3rd Annual Singapore-Duke Conference
It’s another step toward global health as Duke Anesthesiology helped kick off this year’s conference in Singapore, “Value Creation in Anesthesia: Staying Ahead of the Curve.”
That’s a Wrap! Highlights from ASA 2015
We would like to recognize all of our faculty, residents, fellows and staff who have made this year’s American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Conference in San Diego a huge success!
Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center Team Departs for Uganda
An interprofessional team from the Duke Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center departed March 4 for Kampala, Uganda as part of a global health education program.
The Ghana Journals – The Ongoing Global Health Mission
Dr. Kayla Bryan (Duke Anesthesiology chief resident, 2015) and Dr. Amy Mauritz (Obstetric Anesthesiology fellow, 2014-15) provide a firsthand account of their mission trip to Africa as part of the Duke Anesthesiology Global Health Program.
Pie-in-the-Face Global Health Fundraiser 2014
On November 5th, Interim Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. Joseph Mathew, graciously accepted a pie in the face for being the "winner" of the Department of Anesthesiology's first annual Pie-in-the-Face Global Health Fundraiser to support resident travel expenses related to their Global Health Project.
Global Health Update: Ghana
One of Adeyemi “Yemi” Olufolabi’s, MB BS, fondest memories while working in the operating room at Ridge Hospital in Ghana was of a patient who came there in labor.
Winter 2014 DIG Report: Steve Melton, MD
Neurointerventional Regional Anesthesia to Improve Hand Rehabilitation in Stroke
Collaboration between investigators from anesthesiology, physical therapy, neurology, and the Brain Imagin
Winter 2014 DIG Report: Michael Manning, MD, PhD
Cardiopulmonary Bypass-Induced Inflammatory Changes in the Atrial Wall: The Novel Role for Cardiac Chymase produced Angiotensin II in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrill
Winter 2014 DIG Report: Miklos Kertai, MD, PhD
Pharmacogenomics of β-blockers: Implication for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
The purpose of our study is to identify genetic variations in human genes that are responsible for modula