SleepTalker June 2025

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Volume 42 Number 2Stony Brook, NY <       June 2025      
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Academic Research EveningClinical AwardsKudosRecent Meetings
Family NewsURECARegional WorkshopNew Publications
 Where on Campus is That?Monthly Muscle Chillaxant 

 

Academic Research Evening


James P. Dilger, PhD 

   The 2025 Dr, Peter S.A. Glass Academic Research Evening took place on May 13 in the Wang Center. Members of the department presented xx posters from their research. Five of these from the Basic Sciences and five from Clinical Research were presented in judged, moderated poster sessions. 
 


Clinical: Alina Razak, MD, Resident; Giancarlo Sabetta, BS, Medical Student; Kirtana Roopan, BS/MD Student; Jasper Murphy, Medical Student


Basic Science: Swetha MurthyGowda, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate; Michael Spurgat, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate; Robert Blosser, Undergraduate Student; Kai Bou, BS, Master's Student; Samantha Cobos, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate

   Samuel DeMaria, Jr., MD was the Keynote Speaker. He is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Otolaryngology, and Vice Chairman for Research in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine in the Mount Sinai Health System. His topic, "Incivility and Patient Safety" took a behavioral psychological view of interactions among medical professionals. It was filled with humorous anecdotes as well as hard data. 
 

   The basic science judges were Mary Kritzer, PhD (Neurobiology and Behavior) and Markus Riessland, PhD (Neurobiology and Behavior)) and the clinical research judges were Aaron Sasson, MD (Surgery) and On Chen, MD (Medicine). They were tasked with identifying three "bests". This year, they found only two ... because Medical Student Giancarlo Sabetta walked away with both the "Best Clinical Science Abstract" and "Best Trainee Abstract" awards. He presented two of the moderated posters: "Characterizing Baseline Membrane Lung Resistance in ECMO", and "Diagnostic Performance of Pressure Gradients in Assessing Membrane Health During ECMO". The "Best Basic Science Abstract" award went to Kai Bou, a Master's Student in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. He spoke on "Novel Fatty Acid Binding Protein 5 Inhibitor ART26.12 as an Analgesic for Osteoarthritic Pain". 
 


Giancarlo Sabetta (left) and Kai Bou (right) with Drs. Glass and Bennett-Guerrero

   See more photos from the Academic Research Evening. 
 

 

Clinical Awards 2025


Joy Schabel, MD 

 


Dr. Vincent Bargnes , CA-2 Team Player of the Year
Dr. Nicholas Mangano, CA-1 Team Player of the Year


Dr. Katrina Kerolus, Wellness/Social Chair
Drs. Isaac Yeung, Eman Nada, and Jeremy Poppers (not in photo), Attending Teachers of the Year from the Medical Students

  Congratulations to all!
 

 

Kudos


 

Andrew Feit, MD 

   The Executive Committee of the RSOM Faculty Senate has selected Dr Stephen Vitkun to chair the Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure (APT). Please join me in Congratulating Dr. Vitkun!! 

 

Joy Schabel, MD 

   Congratulations to Dr. Alex Tsivitis for being the recipient of the 2025 Timothy D. Ernst, DO AOCA Resident of the Year Award by the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists! This distinguished award recognizes physicians who exemplify remarkable scholarship, leadership, and dedication to the osteopathic profession. Dr. Tsivitis’s achievement will be celebrated during the Annual AOCA Meeting in September 2025.

   Way to go Alex! 😊
 

Dr. Mohammad Fauzan, who recently defended his PhD thesis, placed first for his presentation at the BRIDGES Graduate Conference. BRIDGES is an interdisciplinary conference across multiple departments at SBU. Mohammad did his research on "Astrocytic FABP5 Mediates Endocannabinoid Transport at Hippocampal Synapses" in the lab of Dr. Martin Kaczocha. His accomplishment was cited in SBU News and The Four Seasons, The SBU Graduate Arts and Sciences Magazine. Congratulations Dr. Fauzan! 

 

 

Recent Meetings


Jonathon Schwartz, MD, MSE 

   The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting was held April 28th 2025, in Montreal, Canada. I presented a "Best of Meeting Oral Abstract" while Giancarlo Sabetta (SBU Second-Year Medical Student) presented the second abstract below, as a poster presentation. 

