Today we celebrate our physicians and their devotion to excellence in clinical care, teaching, and research settings. Happy #NationalDoctorsDay to the anesthesiologists of UCLA Anesthesiology and to all our colleagues at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Health! 🥼🩺🏥💙💛

Drs. John Patton III, Rana Movahedi, and Catherine Cha are ready for a great weekend of learning and connecting with colleagues at #CSAAnnualConf2024 happening at the Disneyland Hotel! ✨ CSA John W. Patton III, MD, MBA Rana Movahedi, MD

Congratulations to Dr. Beti Asnake, MS, MD, the 2024 President’s Impact Award for Educator of the Year winner! 🌟🎉 #CSAAnnualConf2024 CSA

Gender #disparities in #Anesthesiology workforce still exist! This one HITS home… In our editorial, we share: 🤝Ways to promote belonging and wellness 👥Best practices essential to advancement of gender equity Learn more here 👇🏾 tinyurl.com/3zfwcurh Thanks 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢

In the 1960s, Adolph H. “Buddy” Giesecke, Jr., M.D. and Charles Sloan, M.D. anesthetized their most unusual patient: an 11-year-old gorilla named Jenny. Read more about their experience in the latest Anesthesiology Reflection from The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology: ow.ly/cgcm50RmgjF

Congratulations to our UCLA Anesthesiology PGY1 resident Eileen Nguyen, MD, PhD Eileen Nguyen, MD, PhD on winning the 2nd place oral presentation award at #WARC2024 !!! 👏👏👏 We are really proud of you!! Niko Massaly Catherine Cahill

✨Allstar✨ V R Clark, MD presenting her work on Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Pulmonary Hypertension at the Best Abstracts Award session at #IARS2024. Bravo Varina!! 👏👏

We are thrilled to announce our lab’s stellar physician-scientist mentee John Park, MD PhD from UCLA Anesthesiology and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is the recipient of FAER Mentored Research Training Grant (MRTG)!!! FAER was instrumental in my career for FAER MRTG->K->R transition!! Thank U FAER 🙏

In this Classic Paper Revisited, Dr. Beverley A. Orser recounts her scientific journey and shares several personal stories from her formative years and “research truths” that she has learned along the way. Read the article: ow.ly/MXQq50RYMmV

🎉 Congratulations to John Park, MD, PHD for receiving the prestigious Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Mentored Research Training Grant Award! Dr. Park will join the DAPM faculty as a physician scientist this year after completing residency training. 👏🌟

A blast to work on this with a 🔥 team. #Failure is ever-present in all our lives; & the role of failure in the trainee experience is critical. How we manage failure is all part of the work of cultivating cultures of #wellbeing! Enjoy 🙏🏻 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38785110/ UCLA Anesthesiology

Congratulations to Emerly Luong, MD for receiving the Resident of the Quarter for the 4th quarter of the 2023-2024 academic year! She is recognized for her "great attitude and eagerness to help". She is described as "excellent, professional, and courteous". Congrats, Dr. Luong!

Congratulations, Jessica Leung, MD, for receiving the inaugural Resident Educator of the Quarter Award for the 4th quarter of academic year '23-'24! The Award recognizes the accomplishments of a resident who shows consistent dedication & enthusiasm for teaching medical students.

Congratulations to Cecilia Canales, MD, MPH for receiving a 2024-25 KL2 Translational Science Award from UCLA CTSI! 🎉 Her proposal is entitled: “Improving Post-surgical Cognitive Outcomes in Limited English Proficient Older Adults: A Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.”

Happy to share some thoughts on the need for resident leadership training in the ASA Monitor with Kathy Sumie Lehuanani Cazares! These skills can empower resident engagement in advocacy, decrease levels of burnout, and increase personal agency and fulfillment. tinyurl.com/mvcbnvau

ASA and the The American Board of Anesthesiology are separate entities with separate missions, but they both work to advance the specialty and do work that complements each other. Learn about the origins of each organization. doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM… IU School of Medicine Jane Moon CSA #anesthesiology

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, M.D.—prolific British author best known for his tales of Sherlock Holmes—published “The Curse of Eve” in 1894, stirring controversy for its realistic portrayal of medicine. Read the latest Anesthesiology Reflections from The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology: ow.ly/ugPf50T97IU

Thank you ASA® for including me on this episode! As a CA3 and Mama, it’s important to prioritize wellness throughout training, too! 🗣️ CA1s: take a few moments to listen! My colleagues are dropping gems 💎! UCLA Anesthesiology Women in Anesthesiology

Reflecting on over two decades of research in the latest Classic Papers Revisted article, Drs. Morgan and Sedensky discuss their use of genetic models to examine the mechanisms of volatile anesthetic action. Read more: ow.ly/NtaC50Tre6X