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Donna Hammond, PhD, received an R01 grant award entitled “Mechanistic Studies of the Natural Product Nicotinamide Riboside for Relief of Painful Sensory Neuropathy.” These studies will establish the mechanism(s) by which this vitamin B3 precursor of NAD+ can prevent the development of painful...
The MARC is a great opportunity for anesthesiology residents across the region to network, share scholarly activity, and present interesting cases to their colleagues. Scott Miller, Alan Ross Acute Aortic Dissection in Patient with Undiagnosed Coarctation Lee Stokes, Tejinder Swaran Singh Epidural...
Our pediatric anesthesia fellow, Dr. M. Farid Jahangiri, will attend the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology’s (SPA) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, from March 23-25. SPA’s meeting enables attendees to reinforce their existing fund of knowledge; to introduce them to new, state-of-the-art techniques...
Mike is the clinical coordinator for the SRNA program. Christine is the Assistant Director for the Anesthesia Presurgical Evaluation Clinic. Since 2005, the 100 Great Iowa Nurses program has identified 100 outstanding nurses every year whose courage, competence, and commitment to patients and the...
Dr. Martha Oelschlaeger Herbst joined the department this month as a member of our Pediatric Anesthesia division; returning to the University of Iowa, where she attended medical school, and was an outstanding Extern in our department. She completed residency at William Beaumont, and did her...
Intubation biomechanics: validation of a finite element model of cervical spine motion during endotracheal intubation in intact and injured conditions Benjamin C. Gadomski, PhD, Snehal S. Shetye, PhD, Bradley J. Hindman, MD, Franklin Dexter, MD , PhD, Brandon G. Santoni, PhD, Michael M. Todd, MD,...
A big thanks to all of our wonderful CRNAs. CRNAs are advanced practice nurses with specialized graduate education in anesthesia. There are over 60 full-time CRNAs at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. UIHC CRNAs collaborate to provider care for over 30,000 patients annually. Today,...