Works from 2024
2024-2025 Co-Chief Residents for Anesthesiology Residency Program at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Janhavi Dhargalkar, Vinnie Da Silva Moreira, and Moez Sumar (Leadership Role)
2024 MARC Award, 2nd place in Pain Category, Isabel Rao Shuai, Rishi Gaiha, and Evert Gonzalez (Award)
2024 MARC Award, 2nd place in Patient Safety Category, Trina Sircar, Ned F. Nasr, and N Nick Knezevic (Award)
2024 MARC Award, 3rd place in Regional Category, Osman Syed, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Aisha Patel, et al. (Award)
A dual-chamber leadless pacemaker complicated by migration into the pulmonary artery, Sadi Abukhalaf, Farzad Ebrahimi, Artush Grigoryan, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesia management in robot-assisted hernia diaphragmatic hernia repair with open right transverse colectomy, Jhazmin Griffith, Sahel Keshavarzi, and Tian Yu (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthetic challenges in Subclavian Steal Syndrome, Dennis Kum, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Evelyn Yeh, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthetic management and considerations in a myasthenia gravis patient, Trina Sircar, Afshin Heidari, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthetic management in a suspected malignant hyperthermia patient with a difficult airway and chronic pain history undergoing right TMJ surgery, Trina Sircar, Ned F. Nasr, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
A single-chamber leadless pacemaker complicated by right ventricle perforation, cardiac tamponade, and death, Sadi Abukhalaf, Simin Saatee, Katayoun Aghajani, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Aspiration of transforaminal cyst under fluoroscopy, Isabel Rao Shuai, Rishi Gaiha, Evert Gonzalez, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Awake fiberoptic intubation in a patient with a peritonsillar abscess, Trina Sircar, Loue Nassar, Amit Jain, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Blind nasal intubation in a patient with facial gunshot wounds, Dennis Kum, Rachel Kim, Evelyn Yeh, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Diagnosis and management of aortic intramural hematoma with aortic dissection and rupture, William Harrity, Tatiana Krejci, and Artush Grigoryan (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the perioperative period, Lucas Rizkalla, Aladino De Ranieri, and Moez K. Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
High spinal in the parturient, Asher Le, Aladino De Ranieri, and Moez K. Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Improving neuraxial labor analgesia and reducing catheter interventions: A quality improvement project, Isabel Rao Shuai, Ned F. Nasr, Kishori Bawdane, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Improving patient outcomes: Cosyntropin in post-dural puncture headache, Adib Alturkmani, Ned F. Nasr, Nelson Sham, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keyword presentation: Crystalloid vs colloid, Nathan Cao (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords - VQ relationships, Dennis Kum (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Malpositioned tracheostomy tube, Jhazmin Griffith and Ramsis F. Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Morbidity and mortality of common femoral endarterectomy, Michael Chaney, Gaurang Joshi, Jose Cataneo Serrato, et al. (Article)
Multimodal analgesia in the complex chronic pain patient, Lucas Rizkalla, Chu-Yin Yeh, and Moez K. Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Navigating pneumocephalus and post-dural puncture headache, Adib Alturkmani, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Ned F. Nasr, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Perioperative analgesia effects on chronic pain post-total knee arthroplasty: Long-term RCT analysis, Osman Syed, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Aisha Patel, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Perioperative management and considerations of rocuronium-induced anaphylaxis, Trina Sircar, Ramsis F. Ghaly, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Post-thyroidectomy complications: Unilateral vocal cord paralysis and biphasic stridor, Asher M. Le, Aladino De Ranieri, and Konstantin Inozemtev (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior grand rounds: Perioperative methadone, Tian Yu (Grand Rounds)
Tracheal stenosis recognition and management, William Harrity, Aladino De Ranieri, and Artush Grigoryan (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Trauma in anesthesiology, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Konstantin Inozemtsev (Grand Rounds)
