The following are monthly updates from the UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Education Division.

Resident Updates

Our new CA1s completed their first month in the operating rooms along with multiple education sessions including didactic days, simulation, and ATLS. Thanks to all of our faculty who taught sessions and contributed valuable bedside mentorship. Thank you to our CA2 and CA3 residents and CRNAs for their OR teaching. In August, our CA1s will begin to be unpaired on some days based on case selection.

Fellowship Recruitment

The Pain Medicine Fellowship completed its interviews.

The Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship had a successful match. In July 2025, Drs. Shourik Dutta, Scott Jossart, Olesia Merinova, Filip Polenakovik, and Matthew Sanders will begin their fellowships here.

The Critical Care Medicine Fellowship matched Dr. Andrew Shine who will also start in July 2025.

The Obstetric Anesthesia Fellowship matched Dr. Linda Zhang who will be starting her fellowship following completion of her Research Fellowship.

Faculty Announcements

Dr. Prentiss Lawson was appointed to the Dean’s Council for Graduate Medical Education. He joins Dr. Tekuila Carter as a member of this important committee that is responsible for oversite of all residency and fellowship programs within UAB Health System.

Drs. Harold Goss and Lee Ann Riesenberg attended the AHME webinar “Supporting the Learner Who Is Struggling: What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do (and Using the CE Milestones as You Get There!)”. Dr. Goss also completed the Evidence-Based Practice for Health Sciences Librarians Workshop, hosted by the Medical University of South Carolina.

Simulation

The simulation team, led by Dr. Jim Hunter and Andrea Hammett, MSN, R.N., NPD-BC, has been busy leading CA1 Boot Camp sessions (four total) as well as central line simulation training for the PGY1s.