🔍 Liposomal Bupivacaine: Promise vs. Reality 🔍 Once hailed for extended analgesia & opioid reduction, LB's efficacy remains debated. This educational manuscript explores its effectiveness, drug availability, & the roles anatomy plays. 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2…

The June 2025 issue is hot off the press! Explore a new lineup of original research covering topics such as suzetrigine use for the treatment of acute pain, neuromuscular blockade and antagonism in patients with renal impairment, and more: ow.ly/kTZK50VROEo

There it is — I spy 👀 #WISH on that image! Development + validation of the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare now live in the June issue of Anesthesiology 🎉 👇🏻👇🏻 UCLA Anesthesiology

🩺 Is Spinal LIDOCAINE Safe for Outpatient Joint Arthroplasty? • 🦵 TNS incidence: 0.2% (1,011 patients) • 📉 Multimodal protocols slash risk compared to historical rates >20% 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2… Authors: Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC @THEsae253616 Joshua Dooley Jeff Gadsden #RAPM

By Dr Chris Nguyen: 🗣️ Sharing a photo from leȯ that another incredible mentor, Elliott Higgins, MD 👨‍🎤 on Bluesky , has lovingly ingrained into my brain, This is what loving someone looks like:

🖼️ Healing Emotional Wounds brings RAPM clinician voices to life through art. A call to destigmatize distress, embrace peer support, and make emotional first aid visible. 🎨 Art by Morgan Granzow Courtney J. Burns, Elliott Higgins, MD 👨‍🎤 on Bluesky 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2…

Loved teaming up with Courtney J. Burns and team on this— our jobs can be really, really hard sometimes; **our shared experience = our superpowers to help each other** & build more supportive cultures together. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine ASRA Pain Medicine ✨

⁉️ 🤔 Does regional anesthesia increase the incidence of missed acute compartment syndrome in operative tibial shaft or plateau injuries? ❌ No evidence that perioperative #regional anesthesia increases the incidence 👍 Lower MMEs in first 24 hours buff.ly/mm0OB7A

The Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) is an inventory designed to measure systemic, occupational well-being influencers such as leadership support, psychological safety, and working conditions. Read the article by Higgins et al.: ow.ly/Kyqc50VVUJu

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of burnout among anesthesiologists has been on the rise. A new editorial by Hastie examines burnout research and the benefits of the WISH inventory: ow.ly/iLUY50VVVbV

Healing isn’t just for our patients—it’s for us, too. 💬💙 In the latest RAPM Focus, Courtney J. Burns, Elliott Higgins, MD 👨‍🎤 on Bluesky & Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA explore well-being & reflection in anesthesiology—featuring Healing Emotional Wounds by Morgan Granzow. 🎧👇 🔗 bit.ly/4kCMjEx

The Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) is an inventory designed to measure systemic occupational well-being influencers such as leadership support, psychological safety, and working conditions. Read about it in Anesthesiology: ow.ly/s44350W2Cj3

Happy LGBTQ+ Pride Month! This month, we are celebrating the role LGBTQ+ board-certified anesthesiologists and residents play in serving the specialty. Share your story by sending us a message or read last year's spotlights: loom.ly/M2Ea1vU #anesthesia #theABA #PrideMonth

📣 Thrilled for UCLA Anesthesiology first annual Gratitude & Good Outcomes Grand Rounds. Flipping the script on M&M, #G&G spotlights moments when things went so right—celebrating extraordinary care, teamwork, and impact across our department. #Gratitude #GoodOutcomes David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Our first-ever Gratitude & Good Outcomes (G&G) Grand Rounds today—huge kudos to Elliott Higgins, MD 👨‍🎤 on Bluesky and Dr. Neil Shaw! 🌤️🌈 An inspiring reminder to pause, reflect, and celebrate the phenomenal work our colleagues do every single day. UCLA Anesthesiology UCLA Health

Visual Abstract in #Anesthesiology - Measuring Well-being Influencers: Development and Validation of the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) Inventory 🖌️ ow.ly/44Tq50W4awF

Grand rounds is about to begin! Dr. Elizabeth Duggan will be presenting "The Psychological Experience of Workplace Change" #MayoAnesGR Elizabeth Duggan, MD MA Org Psych Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA Molly Herr @juangripoll1 UAB Anesthesiology @mayoanesres

So much fun to record this podcast episode with Elliott Higgins, MD 👨‍🎤 on Bluesky!

Really appreciated the chance to talk with Liz on Caring Greatly Heart of Safety Coalition about #WISH, patient safety, and what drives health worker well-being. We got into why a shared, evidence-based language matters and how it can help shape culture in meaningful ways ✨🎧

NEW EPISODE: K. Elliott Higgins, III MD on Caring Greatly podcast shares how he and his team created the WISH survey- a tool designed to identify the drivers of team well-being, and predict critical outcomes like burnout, intent to leave, and professional fulfillment. 🔗 in bio