Usage of oral ketamine in sickle cell pain crisis, Isabel Rao Shuai, Rishi Gaiha, and Evert Gonzalez (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Valve-in-valve TAVR complicated by hemodynamically unstable aortic insufficiency and pulseless electrical activity, Sadi Abukhalaf, Farzad Ebrahimi, and Artush Grigoryan (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Works from 2023
2023-2024 Co-Chief Residents for Anesthesiology Residency Program at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Artush Grigoryan, Tian Yu, and Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez (Leadership Role)
2023-2024 Resident Forum Council member, Moez Sumar (Leadership Role)
2023 Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) delegate, Kannan Aravagiri (Leadership Role)
2023 MARC Award, 1st place in General Category, Janhavi Dhargalkar (Award)
2023 MARC Award, 2nd place in Cardiovascular Category, Janhavi Dhargalkar (Award)
2023 MARC Award, 2nd place in Obstetrical Category, Moez Sumar (Award)
2023 MARC Award, 2nd place in Obstetrical Category, Moez Sumar (Award)
2023 MARC Award, 3rd place in General Category, Vinicius Da Silva Moreira and Ned Francis Nasr (Award)
A case of patient with patent tracheostomy site from infancy presenting as adult for elective orchiectomy found to have undiagnosed subglottic stenosis, Evan Lian and Aladino De Ranieri (Poster)
A case of urgent lumbar discectomy in patient with history of difficult intubation and tracheostomy in the past fails awake nasal fiberoptic converted to awake open tracheostomy, Evan Lian and Aladino De Ranieri (Poster)
Anesthesiology M&M conference, Tian Yu (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesiology M&M Conference, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthetic considerations for the parturient with Opioid Use Disorder, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Bertolotti Syndrome, pain management and anesthetic considerations, Moez K. Sumar, Afshin Heidari, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Botulinum toxin injections for facilitated abdominal wall closure, Tian Yu, Rishi Gaiha, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Botulinum toxin injections for facilitated abdominal wall closure, Tian Yu, Rishi Gaiha, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Case cancellation in preoperative area, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Conus medullaris tumor superimposed co-existing degenerative chronic lumbar spondyloarthropathy: A case report, Moez K. Sumar, Marina Issac, Ramsis Ghaly, et al. (Poster)
Difficult intubation in a patient with OSA undergoing inspire hypoglossal nerve stimulator implantation, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Diffusion limitation of volatile anesthetic uptake: Comment, Artush Grigoryan, Arjang Khorasani, M Ramez Salem, et al. (Response or Comment)
Heparin induced thrombocytopenia post bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valve repair, Janhavi Dhargalkar, Arjang Khorasani, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Incidental finding of severe cervical stenosis resulting in the alteration of anesthetic choice, Kannan Aravagiri, Ramsis F. Ghaly, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Journal club, Adib Alturkmani and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Kynurenine pathway metabolites as potential biomarkers in chronic pain, Andrew Auyeung, Hank C. Wang, Kannan Aravagiri, et al. (Article)
M&M: Difficult intubation, Moez Sumar, Amit Jain, and Rishi Gaiha (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity, Evert Gonzalez (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Narcotic discrepancies in an anesthesia residency program: A quality improvement study - Part 1, Kannan Aravagiri, Janhavi Dhargalkar, Ned F. Nasr, et al. (Poster)
Obstetric anesthesia considerations in parturient with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, Janhavi Dhargalkar, Ned F. Nasr, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Pain management in an elderly ICU patient with multiple rib fractures through utilization of a serratus block catheter via an epidural kit with intermittent bolus administration of ropivacaine, Nelson Sham and Ramsis F. Ghaly (Poster)
Professional singer undergoing endotracheal anesthesia, Nelson Sham and Ramsis F. Ghaly (Poster)
Racial and ethnic differences in the usage of opioids to treat chronic pain, Char Ong, Adam Fink, Tian Yu, et al. (Poster)
Refractory facial pain and headache: Cluster headache vs trigeminal neuralgia, Tian Yu, Marina Issac, Ramsis F. Ghaly, et al. (Poster)
