Volume 27 Number 2 | Stony Brook, NY | < February 2017 > |
James P. Dilger, PhD
Jack S. Shanewise, MD, FASE is our Visiting Professor for February. Dr. Shanewise is Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Program Director of the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City. Dr. Shanewise received a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and obtained his MD from the University of Washington in Seattle where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He did an internship in General Surgery at the University of Alabama, an Anesthesiology Residency at Emory University and a Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship also at Emory. He remained at Emory first as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology (1992-1999) and then Associate Professor (2000-2004). While at Emory, Dr. Shanewise published extensively on issues in cardiothoracic anesthesiology and the use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) (including a paper that sounds like a Sherlock Holmes story: “The case of the missing fragment …”). He was a two-time recipient of the Carl C. Hug Jr. Award for teaching excellence in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Emory University. In 2004, Dr. Shanewise moved to Columbia University as Professor of Anesthesiology with the administrative titles noted above. Dr. Shanewise has authored nearly 50 journal articles and 30 meeting abstracts. He has co-edited three books including Comprehensive Textbook of Intraoperative Echocardiography, and has written nearly 38 book chapters. He lectures extensively on TEE both in the US and abroad. He was the lead author for the first ASE/SCA guidelines defining what constitutes a comprehensive perioperative TEE examination. Dr. Shanewise has been active in many societies. In particular, he was a founding member of the National Board of Echocardiography and has served in every elected office in that society (President from 2009-2011). He has also served as president of the Association of Cardiac Anesthesiologists and the Association of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Program Directors. He has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia and Anesthesia & Analgesia. During his visit to Stony Brook, Dr. Shanewise will present two lectures. The first one, “Monitoring for Myocardial Ischemia” is for the Residents on Tuesday, February 7, 5-6 PM. He will then speak at our departmental meeting on Wednesday, February 8, 7-8 AM: “30 Years of TEE and Anesthesiology”. Welcome Dr. Shanewise! |
James P. Dilger, PhD
We extend our sincerest sympathy to Jean Abbott whose son, Marc Cooper, passed away in January. Marc earned his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, and was applying for his Doctorate in Physical Therapy. He had numerous specialty certifications, and worked as a personal trainer and Physical Therapy Tech. Marc was a founding member of the Corpus Christi chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity and worked with the Wounded Warrior Project as his service pledge. He was an avid snowboarder, wakeboarder and kiteboarder. He loved sports cars and tried his hand at car racing. He enjoyed all types of music, and played guitar and drums. Marc spoke fluent Spanish. Marc was able to give the gift of life through the NJ Sharing Network. So far, he has saved the lives of 5 transplant recipients with his organ donations, and will be helping up to 40 people in the coming days. He was honored with a flag raising ceremony at Morristown Medical Center on the day of his donations. Please take a moment now to look at your NYS Driver's License to make sure that there is a red heart signifying you as an organ donor. If it isn't there, go to Donate Life America and sign up. Jean has some organ donor wristbands for anyone who is interested. She would certainly appreciate knowing that her terrible loss inspires others to follow Marc's example. |
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James P. Dilger, PhD
Step on It!
My new Christmas toy was a Fitbit. My phone was already counting my steps, but I wanted more. I was curious about my heart rate. Well, more than curious. Sometimes (correction: often) in my CrossFit workouts, the pulsations in my chest seemed to be going off the charts. I really wanted to know if I’d been exceeding the speed limit for my age (155; ahem, that’s beats per minute, not years). Fitbit and Apple Watches measure heart rate much the same way as pulse oximeters. I quickly learned that while you can get spurious readings (I momentarily shot up to the peak rate while strolling around the block with my 90-year old father-in-law), overall it seemed pretty accurate (I did some quick comparisons with a pulse-ox). Workouts were not in violation so I could stop worrying about that. But another feature of the Fitbit really keeps me on my toes (and heels). Step competitions. Who knew that you can compete with other wearers for daily, weekly, whatever total steps? My coach, Michael, invited me to join a Workweek Hustle, a Monday through Friday competition. I clicked okay. Then, I saw what I was up against. Michael and another stepper were 20k steps per day walkers! I'd been happy to get about half of that. The first couple of weeks, I settled for 3rd or 4th place. Then I wondered, what would it take to do 20k steps in a day? Well, I now know where to park my car if I want to get 1600 steps right off the bat. The Wellness Walk on Level 2 yields 860 (including the steps to and from my office). Once-around-the-block at home, that’s 1250 (at 11 pm sometimes). On Monday, I was barely ahead of Michael. At the end of Tuesday, it was neck-in-neck with him and another stepper. It’s Wednesday as I write this, so the final results are not yet in … So how do I justify all this time spent walking? Well, it gives me time to think, at least now that I’ve gotten the Wellness Walk turns down pat. It seems there’s a pretty good precedent for a walking-thinking connection. Nietzsche wrote, “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth”. That may be a bit extreme, but I’m going with it anyway! And, I just heard about a book “A Philosophy of Walking” by a Frenchman, Frédéric Gros. Maybe it’s available as an audiobook so I can listen to it. While I walk, of course! |
Neera Tewari, D.O.
Sunrise in Hawaii
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SleepTalker, the Stony Brook Anesthesiology Newsletter is published by the Department of Anesthesiology
Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY Tong Joo Gan, M.D., Chairman Editorial Board: James P. Dilger, Ph.D.; Stephen A. Vitkun, M.D., M.B.A., Ph.D.; Marisa Barone-Citrano, M.A.; Shivam Shodhan, M.D. |