer
Moderator: Areti Tillou, MD

January 24, 2024

Lisa K. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Tiffany Williams, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Theodora E. Wingert, MD
Director, Perioperative Informatics Research
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M Pediatrics Team
Moderator: Christine Myo Bui, MD and Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

January 31, 2024

Clarence C. Chow, MD
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Steve Kwon, MD
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Jessica Liu, DO
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Nathan Rietberg, MD
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine
Moderator: Christine Myo Bui, MD and Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

February 7, 2024

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS
Assistant Professor in Residence
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

TOPIC: Cognitive Change after Surgery for Older Adults: How we got here, & how to move forward
Moderator: Sunberri Murphy, DO

February 14, 2024

Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc
Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

TOPIC: From Polio to COVID-19: Lessons from the past
Moderator: Sunberri Murphy, DO

February 21, 2024

Mario C. Deng, MD, FACC, FESC
Professor, Department of Medicine, Cardiology
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program
Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
David Geffen School of Medicine

Federica Raia, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Education
UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

TOPIC: Uncertainty, Decision-Making and Team Work in High-Tech Healthcare
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD

February 28, 2024

Yalda Afshar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence
UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Lindsay Brown, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Brittany Burton, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Jonathan Dahan, MD
CA-3 Resident Physician 
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Daniel Deugarte, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Pediatric General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine

Richard Hong, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Sohit Kanotra, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Airway Surgeon
Director Complex Pediatric Airway Program
Department of Otolarynology, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M on EXIT procedure?
Moderator: Christine Myo Bui, MD & Christine Nguyen-Buckley, MD

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 5, 2023

Marc R. Nuwer, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurology
David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine
Department Head, Clinical Neurophysiology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 

TOPIC: Evoked Potentials
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

July 12, 2023

Dane A. Saksa, MD, MBA
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Non-Operating Room Anesthesia: M&M Program Updates
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

July 19, 2023

Joshua Tobin, MD, MSc
Professor of Critical Care Anesthesiology
Director of Trauma Anesthesiology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

TOPIC: Resuscitation in Trauma Anesthesiology
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

July 26, 2023

Judi Turner, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Education
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

David Machado-Aranda, MD, FACS
HS Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Trauma, and Critical Care
Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Department of General Surgery

TOPIC: Best Practices in the Neuromuscular Blockade from the OR to the ICU
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

August 2, 2023

Boris D. Heifets, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
and by courtesy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Exploratory Therapeutics Laboratory
Stanford University School of Medicine 

TOPIC: Deconstructing the psychedelic experience: Insights across species
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

August 9, 2023

Combined Grand Rounds

Jason Lee, MD
Director, Endocrine Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director for Didactics and Curriculum Development, Anesthesiology Residency 
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

TOPIC: Combined

Surgery and Anesthesia M&M: Cholecystectomy
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

August 16, 2023

Victor Xia, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Anesthesia for Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Nontransplant Surgery
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

August 23, 2023

Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FACEP, MCCM, MACP, FAEMS, GRCP, FFSEM
The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Texas
Volunteer Professor of Surgery, the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Immediate Past Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
Public Health and Riggs Family Chair in Emergency Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Medical director for Research, Education and Special Operations / Tactical Response for Broward, Palm Beach and Brevard Counties, Florida (as well as numerous additional South Florida municipalities, seaports, and airports)
Director, Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors Global Alliance and Global Emergency Medical Support, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Medical Director for Public Safety / Emergency Medical Services, County of Dallas, Texas 

TOPIC: Potentiating Profound Improvements in Neuro-Intact Survival for Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrests 
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

August 30, 2023 

Andrea McGonigle, MD
Director, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Director of Clinical Outreach, Transfusion Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, UCLA Health System
Associate Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Christine Nguyễn-Buckley, MD
Program Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Massive Transfusion Update
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

September 6, 2023

Joseph Szokol, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology
Executive Director of Mentorship and Physician Development
Keck Medicine of USC

TOPIC: 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Monitoring and Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade 
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

September 13, 2023

Alice Coombs, MD, MPA, FCCP
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

TOPIC: Health Care Equity Perioperative Roadmap to Success
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

September 20, 2023

Joe Hong, MD
Executive Vice Chair
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Natalie Moreland, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Program Director, Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

Cristianna Vallera, MD
Co-Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Quality Improvement Update
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

September  27, 2023

Sheila Riazi, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Anesthesiology
Site Head, Departments of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Toronto Western and Women's College Hospitals
Clinician Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute (TGHRI)
Director, Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit, UHN Chair, International Professional Advisory Council, MH Association of US

