The Department held its Tenth Annual Research Exposition on Thursday February 12, 2015. The Research Expo featured a guest speaker, Robert A. Pearce, M.D., Ph.D., the Ralph W. Waters Distinguished Chair of Anesthesiology from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Additionally, there were three speakers from the Department (including Alan Van Poznak, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology), and a poster session featuring thirty posters.
The speaking portion of the program opened with at talk given by Daniel Cook, a fourth-year medical student working in Dr. Hugh Hemmings’ Lab, and continued with a talk by Peter Goldstein, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology. Dr. Goldstein was followed by Dr. Van Poznak, who spoke on the history of the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Pearce concluded the speaking portion of the program with his Special Research Seminar.
The speakers. Clockwise form top left: Daniel Cook, Dr. Peter Goldstein, Dr. Robert Pearce, Dr. Alan Van Poznak.
Following a brief reception, the Exposition moved to the M3 hallway, site of the Research Exposition Poster Session. Participants engaged four presenters in presentations. The four leading poster titles and authors are offered below, and the winning posters are indicated. The entire Research Exposition program was well-attended by faculty, fellows, residents, and laboratory staff.
Poster presentation prize winners. From left: Dr. June Chan (Clinical Research), Dr. Robert Pearce (guest speaker and judge), Dr. Alex Proekt (Laboratory Research).
POSTER COMPETITION FINALISTS
Winning Posters Indicated
Clinical Research
Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Authors: June M, Chan, Polydoros N. Kampaktsis, Fay Y. Lin, Ingrid M. Hriljac, Richard B. Devereux, Arash Salemi, Nikolaos J. Skubas
(First Prize – Clinical Research)
A Multistate Analysis of Readmission for Invasive Cardiac Surgeries
Authors: Zachary A. Turnball, Natalia S. Ivascu, Gregory P. Giambrone, Xian Wu, Licia Gaber-Baylis, Elizabeth Lemoine, Jonathan Eskreis-Winkler, Akshay U. Bhat, Ramin Zabih, Peter M. Fleischut
Laboratory Research
Recovery of Consciousness from Isoflurane Anesthesia is Mediated by a Structured Network of Discrete Intermediate Brain States
Authors: A.Hudson, D.P Calderon, D.W. Pfaff, A. Proekt
(First Prize – Laboratory Research)
Calcium-dependent Gating in MthK K+ Channels Occurs at the Selectivity Filter
Authors: David J. Posson, Radda Rusinova,
Olaf S. Andersen, Crina M. Nimigean
For more coverage and photos, see the Research Exposition page, HERE.
Clinical Research Staff, Faculty, and Expo Guest Speakers.