Works from 2024
PBLD: Prolonging nerve blocks, Jordan Chen (Oral/Podium Presentation)
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)
Malpositioned tracheostomy tube, Jhazmin Griffith and Ramsis F. Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
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 Inozemtsev (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Tracheal stenosis recognition and management, William Harrity, Aladino De Ranieri, and Artush Grigoryan (Oral/Podium Presentation)
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)
Keywords review, Jhazmin Griffith and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords review, William Harrity and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords review, Asher Le and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Trauma in anesthesiology, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Konstantin Inozemtsev (Grand Rounds)
Keyword presentation: Crystalloid vs colloid, Nathan Cao (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keyword review, Dennis Kum and Konstantin Inozemtsev (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords - VQ relationships, Dennis Kum (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral: Critical care, Kannan Aravagiri and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Morbidity and mortality conference, Adib Alturkmani and Chanannait Paisansathan (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Morbidity and mortality conference, Trina Sircar and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Morbidity and mortality conference, Moez Sumar and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Janhavi Dhargalkar and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Trina Sircar and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior grand rounds: Perioperative methadone, Tian Yu (Grand Rounds)
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)
2024-2025 Resident and Fellow Council member, Asher Le (Leadership Role)
Works from 2023
Journal club, Evert Gonzalez and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior grand rounds: Mechanical circulatory support, Artush Grigoryan (Grand Rounds)
Keywords: Obstetric anesthesia, Asher Le and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords: Obstetric anesthesia, Clifton Rodrigues and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords: Obstetric anesthesia, Nelson Sham and Aladino De Ranieri (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)
Conus medullaris tumor superimposed co-existing degenerative chronic lumbar spondyloarthropathy: A case report, Moez K. Sumar, Marina Issac, Ramsis Ghaly, et al. (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)
The effect of menopause on chronic pain, Tian Yu, Kannan Aravagiri, Fabiola Dominquez, et al. (Poster)
Mock oral, Evert Gonzalez and Afshin Heidari (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Artush Grigoryan and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity, Evert Gonzalez (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Outcomes of patients with congenital cardiomyopathy undergoing c-section in the US between 2016 and 2020: A large database analysis, Vinicius Da Silva Moreira (Oral/Podium Presentation)
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)
Botulinum toxin injections for facilitated abdominal wall closure, Tian Yu, Rishi Gaiha, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
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)
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)
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)
“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)
Keywords, Adib Alturkmani and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Artush Grigoryan and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Alyeldin Elgamil and Afshin Heidari (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Janhavi Dhargalkar and Chu-Yin Yeh (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Evan Lian and Chu-Yin Yeh (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Evan Lian and Afshin Heidari (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Vinicius Da Silva Moreira and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Tian Yu and Afshin Heidari (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Cardiac event, Kannan Aravagiri and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
2023 BASIC Examination, Top 10% score, Alyeldin Elgamil (Award)
Anesthesiology M&M Conference, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Difficult intubation in a patient with OSA undergoing inspire hypoglossal nerve stimulator implantation, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD: Networking and business communication, Moez Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Evan Lian and Michael Oleyar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Adib Alturkmani and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Tian Yu and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Case cancellation in preoperative area, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
M&M: Difficult intubation, Moez Sumar, Amit Jain, and Rishi Gaiha (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Switching IPGs from one vendor to another may alter failed SCS trial results, Nektarios Mastoris, Afshin Heidari, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Abstract)
Mock oral, Sallu Jabati and Konstantin Inozemtsev (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior grand rounds: Predicting difficult airways: The good, the bad, and the Mallampati, Alexander Vahidsafa and Konstantin Inozemtsev (Grand Rounds)
Journal club, Alvaro Camacho Ortega and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthetic considerations for the parturient with Opioid Use Disorder, Alyeldin Elgamil (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Hassam Rasool and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Kynurenine pathway metabolites as potential biomarkers in chronic pain, Andrew Auyeung, Hank C. Wang, Kannan Aravagiri, et al. (Article)