#SCATAS2024 is off to a great start! Some highlights: RV and thoracic surgery panel, history & future of thoracic anesthesia, top abstracts, first 2 rounds of hands-on workshops. Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium | SCA Wanda Popescu, MD AlessiaPedotoMD Rebecca Klinger, MD MS WomenInCTAnes @scahq

If you are a member of ASA® or Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists | SCA, you received an email with a link to an ERATS/ERACS survey. Fill it out TODAY! This will help us better understand current ERAS practices + educational gaps. 🙏 🫁🫀Wanda Popescu, MD Lavinia Kolarczyk MD, FASA WomenInCTAnes

#SCATAS2024 is one month away! Don't miss out on the opportunity to learn more about critical topics and advances in the field of thoracic anesthesia. Register here before it's too late: buff.ly/3VyqxYw

Our quarterly Triangle TEE Conference with our neighbors UNC Anesthesiology! Great discussion tonight on Ebstein’s Anomaly and treatment options for RV failure led by Bryan Chow, MD and Nazish Hashmi M.D. Duke Anesthesiology

👏👏BIG congrats to UNC Anesthesiology Cardiothoracic Anesth peri-op members, part of UNC Health 'One Great Team' recognized by Carolina Basketball for lifesaving care of Coach Smith's grandson. Susan Martinelli UNC School of Medicine

Beyond excited to welcome this outstanding group! #Match2024 👏 🐏🩵

👀 Check out this amazing recognition for the multidisciplinary cardiac team UNC Hospitals. So proud of my friends and colleagues who transform and save lives every single day, including UNC Anesthesiology’s Susan Martinelli! Check out these super stars! 🤩⭐️🤩🫀🩵🫀

Feb 23rd is #ThankaResidentandFellowDay ! We celebrate UNC Anesthesiology residents, fellows and all medical trainees as vital patient care contributors & critical team members in the healthcare workforce!

Looking forward to being part of this panel. Join us tonight!

Best SAAAPM meeting yet! Team building, networking, learning, catching up with former residents and colleagues, and enjoying the amazing city of Chicago. So much to bring back to UNC Anesthesiology!

#SAAAPM23 Ben Cobb Concetta Lupa, MD Fei Chen Dan Rosenkrans Vivian Doan, M.D.

High-yield (and fun!) session connecting with other APDs. Thanks Susan Martinelli for inviting us! UNC Anesthesiology

Representing Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium | SCA at #ANES23 with a panel on mediastinal masses, followed by a (mostly) business meeting overlooking this beautiful city. 🫁🌉🫀

AlessiaPedotoMD DIANA ANCA Wanda Popescu, MD @scahq UNC Anesthesiology

Another unique aspect of UNC Anesthesiology! We bring in new CA-1s & their support people, teach them via simulation & didactics, & have open discussions re: challenges of anesthesia residency so they know what their loved ones are going through. This year in the new UNCsim center!

Hosting our annual diversity, equity and inclusion zoom session August 17th! Please sign up as soon as possible. Limited slots available!

unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7Q…

Thank you, Chad M Brummett and FAER for the opportunity and discussion! 🙌

med.unc.edu/ihqi/2023/07/i…

Congratulations Dr. Lavinia Kolarczyk for being a true Friend of Nursing! 🎉👏
Lavinia Kolarczyk MD, FASA UNC Anesthesiology UNC Hospitals UNC IHQI

'Over the past decade, the average number of applications to Anesthesiology residency programs has climbed to over 65 applications per applicant & over 1400 applications per program' | Read more from Andrea Dutoit & Emily Teeter, MD, FASE in AUA Update: buff.ly/3pAl0Ds Shaz Shaefi

Yesterday our CA-2 residency team leaders presented their yearlong QI projects at UNC Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. Seriously impressive work! 👏

The winning project:
Drs. Ezekiel Egan and Ashley Wicker “Cognitive Aids to Improve PONV Prophylaxis” 🏆 🥇
Susan Martinelli Ezekiel Egan

Not only a talented CT anesthesiologist, but also an inspirational advocate and loyal friend! Well-deserved, Lavinia Kolarczyk MD, FASA! ❤️ 💪 💉 WomenInCTAnes Women in Anesthesiology Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium | SCA

UNC Anesthesiology we had a wonderful celebration 🎉 of our graduating CA-3s. 👏We couldn’t be more proud of these amazing anesthesiologists! 🍾 Emily Teeter, MD, FASE Ben Cobb Rob Isaak, DO