| Volume 42 Number 1 | Stony Brook, NY | < March-April 2025 |
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Dr. Vikram Khatri
James P. Dilger, PhD 
Dr. Khatri received his MBBS from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India. He then moved to the UK where he did a Residency and Clinical Fellowship in Emergency Medicine. He then traveled to the US for an Internship at Harvard Medical School and a Residency in Anesthesia at the Medical College of Wisconsin. This was followed by a Residency in Anesthesia and a Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, also in Wisconsin. Dr. Khatri then returned to India where he worked as a Consultant in Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Emergency Medicine at Moolchand Hospitals in New Delhi for 4 years. In 2016, he returned to the states to join the Aurora Medical Group. During his Residency, Dr. Khatri was the recipient of a FAER Scholar Award for 2009-2010 from the ASA and received the Academic Achievement Award from the Medical College of Wisconsin. While in New Delhi, he served as the Group Director for Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Emergency Medicine, Chief Faculty at the Berkeley Simulation Centre, and the Director for the Indo Australian Fellowship in Critical Care Program. He is an author of four peer-reviewed publications, one book chapter, and several abstracts and presentations. We are delighted that Dr. Khatri has joined our faculty where he is a member of the Critical Care Division. |
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Kudos
Dr. Deborah Richman was honored with a ‘Lifetime Membership of SPAQI (Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement)’ for her many contributions to the society! The Award Letter states: "The SPAQI Board of Governors has officially voted to extend this membership distinction to youtchanks to your instrumental roles in the Society and years of service, mentorship, and sponsorship–including, but limited to, merging the Summit and Society together." She was also awarded was awarded a DFPM - SPAQI - Distinguished Fellow in Perioperative Medicine – an honorary certificate as mentor of one of the program fellows. Many congratulations to Deborah, a retiree in training! Dr. Meng Wang was a SPAQI Distinguished Fellow in the 2023/2024 cohort. Her capstone was on establishing our in-house periop consult service. A long-overdue congratulations to Meng!  
 
Dr. Jun Lin was awarded a pilot award from the Carol M. Baldwin Foundation for Breast Cancer Research! His grant application was entitled: "Single cell analysis of blood brain barrier in response to general anesthetics in brain metastasis of breast cancer”. Congratulations Jun! |
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Chief Residents Named
Joy Schabel, MD As we enter the final quarter of this academic year, I would like to first thank our outstanding 2024-25 Chiefs- Drs. Murad Elias, Daniel Mattimore, Adam Bindelglass and Alina Razak for their incredible dedication and service this past year! Our 2025-26 Chief Residents are: • Drs. Vincent Bargnes and Genna Monanian as Administrative Chiefs • Dr. Sophia Jacob as Education Chief • Dr. Alexandra Tsivitis as Research Chief/Academic Mentorship Program Resident Director  
 
It is my pleasure to announce that the chief residents for the Dental Anesthesiology Program for the 2025-2026 academic year will be Drs. Laura Hippensteel and Eddie Starr. Congratulations! 
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Residents in the News
In honor of Resident and Fellow Appreciation Month at Stony Brook Medicine, the GME recognized all residents and fellows and celebrated their hard work, valuable contributions and dedication to our patients, staff and the communities we serve. Residents Drs. Adam Bindelglass (CA3), Genna Monanian (CA2), Seth Greenspan (CA1), and Catherine Devitt (PGY1) were selected for GME’s resident highlight page. Congratulations!
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Class of 2029
Joy Schabel, MD Thank you to everyone for your help with recruitment this year, especially to Drs. Elias, Mattimore and Razak for coordinating the many resident-applicant “Meet and Greets” and participating in interview days, our “Meet and Greet” resident attendees, faculty interviewers (Drs. Poovathoor, DeLemos, Costa and Abola), our clinical faculty and leadership for their support, and to Sharri Fassberger for managing the entire interview process for our program. 
