Join us September 12 in NP 5401 for the first installment of our new bi-monthly book club. Every other month, a faculty member will pick a book and lead a discussion over lunch. To launch the initiative, Dr. Dan Berkowitz has chosen the book Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, an investigative look at the meteoric rise and downfall of multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley biotech startup Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes. 

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Associate Director of Education Dr. Lee Ann Riesenberg reports that everyone who recently took the American Board of Medical Quality (AMBQ) exam passed.

The Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine held its annual Resident/Fellow Graduation dinner and ceremony on Friday, June 14, at B&A Warehouse. The department honored 21 residents and 14 fellows and named numerous award winners. Residents, fellows, their families, and guests, as well as department faculty, fellows, and staff, attended this annual event. This was a celebration of the success and achievement of our residents and fellows and marks the culmination of another phase of their careers.

Alumni,

It is with great excitement and honor that I introduce myself as the new Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at UAB. I am grateful to be part of a rich tradition of esteemed chairs who have built this Department to its current state of excellence. The Department is humming. The clinical operation has grown dramatically, providing service to multiple anesthetizing locations. The incorporation of ERAS protocols, and a dashboard that measures quality metrics in real time, ensures the highest-quality patient care and efficiency. We direct and provide care in most of the ICUs in the institution and are dedicated to preoperative evaluation, habilitation, and optimization in our PACT. Both the translational and clinical research enterprise receives more than $5 million in funding from the NIH, making it a top 10 department in the country. Our resident and fellow education is legendary and progressive, ensuring that we train outstanding consultants who become leaders in our field.

On behalf of Dan E. Berkowitz, MB BCh:

ANNOUNCEMENT: JUHAN PAISTE, M.D., MBA, CPE, APPOINTED EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

It is with much enthusiasm that I formally announce that Dr. Juhan Paiste has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice Chair for Operations and Integration in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.

On behalf of Dan E. Berkowitz, MB BCh:

Announcement: Dr. Albert Pierce appointed Interim Vice Chair and Director of the Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia in the UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

It is with great enthusiasm that I announce the appointment of Albert Pierce, M.D., to the position of Interim Vice Chair and Director of the Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia.

Dr. Ursula Wesselmann contributed a chapter to the third edition of Dr. Marianne Legato's Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine: Gender in the Genomic Era. - Academic Press (Elsevier), London, United Kingdom, 2017.

Last November, the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine participated in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Out of the Darkness walk, raising more than $7,000.

Click through for photos from our department's representation at the 2018 UAB Medicine Diversity Fair.

On Friday, June 1, we celebrated our residents and fellows at B&A Warehouse. 

The CA-3s are in the final days of residency. In honor of their graduation, we asked them to share where they're going and a few recollections of their time here.

The department held its 2017 resident and fellow graduation on Friday, June 2, at B&A Warehouse. We had a record turnout (nearly 200 guests) and a terrific time!