Volume 29 Number 1 | Stony Brook, NY | < January 2018 > |
Dr. Gallagher Retires | STARS | Kudos | Division Chief's Corner |
PGA and Alumni Reception | Meeting News | Holiday Party | CRNA Week |
Anesthesia Techs | New Publications | Where is That? |
T.J. Gan, MD, MHS, FRCA, MBA
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Christopher Gallagher for his role as Residency Program Director over the past 9 years. He has contributed in many ways to the program. His innovative and novel ideas have made the Stony Brook Anesthesiology Residency Program one of the premier programs in the country. As a national leader in simulation, Dr. Gallagher has led the Department of Anesthesiology’s simulation and MOCA programs. His contributions to education extend beyond the departmental level. Dr. Gallagher has served as the Director of the Simulation Center for the Stony Brook School of Medicine and has volunteered endless hours teaching medical students in the simulation center and serving as the faculty advisor for the School of Medicine Simulation Club. He has taught simulation at both national and international conferences, and received the prestigious IARS Teacher of the Year Award. His educational videos posted on “Dr. Gallagher’s Neighborhood” have educated students and residents throughout the world and are some of the most viewed teaching videos on the web. As a prolific writer, Dr. Gallagher has authored several textbooks on simulation, board preparation, clinical core competencies, fictional books and his latest book, Wretire Wrong, a coloring book on how to retire right, not wrong - how fitting. Dr. Gallagher’s departmental, national and internal contributions to medical and anesthesia education have been extensive. We have been fortunate to have had Dr. Gallagher as a leader in our department for the past 11 years. I wish him the best of luck for his retirement and knowing Chris, he is likely to keep himself active in new undertakings. |
The December 2017 issue of Anesthesiology includes an article by Dr. Helene Benveniste and her colleagues at Yale and Stony Brook (Drs. Ehab Al-Bizri, Rany Makaryus, and Stephen Probst). The article "Anesthesia with Dexmedetomidine and Low-dose Isoflurane Increases Solute Transport via the Glymphatic Pathway in Rat Brain When Compared with High-dose Isoflurane" was first published online in September. The article was featured in the ASA Newsletter and in the "This Month in Anesthesiology" section of the Journal. Listen to the audio version of the Editor's commentary below [credit]. |
Dr. Jun Lin was invited to speak at the first Cancer Pharmacology Research Conference held at St. John's University in mid December. His talk, "Effects of Anesthetics on Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis" opened the session on "Anesthetics, Opioids, and NSAIDs in Cancer Prevention and Treatment". Postdoc Dr. Ru Li from his lab, presented a poster, "Effects of Local Anesthetics on Breast Cancer Cell Viability and Migration" at the meeting. |
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Joseph Gnolfo III, CRNA National CRNA Week (January 21st -27th) is the AANA’s annual celebration of anesthesia patient safety and the nation’s 52,000+ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student registered nurse anesthetists who provide approximately 43 million anesthetics each year. Here at Stony Brook we have 54 CRNAs (and growing) practicing as a vital part of an exceptional anesthesia department. Please join me in recognizing their strong work and tireless contribution to the institution and its patients. We would also like to welcome all of our new CRNAs to the team!! |
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James P. Dilger, PhD |
SleepTalker, the Stony Brook Anesthesiology Newsletter is published by the Department of Anesthesiology
Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY Tong Joo Gan, M.D., M.H.S., F.R.C.A., M.B.A., 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., M.B.A. |