 

  • Schwartz J, Sabetta G, Morrisroe E, Aminov J, Zaidi S, Yin W. Diagnostic Performance of Pressure Gradients in Assessing Membrane Lung Health During ECMO
  • Sabetta G, Aminov J, Morrisroe E, Zaidi S, Yin W, Schwartz J. Characterizing Baseline Membrane Lung Resistance in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Tiffany Elyse Angelo, DO, FASA 

   Dr. Daoud, Genna Monanian, and I had the opportunity to present our research at the recent SOAP meeting in Portland, Oregon.

 

  • Javvaji A, Bindleglass A, Factor M, Angelo T, Daoud B. Breathless after Birth: Flash Pulmonary Edema Following Cesarean Delivery
  • Factor M, Monanian G, Daoud B, Christophides A, Stanley S, Bennett-Guerrero E, Angelo T. Relationship between the High Frequency Heart Rate Variability Index (HFVI) and Epidural Anesthesia in the Laboring Parturient
  • Angelo TE, Weng A, Monanian G, Daoud BE, Factor M, Khan A, Stanley S, Bennett-Guerrero E. Random Double-Blind Clinical Trial of Infusion vs Bolus methods of Oxytocin Administration (INBOX) Study
  • Langman L, Monanian G, Schabel J. Anesthetic Management for Cesarean Section in a Parturient with Valerian Root-Induced Liver Injury and Coxsackie Sepsis

Eman Nada, MD, PhD

   The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine meeting was held from 1-3rd of May, in Orlando, Florida. Our division contributed 9 abstracts.

 

  • Charkowick S, Weng A, Bargnes V, Nada E, Desai A.Don’t  Get Caught in the Web: A Multicatheter Approach to Treat Bilateral Rib Fractures in the Setting of a Thoracic Arachnoid Web
  • Greenberg S, Bargnes V, Kerolus K, Nada E, Andraous W. Vanishing Phantom Limb Pain Following Adductor Canal and Sciatic Nerve Block with Peripheral Nerve Catheter Infusion
  • Crowley S, Jacob S, Andraous W. Pectoralis Plane Block for Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement
  • Mangano M, Yan A, Wozniak S, Scorsese G, Nada E. RAPTIR: Soaring to new heights for diaphragm-sparing regional anesthesia in humerus fractures
  • Wozniak S, Jacob S, Cho J, Nada E. External Oblique Intercostal Block as An Alternative to Thoracic Epidural for Analgesia in a Patient with Multiple Rib Fractures
  • Kogan A, Jacob S, Parikh S, Saunders T. Pneumomediastinum unveiled; An Unusual finding Postlumbar Epidural Placement
  • Charkowick S, Crugnola W, Bargnes V, Andraous W, Nada E. Nonunion Fracture Allograft pain Met Its Match with a Quadratus Lumborum Fascial Plane and Adductor Canal Nerve Block Catheters
  • Charkowick S, Nerantzinis A, Murphy J, Bargnes V, Liu SM, Nada E. Enzymatic Burn Care and Regional Anesthesia Go Hand in Hand: Cases on Various Regional Anesthetic Techniques for Burn Treatment
  • Alina Razak MD, Anthony Weng BS, Sun Mei Liu MD. Stellate Ganglion Catheter for Refractory Ventricular Electrical Storm in a Patient on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support


 

Family News

Meng Wang, MD, PhD 

   My son will be going to SUNY Binghamton for integrative neuroscience major this August. 
 

 

URECA


Srinivas Pentyala, PhD 

   I am proud of my six undergraduate students who presented 6 projects in URECA (Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities) this year. 

 

  • Adith Anugu
  • Annalynn Bisiani
  • Victoria Dec
  • Orpa Khanam
  • Stanley Zheng
  • Nicholas Wodicka

 

Regional Workshop


Ana Costa, MD 

   Dr. Eman Nada led an incredibly educational regional workshop in the SIM lab this morning. 29 faculty members attended (open to faculty only this time given the limited space) and multiple stations set up with standardized patients. The department is looking forward to offering more workshops as part of our faculty development efforts. 
 