Spinal cord stimulator in the parturient and anesthetic consideration for cesarean section, Moez K. Sumar, Pawel Borsuk, Ned F. Nasr, et al. (Poster)
Successful one-lung ventilation in a patient with diaphragmatic hernia using a single-lumen endotracheal tube, Vinicius Da La Silva Moreira, Alvaro Camacho-Ortega, Sahel Keshavarzi, et al. (Poster)
Successful trans carotid artery revascularization (TCAR) in a 72yo male with a large mediastinal tumor, Vinicius Da La Silva Moreira, Konstantin Inozemtsev, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Switching IPGs from one vendor to another may alter failed SCS trial results, Nektarios Mastoris, Afshin Heidari, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Abstract)
The discrepancy and agreement between patient-reported percentage pain reduction and calculated percentage pain reduction in chronic pain patients, Adam B. Fink, Charmaine Ong, Moez K. Sumar, et al. (Article)
The effect of menopause on chronic pain, Tian Yu, Kannan Aravagiri, Fabiola Dominquez, et al. (Poster)
“There’s a fly in the OR!”: The prevention of contamination from invertebrates within the operating room, Kannan Aravagiri, Ramsis F. Ghaly, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Thoracic endometriosis in elective surgery, Janhavi Dhargalkar, Ned F. Nasr, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Too ill to transport: A case of bedside laparotomy in the ICU, Vinicius Da La Silva Moreira, Ned F. Nasr, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Works from 2022
2022-2023 Co-Chief Residents for Anesthesiology Residency Program at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Nektarios G. Mastoris and Mikhail Kushnarev (Leadership Role)
2022-2023 Resident Forum Council member, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez (Leadership Role)
2022 BASIC Examination, Top 10% score, Artush Grigoryan (Award)
2022 BASIC Examination, Top 10% score, Tian Yu (Award)
2022 Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) delegate, Tian Yu (Leadership Role)
Acute CHF in PACU after cystoscopy, Adib Alturkmani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesiology M&M conference, Tian Yu (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Atrial fibrillation, Moez Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Episode 36: Past to present - Technological changes, Dillon Tinevez, Shyam Desai, Mike Petravick, et al. (Audio)
High spinal in C-section, Tian Yu and Artush Grigoryan (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Identifying molecular mechanisms of acute to chronic pain transition and potential drug targets, Kannan Aravagiri, Adam Ali, Hank C. Wang, et al. (Article)
Journal club, Evan Lian (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Artush Grigoryan and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Clifton Rodrigues and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Evan Lian and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Pain management, modulation, and treatment, Moez Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Sex differences in pain scores and medication use among chronic pain patients, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Leah Tharian, Janhavi Dhargalkar, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The effect of dexmedetomidine on renal function after surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G Villarreal, Janhavi Dhargalkar, et al. (Article)
When left becomes right: A rare case of crossed pulmonary arteries in a 67 year-old woman, Vinicius Da Silva Moreira, Mauro Taveras-Alcantara, Pooja Singh, et al. (Poster)
Works from 2021
2021-2022 Chief Resident for Anesthesiology Residency Program at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Dillon Tinevez (Leadership Role)
2021-2022 Resident Forum Council member, Mikhail Kushnarev (Leadership Role)
2021 MARC Award, 1st place in Basic Category, Mikhail Kushnarev (Award)
Addition of Gabapentin to Opioids Does Not Improve Pain in Patients With Chronic Neck and Low Back Pain, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Tabish Aijaz, Alvaro Camacho-Ortega, and Kenneth Candido (Poster)
Anesthesiology M&M conference, Tian Yu (Oral/Podium Presentation)
A novel checklist for anesthesia in neurosurgical cases, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Mikhail Kushnarev, Iulia Pirvulescu, et al. (Article)
C-reactive protein and procalcitonin after congenital heart surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass: When should we be worried?, Juan S Farias, Enrique G Villarreal, Janhavi Dhargalkar, et al. (Article)
Herbal medicine for pain management: efficacy and drug interactions, Behdad Jahromi, Iulia Pirvulescu, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Article)