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Anesthesia Interest Groups
Ursula Landman, DO Our recent Anesthesia Interest Group meeting featured the graduating medical students who matched to residency programs. They told about their experience in the interview process. At the Stony Brook meeting, the 4th year medical students who spoke were: Naomi Nguyen, James Espleta, Benjamin Krauss, Gowri Yerramalli, Silva Baburyan, Emiliya Rakhamimova, Lauren Margolini and Yusef Shibly. At the NYITCOM meeting, we heard from Ryan Lynn, Ryan Cornell, Samantha Lynch, Kimberly Nandlal, Alex Toufexis, Elizabeth Avshalomov, Michael Gao and Chanprert Singh. Interest in Anesthesiology is very high as seen from excellent attendance at both meetings. |
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Airway Workshop
Seth Greenspan, MD On Thursday, March 20th, Dr. Slawomir Oleszak and the department's Airway Committee led the Annual Airway Workshop to great success! The workshop included multiple stations such as one-on-one simulated flexible bronchoscopy with volunteer physicians from the pulmonology department. Dr. Daryn Moller gave a brief lecture on the importance of airway management, then ran a station on lung and airway point-of-care ultrasound. Using manikins provided by the sim center, attendees also had the opportunity to practice cricothyroidotomy using the Seldinger technique with Dr. Wesam Andraous, as well as flexible bronchoscopic intubation through a laryngeal mask airway with Dr. Shaji Poovathoor. In another room, Dr. Shruti Parikh described the technique for airway regional anesthetic blocks, and attendees were able to practice combined intubation with a Glidescope and flexible bronchoscope. Overall, there was excellent turnout and participation from our department's attendings, residents, CRNAs, and students!  
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Resource Corner
Vincent H. Bargnes III, MD 
This month’s focus is on the Residents and Fellows Assistance Program. Stony Brook offers a free and confidential resident wellness and counseling program dedicated to all Stony Brook residents and fellows. The purpose of the program is to offer professional help/counseling/advice/coping skill strategies to any resident or fellow with personal stress or challenges (work-related or personal). Drs. Emily Hill and Phil Pecoraro are the psychiatrists who direct the program. Some residents may just want to have an appointment to talk to someone about a short-term personal issue; others may like to see someone regularly if needed. They work with the trainee’s schedule, including evenings and weekends. This is a tremendously valuable resource for many residents and fellows. Please see the contact info below. Contact options:
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AMP News
Zhaosheng Jin, MBBS We would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to Emiliya (Emilia) Rakhamimova, student chief of the Academic Mentorship Program (AMP), who matched to the Anesthesiology residency program at Yale New Haven Hospital. Many of you are familiar with Emilia through her emails organizing medical students as part of the AMP. 
Yale is lucky to welcome such an exceptional resident, and our specialty is privileged to gain such a talented and thoughtful colleague. Thank you and congratulations! |
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Women in Anesthesia Group
Ashley Wang, MD In February, the Women in Anesthesia (WiA) group had another successful journal club with fantastic attendance from residents and faculty alike. This meeting's topic of discussion focused on family planning as female anesthesiologists, from identifying safe work conditions during pregnancy to seeking and building one's supportive network. We are grateful for our attendings for sharing their personal stories, experiences, and words of encouragement during this engaging conversation. Looking forward to the next WiA journal club! 
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Dr. Greenspan Joins SleepTalker
CA-1 Resident Dr. Seth Greenspan has joined the Editorial Board of SleepTalker! Seth is a graduate of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. He is currently serving on the ASA Reference Committee for Scientific Affairs 2024-2025. He is a co-author of a review article published in 2023 and is first author of "Fellowship or Not, We Are All Pain Physicians" which was just published in the ASA Monitor. Seth's first SleepTalker contribution is the above article on the Airway Workshop. He was also instrumental in setting up The SleepTalker Huddle our new occasional email sent to department members to provide timely info! I am delighted to welcome Seth to the Editorial Board! |
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Recent Meeting Abstracts
Academic Surgical Congress, February 2025, Las Vegas, NV
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New Publications
Figure from Li R et al 2025 |
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Where on Campus is That?
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Monthly Muscle Chillaxant
Wolfie meets Dr. Oster! |
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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 |