 

New Publications



Oubriam et al 2025

  • Moore RP, Romeiser JL, Khan M, Oster S, Olsen P, Li K, Khan A, Hsieh H, Noll E, Bennett-Guerrero E. Insights From the Child's Perspective-Validation of the English Version of the Pictorial Version of the Quality of Recovery-15 Questionnaire. Paediatr Anaesth. 2025 Apr 19
  • Scorsese G, Yonel B, Schmalzried E, Solowinska A, Jin Z, Poppers J. Perioperative Considerations, Anesthetic Management and Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients Undergoing the Ross Procedure. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2025 Mar 31;12(4):126
  • Monanian G, Greenspan S, Yusufzai NK, Daoud B, Jin Z, Factor M. Anesthetic Management of the Pregnant Patient Undergoing Non-Obstetric Surgery. Medicina (Kaunas). 2025 Apr 10;61(4):698
  • Oubraim S, Fauzan M, Studholme K, Gordon C, Glaser ST, Shen RY, Ojima I, Kaczocha M, Haj-Dahmane S. Astrocytic FABP5 mediates retrograde endocannabinoid transport at central synapses. iScience. 2025 Apr 2;28(5):112342
  • Jin Z, Razak A, Huang H, Muthukumar A, Murphy J, Shteynman L, Bergese SD, Gan TJ. Intraoperative Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy and Outcomes After Oncologic Surgeries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Anesth Analg. 2025 Apr 1;140(4):821-832
  • Rose DZ, Rabinstein AA, Kim-Tenser M, Bergese SD, Fontaine GV, Kircher C, Qureshi AI. Blood Pressure Variability After Acute Ischemic Stroke and Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Refining Its Definition, Intervention Opportunities, and Research Directions. Neurocrit Care. 2025 May 6
  • Liu H, Dilger JP. Different strategies for cancer treatment: Targeting cancer cells or their neighbors?. Chin J Cancer Res. 2025 Apr 30;37(2):289-292
  • Fozilov E, Weng A, Kanadibhotla S, Kosciuszek ND, Jin Z, Abdel-Misih SR. State-of-the-Art Therapy in Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Management. Onco 2025, 5(2), 14
  • Jin Z, Aminov J, Sabetta G, Gordon J, Bergese SD. Prehabilitation: stepping beyond exercise in patients with frailty and cancer. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol (in press_


Lin EJ et al 2025

  • Lin T, Raventhiranathan N, Ahmad M, Feit AL, Hotze AE, Ker GL, Moore RP, Bergese SD. Bringing Clarity to Complex Pediatric Perioperative Care: Development of a Novel Pathway to Support Goal-Directed, Patient-Centered Care. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Apr 26;17(9):1452
  • Marks E, Anugu A, Bisiani J, Pentyala S. Stem cell therapy as treatment for Stargardt disease. Ther Adv Ophthalmol. 2025 May 23;17:25158414251320592
  • Gan TJ, Gibson B, Durr E, Abad A, Zaborny B, Bergese S, Southworth S. The Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Ibuprofen in Older Patients: A Retrospective Subgroup Analysis. Clin Ther. 2025 May 27:S0149-2918(25)00164-X
  • Lin EJ, Probst S, Lin HJ, Shah S, Li R. Combined General/Epidural Anesthesia vs. General Anesthesia on Postoperative Cytokines: A Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers (Basel). 2025 May 15;17(10):1667
  • Jin Z, Abola R, Bargnes V 3rd, Tsivitis A, Rahman S, Schwartz J, Bergese SD, Schabel JE. The utility of generative artificial intelligence Chatbot (ChatGPT) in generating teaching and learning material for anesthesiology residents. Front Artif Intell. 2025 May 21;8:1582096
  • Mangano N, Torpey A, Devitt C, Wen GA, Doh C, Gupta A. Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Pain Management: Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Emerging Perspectives. Biomedicines 2025, 13(5), 1091

 

Where on Campus is That?


James P. Dilger, PhD 

 



Visit the Where on Campus is That? webpage! 

 

Monthly Muscle Chillaxant 

Caroline Menezes, Sr. Administrative Assistant 
 


Dr. Srinivas Pentyala mentored an undergraduate student who wanted to go to our medical school, but she lacked confidence. With Dr. Pentyala’s positive reinforcement, she plugged along and I am happy to say, she got accepted to our medical school! This is what she brought in for him to show her appreciation with a little note on top of the Dunkin Donuts box. I appreciate all the care and guidance he gives our students!

SleepTalker, the Stony Brook Anesthesiology Newsletter is published by the Department of Anesthesiology
Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Syed Shah, MD, Interim Chairman
Editorial Board: James P. Dilger, PhD; Ana Costa, MD; Murad Elias, MD; Vincent Bargnes, MD; Seth Greenspan, MD