Works from 2023
Diffusion limitation of volatile anesthetic uptake: Comment, Artush Grigoryan, Arjang Khorasani, M Ramez Salem, et al. (Response or Comment)
Mock oral, Artush Grigoryan and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Regional anesthesia (toxic doses of local anesthetics and upper extremity nerve blocks), Moez Sumar and Aladino DeRaneiri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Hassam Rasool and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
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)
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)
Mock oral: Trauma/CC, Evert Gonzalez and Konstantin Inozemtsev (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Grand rounds: Trauma surgery for the anesthesiologist, Samuel Kingsley (Grand Rounds)
Senior grand rounds: Environmental impact of anesthesia, Sai Beeraka (Grand Rounds)
Journal club, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior grand rounds: ERAS protocol and anesthesia, Hassam Rasool (Grand Rounds)
Anesthesiology M&M conference, Tian Yu (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Aspiration risk, Kannan Aravagiri and MiKyung Kim (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior grand round: Anesthesia and cognition, Mikhail Kushnarev and Sahel Keshavarzi (Grand Rounds)
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)
Works from 2022
Senior grand round: Comprehensive review of spinal cord stimulators, Sallu Jabati and Rishi Gaiha (Grand Rounds)
Journal club, Sai Beeraka and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Alexander Vahidsafa and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (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)
Senior grand round: Anesthesia considerations for geriatric patient, Alvaro Camacho Ortega and Ned Francis Nasr (Grand Rounds)
Grand Rounds: Anesthesia Considerations for the Geriatric Patient, Alvaro Camacho Ortega (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Sallu Jabati and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock oral, Alexander Vahidsafa and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Sai Beeraka and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Case report spontaneous epidural abscess, Jordan Chen (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, Clifton Rodrigues and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
2022 BASIC Examination, Top 10% score, Artush Grigoryan (Award)
2022 BASIC Examination, Top 10% score, Tian Yu (Award)
Neuromuscular blockers, Moez Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Asthma, Moez Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Acute CHF in PACU after cystoscopy, Adib Alturkmani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Artush Grigoryan and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
When a less invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement in surgical aortic valve replacement becomes a more invasive redo surgical aortic valve replacement, Tatiana Krejci, Annilin Severns, Beunca Graffree, et al. (Poster)
Keywords, Evan Lian and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
High spinal in C-section, Tian Yu and Artush Grigoryan (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Atrial fibrillation, Moez Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Clifton Rodrigues and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Evan Lian (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Episode 36: Past to present - Technological changes, Dillon Tinevez, Shyam Desai, Mike Petravick, et al. (Audio)
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)
Pain management, modulation, and treatment, Moez Sumar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesiology M&M conference, Tian Yu (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)
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 Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) delegate, Tian Yu (Leadership Role)
Awake fiberoptic intubation, Tian Yu and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of open globe injury in the setting of acute cocaine intoxication, Mikhail Kushnarev and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Methemoglobinemia after awake fiberoptic intubation using topical benzocaine as local anesthetic of the oropharynx, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Afshin Heidari (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Subcutaneous emphysema during robotic inguinal hernia repair, Artush Grigoryan and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Works from 2021
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)
Ultrasound-guided bilateral transversus thoracic muscle plane block with liposomal bupivacaine in patients undergoing median sternotomy for cardiac surgery, Tatiana Krejci (Abstract)
Case report: Neuraxial anesthesia in the COVID parturient, Jordan Chen (Poster)
Case report: Paravertebral block, Jordan Chen (Poster)
Sacroiliitis and family history, Jordan Chen (Poster)
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)
A novel checklist for anesthesia in neurosurgical cases, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Mikhail Kushnarev, Iulia Pirvulescu, et al. (Article)
Anesthesiology M&M conference, Tian Yu (Oral/Podium Presentation)
2021 MARC Award, 1st place in Basic Category, Mikhail Kushnarev (Award)
2021 AMAAC award, Mikhail Kushnarev (Award)
2021 MARC Award, 2nd place in Air Category, Behdad Jahromi and Simin Saatee (Award)
Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate in elderly patient after urgent hip fracture nailing, Lacey Wood and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Case study: Hemorrhagic shock secondary to popliteal vein rupture following an initially uncomplicated repair of distal humerus fracture, Alexander Vahidsafa and Ramsis F Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Immunomodulatory effects of the stellate ganglion block: A literature review, Dillon Tinevez and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Ludwig’s Angina: One of the most difficult airways, Behdad Jahromi and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of suspected malignant hyperthermia in a patient undergoing CABG and aortic valve replacement, Muhammad Zubair and Eugene Villa (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Neuropathic pain: Preclinical and early clinical progress with voltage-gated sodium channel blockers, Mikhail Kushnarev and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
2021 MARC Award, 3rd place in CVT Category, Tatiana Krejci (Award)
ASA PBLD L101: Anesthesia Management for Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, Alvaro Camacho Ortega (Oral/Podium Presentation)
How to proceed with general anesthesia in a patient with a strong family history of Myotonic Dystrophy, Behdad Jahromi, Antony Tharian, Kenneth D. Candido, et al. (Poster)
Ludwig's Angina: One of the most difficult airways, Behdad Jahromi, Simin Saatee, and Kenneth D. Candido (Poster)
Quality Improvement Project Series: Reducing peri-intubation adverse events after emergency Endotracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Patients, Alvaro Camacho Ortega (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Herbal medicine for pain management: efficacy and drug interactions, Behdad Jahromi, Iulia Pirvulescu, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Article)
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)
Predictors of response to lumbar MBB, RFA of medial nerves or facet joint injection, Jordan Chen (Poster)
Vial holder quality improvement project, Jordan Chen (Poster)
Works from 2020
PBLD: Anesthesia for ERCP: To Intubate or Not to intubate? That is the question, Alvaro Camacho Ortega (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Neuromuscular block monitoring in patients with facial rejuvenation: A case report, Behdad Jahromi and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Case Report)
Case report: Intrathecal ziconotide overdose, Jordan Chen (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Physiologically difficult airway in the patient with severe hypotension and metabolic acidosis, Joseph Capone, Vicko Gluncic, Anita Lukic, et al. (Case Report)
Pulmonary complications after hip and knee arthroplasty in the united states, 2004-2014, Tennison L Malcolm, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Carole C Zouki, et al. (Article)
Neuropathic pain: preclinical and early clinical progress with voltage-gated sodium channel blockers, Mikhail Kushnarev, Iulia Paula Pirvulescu, Kenneth Candido, et al. (Article)
Anesthetic management of a patient with colo-bronchial fistula, T Tverdohleb, Farzad Ebrahimi, L Wood, et al. (Abstract)
Beyond the airway: LV thrombus found by anesthesiology resident on POCUS exam in a trauma patient, J Capone, Farzad Ebrahimi, L Wood, et al. (Abstract)
Neuromuscular Block Monitoring in Patients with Facial Rejuvenation, Behdad Jahromi and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Poster)
Perioperative considerations for carotid endarterectomy, Tatiana Tverdohleb, Katherine Diaz, Michelle Chen, et al. (Book Chapter)
Using 2d speckle tracking echocardiography for the intraoperative assessment of diastolic function in cardiac surgery patients: Grading of diastolic dysfunction by global left ventricular longitudinal strain rate during the early filling phase, Farzad Ebrahimi, J Capone, L Wood, et al. (Abstract)