TOPIC: Revisiting Malignant Hyperthermia
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

October 4, 2023

Carter Lebares, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

TOPIC: Individual Wellbeing: Influencing Systems and Culture in Surgery
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

October 11, 2023

Steffi Chan, MBBS, MMed
Liver Transplantation, Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Yi Wei Tan, MBBS, MMed
Liver Transplantation, Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Andrew Disque, MD
Director, Perioperative Equipment
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

Christine Myo Bui, MD
Associate Director, Residency Program
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

Christopher Wray, MD
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesiology
Clinical Professor Anesthesiology

TOPIC: M&M: Liver Transplant Team
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

October 18, 2023

Kimberly Brumenthal, MD, MSc
Allergist / Immunologist and Clinical Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Co-Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Research Center
Director of Research in the Center for Drug and Vaccine Allergy

TOPIC: Drug Allergy in Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

October 25, 2023

Thomas M. Vondriska, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Medicine
Vice Chair for Research
Director, Division of Molecular Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Preventing Fibrosis by Targeting Chromatin
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

November 1, 2023

Joe Hong, MD
Executive Vice Chair
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Joseph Meltzer, MD
Medical Director, CTICU
Co-Chair, Grand Rounds Series
Clinical Professor, Critical Care Medicine Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

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

John Shin, MD
Director, Medical Student Education
Associate Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Perioperative Medication Update 
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

November 8, 2023

Marc L. Dickstein, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
CUMC Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Columbia University Medical Center

TOPIC: The Hemodynamics of Cardiogenic Shock
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

November 15, 2023

Harkirat Chahal, MD
Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Bi Mo, MD, MPH
Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Hayley Osen, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Sandra Sacks, MD, MED
Co-Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: What's New in Chronic Pain?
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

November 22, 2023No Grand Rounds
November 29, 2023

Professor Anil Patel, MBBS, PhD, FRCA
Chairman and Consultant Anesthetist at The Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospital
University College London Hospitals and DAS Professor of Anesthesia & Airway Management

TOPIC: Nasal High Flow
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

December 6, 2023

Jina Sinskey, MD, FASA
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia
Vice Chair of Well-Being, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
Vice Chair, American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Physician Well-Being

TOPIC: Beyond Resilience: How Do We Support Our People?
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

December 13, 2023

Cheng-Cheng Ma, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Joyce Hsiao, DO
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Maryte Gylys, MD, MBA
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Khristine Ghemigian, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Intraop Management of the "Cardiac" Patient: Pearls and Pitfalls
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

December 20, 2023

Jonathan R. Hiatt, MD
Emeritus Professor of Surgery
University of California Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Instrumental: A Tale of the Tools of our Trade Told in Verse
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

December 27, 2023No Grand Rounds
January 3, 2024

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

John Moriarty, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
Interventional Radiology
Department of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
Vice Chair (Clinical Research) Department of Radiological Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dane Saksa, MD, MBA
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Interventions for Pulmonary Embolism
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

January 10, 2024

Michael Lipnick, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Director, UCSF Anesthesia Division of Global Health Equity
University of California, San Francisco 

TOPIC: Anesthesia, Critical Care & Global Health Equity
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

January 17, 2024

Steven M. Dubinett, MD
Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UCLA
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

TOPIC: Immunity and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

January 24, 2024

Lisa K. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Tiffany Williams, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Theodora E. Wingert, MD
Director, Perioperative Informatics Research
Associate Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M Pediatrics Team
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

January 31, 2024

Clarence C. Chow, MD
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Steve Kwon, MD
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Jessica Liu, DO
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Nathan Rietberg, MD
Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellow Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

February 7, 2024

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS
Assistant Professor in Residence
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

TOPIC: Cognitive Change after Surgery for Older Adults: How we got here, & how to move forward
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

February 14, 2024

Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc
Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

TOPIC: From Polio to COVID-19: Lessons from the past
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

February 21, 2024

Mario C. Deng, MD, FACC, FESC
Professor, Department of Medicine, Cardiology
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program
Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
David Geffen School of Medicine

Federica Raia, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Education
UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

TOPIC: Uncertainty, Decision-Making and Team Work in High-Tech Healthcare
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD

February 28, 2024

Yalda Afshar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence
UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Lindsay Brown, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Brittany Burton, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow Physician
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Jonathan Dahan, MD
CA-3 Resident Physician 
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Daniel Deugarte, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Pediatric General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine

Richard Hong, MD
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Sohit Kanotra, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Airway Surgeon
Director Complex Pediatric Airway Program
Department of Otolarynology, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M on EXIT procedure?
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD