December 2008

Meet ACCM's Marshall Scholar
New Marshall Scholar, Kurt Herzer, will be heading to the United Kingdom in 2009 to further his research interests in improving global public health. Kurt has been working in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine for several years on a number of Perioperative Safety initiatives centered in the Weinberg Operating Rooms.
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Vice Chair Dorman Elected ASCCA President
Todd Dorman, M.D., FCCM, Vice Chair of Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, was recently elected President of The American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists for the 2008-2010 term. Dr. Dormam will lead the ASCCA in its mission to educate anesthesiologists in the care of critically ill patients and to foster the knowledge and practice of critical care medicine by anesthesiologists. .
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10th Annual ACCM Research Day
Research Day provides an opportunity for the department to share the research they have conducted over the past year, and it helps generate ideas for future research projects. Congratulations to the winners of the 10th Annual ACCM Research Day presentations.
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4th All Africa Anaesthesia Congress
The Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine will co-sponsor the 4th All Africa Anaesthesia Congress (AAAC), created to address pain, anesthesia and critical care medicine issues within Africa.
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Resident Adam Carinci Awarded Pain Scholarship
Resident Adam J. Carinci was recently awarded an Emerging Solutions in Pain (ESP) Scholarship to attend the American Academy of Pain Medicine's (AAPM) 25th Annual Meeting.
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November 2008

Brain Simulation Technology Research Focuses on A Nanoscale World
Johns Hopkins Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Marek Mirski, along with his colleague Associate Professor David Gracias of Biomedical Engineering, were recently awarded a fully funded grant for their Therapeutics proposal submitted to the Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) at Johns Hopkins.
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"Anesthesia Informatics" Breaks New Ground
Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist Jerry Stonemetz and and co-editor Keith Ruskin recently published the first book dedicated to the topic of Anesthesia Information Management Systems, with chapters written by leading authorities in the field and useful case scenarios focusing on the ideal components of a fully automated record-keeping system.
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Dean Honors Dr. Peter Pronovost, Hopkins Critical Care Physician and Patient Safety Pioneer
On November 18, Dean Edward D. Miller, M.D. hosts a reception in honor of Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., medical director for Johns Hopkins' Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care.
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September 2008

Marking the Milestones and Growing Together
Celebrating significant service milestones with faculty and staff is always an eagerly anticipated fall event on the Johns Hopkins campus, but perhaps nowhere is this more true than in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Hopkins Anesthesiology employees were recently feted at a special luncheon for employees celebrating special employment year milestones, held during the annual Employee Recognition week.
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True Leaders in Pain Management
Paul Christo, M.D., M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship, has been named as one of six new fellows of the Mayday Fund, a New York City-based foundation dedicated to alleviating the incidence, degree, and consequence of human physical pain.
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August 2008

Inaugural Issue of The Monitor
The first issue of the Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine newsletter, The Monitor, begins a new channel for celebrating the accomplishments and successes of the faculty, residents, fellows, nurses, and support staff.
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Pass It On: The Next Generation of Anesthesia Technicians
One of the many important roles that Dr. Michael Phelps enjoys as an Anesthesiology faculty member is that of welcoming the newest generation of Anesthesia Technicians for their Hopkins rotation.
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Chief Resident Continues Leadership Tradition in Pain Medicine Field
The Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology Residency Program has a long tradition of training future health care leaders, and the current crop of residents is right on track. Chief Resident Dr. Matthew Crooks’ work with anesthesia residents now extends far past the walls of Johns Hopkins.
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Double Kudos for Pain Division
The Pain Division of Anesthesiology recently scored a major pain research "double hit" with the publication of two papers and editorial reviews in the same issue of Anesthesiology.
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July 2008

Chief Resident Pairs with Faculty Member to Research Sex and Gender Differences in Pain Perception
Dr. Meredith Adams is just settling nicely into her year as one of the Department's Chief Residents, but also finds herself in the research spotlight for publishing her first journal article.
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June 2008

Green... Not Just For Scrubs Anymore
Anesthesiologist Jerry Stonemetz is one clinician in the Johns Hopkins Operating Rooms who has discovered first hand that taking the "green" path in healthcare can be a win-win proposal.
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Hello Goodbye
Every summer, the Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine bids an emotional farewell to its graduating residents and fellows at the annual Graduation Dinner.
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May 2008

Practicing on Plastic: Johns Hopkins Simulation Center
Well-equipped operating rooms and Molly the plastic "Sim Baby" are all part of the $5 million dollar state-of-the-art Johns Hopkins Simulation Center where Hopkins trainers test future doctors in lifelike scenarios.
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Time Names Dr. Peter Pronovost to 100 Most Influential People 2008
For his groundbreaking work in the area of patient safety, Hopkins anesthesiologist Dr. Peter Pronovost has been named by the editors of Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2008.
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Dr. Srinivasa Raja Receives Prestigious Fordyce Award
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Daily Record Names Three Johns Hopkins Medicine Women to Its List of Maryland's Top 100 Women
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Photos from 2007's "Reach Out and Run" Event with ACCM's Lauri Reamer
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Hopkins Performs Historic 'Six-Way Domino' Kidney Transplant
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Hopkins Becomes First "Latex-Safe" Hospital
"Latex hospital gloves were invented here, so it's only fitting that Johns Hopkins takes the initiative to promoting alternatives," anesthesiologist Robert H. Brown recently told the JHU Gazette.
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April 2008

Kurt Herzer Chosen For Presidential Search Committee
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