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Graduation Awards Fellowships Welcome CA1, DA2 Residents
Dr. Shayla Mena, Published Poet Recent Meeting Presentations Recent Publications SleepTalker Awake!
Where on Campus is That? PGA 2023 Call for Abstracts
Graduation 2023
   The Resident Class of 2023 has graduated! Congratulations to all! Be sure to view the photos of graduation.


Kathleen Cervo, MD
Private Practice

Patrick Diamond, MD
Private Practice


Paul Kozlowski, DO
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center

Shayla Mena, MD
Pain Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic

Shruti Parikh, MD
Private Practice

Giacomo Scorsese, DO
Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC

Christopher Seiter, DO
Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Aria Shafai, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Columbia Presbyterian

Elliot Turkiew, MD
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Columbia Presbyterian

Vy Nguyen, DDS
Private Practice, San Diego, CA

Jennifer Kim, DDS
Private Practice, Nashville, TN

Brandon Key, DDS
Private Practice, San Antonio, TX

Erica Simms, DDS
Private Practice, Upper Marlboro, MD
Awards
  The following awards were announced at graduation. Photos are posted here.

Christopher Seiter, DO , Chief Anesthesia Resident 2022-2023
Elliot Turkiew, MD , Chief Anesthesia Resident 2022-2023
Giacomo Scorsese, DO, Chief Anesthesia Resident 2022-2023
Aria Shafai, MD, Chief Anesthesia Resident 2022-2023
Vy Nguyen, DDS , Chief Dental Anesthesia Resident 2022-2023
Jennifer Kim, DDS , Chief Dental Anesthesia Resident
Brandon Key, DDS , Chief Dental Anesthesia Resident
Erica Simms, DDS, Chief Dental Anesthesia Resident
Elliot Turkiew, MD, Resident Teacher of the Year 2022-2023
Daryn Moller, MD, Teacher of the Year
Jeremy Poppers, MD , Teacher of the Year
Shaji Poovathoor, MD, Teacher of the Year
Giacomo Scorsese, DO, Resident of the Year
Brandon Key, DDS, Dental Resident of the Year
Elliot Turkiew, MD, CA-3 Team Player of the Year
Erica Simms, DDS, Dental Anesthesia Team Player of the Year

  These awards were presented at Grand Rounds on June 7.

Jerry Cuenca, MD, CA-2 Team Player of the Year
Murad Elias, MD, CA-1 Team Player of the Year
Ehab Al Bizri, MD, Attending Teacher of the Year (Medical Student vote)
Jeremy Poppers, MD, Attending Teacher of the Year (Medical Student vote)
Joy Schabel, MD, Attending Teacher of the Year (Medical Student vote)
Fellowships Announced

Jerry Cuenca, MD
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Wake Forest

Victoria Nguyen, MD
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, University of Pittsburgh

Christopher Lee, MD
Obstetric Anesthesiology, UCLA
Welcome CA1, DA2 Residents

Vincent Bargnes, MD
Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
Hobbies: Charcoal grilling, sailing, road trips, homemade/family Italian recipes, hiking, weightlifting

Sophia Jacob, MD
Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Hobbies: Traveling, coffee brewing, singing

Katrina Kerolus, MD
Medical School: CUNY School of Medicine
Hobbies: Tennis, theatre, travel, fashion, baking

Sandra Lin, MD
Medical School: CUNY School of Medicine
Hobbies: Modern dance, singing, cycling, hiking

Genevieve (Genna) Monanian, MD
Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Hobbies: Spending time with my husband and our families, caring for my pet house rabbits, exercising by running, weight training, biking, practicing yoga, listening to podcasts or music

Brian Oliver, MD
Medical School: New York Medical College
Hobbies: Mountain biking, astronomy, drawing & painting, learning about art history and visiting museums, metal detecting with my dad, golfing, following NY sports

Sadiq Rahman, MD
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hobbies: Reading, writing, following baseball, basketball, and football, writing a sports blog “The Draftnik” with my brother, scouting amateur athletes, music, gaming

Neveada Raventhiranathan, MD
Medical School: SUNY Upstate
Hobbies: Learning new languages, penmanship and calligraphy. Learning Indian dance and ceramics

Andrew Torpey, MD
Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Hobbies: Baking, performing in musicals, HIIT training, light weightlifting, hiking, family, movies

Alexandra Tsivitis, DO
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hobbies: Ballet, piano, travel, hiking, cooking

Ashley Wang, MD
Medical School: New York Medical College
Hobbies: Running, jigsaw puzzles, podcasts, baking, trying new recipes

Amy Yan, MD
Medical School: New York Medical College
Hobbies: Cooking, baking, magazines/blogs/instagrams, creating my own recipes, volleyball, trivia, trivial pursuit, Sporcle, or zoom trivia nights during quarantine, hula hooping leisurely hiking

Sierra Bodily, DDS
Dental School: University of Utah School of Dentistry

Vivien Lee, DMD
Dental School: UNLV School of Dental Medicine

Brendan Ruby, DDS
Dental School: NYU College of Dentistry

Jenn Xiao, DDS
Dental School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Dr. Shayla Mena, Published Poet
   Dr. Shayla Mena, Resident Class of 2023, submitted her poem, "Alice", to Anesthesia and Analgesia and it was published in their July 2023 issue (and indexed in Pubmed). Congratulations!!

   Two years ago, Shayla contributed her poem "Anesthetized" to SleepTalker (not indexed in Pubmed ... yet).

   We hope to see more of her poetry in the future!
Recent Meeting Presentations
Compiled by Zhaosheng Jin, MBBS, BSc

  • Jin Z, Kowa C, Hum B, Bennici L, Liu S. Pericapsular Nerve Group Block versus Fascia Iliaca Block for Postoperative Analgesia after Hip Surgeries, a meta-analysis . International Anesthesia Research Society Meeting 2023
  • Jin Z, Rakhamimova E, Lin J, Nada E. Comparison of liposomal bupivacaine to conventional local anesthetics in adductor canal block for knee surgery, a meta-analysis. International Anesthesia Research Society Meeting 2023
  • Zhang K, Daoud BE, Angelo TE, Factor M. Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with a Mediastinal Tumor after Intrapartum Chemotherapy. SOAP Annual Meeting 2023
  • Lee C, Daoud BE, Angelo TE, Factor M. Anesthetic Management of the Parturient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Associated Splenomegaly. SOAP Annual Meeting 2023
  • Aravera C, Angelo TE, Factor M, Daoud BE. Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Post-COVID ILD, Large Pulmonary Bulla, and Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Failure. SOAP Annual Meeting 2023
  • Hum B, Shafai A, Angelo TE, Factor M, Shibly Y, Daoud BE. Management of a Parturient with Aortic Stenosis and Worsening Aortic Coarctation. SOAP Annual Meeting 2023
  • Shibly Y, Shafai A, Angelo TE, Factor M, Hum B, Daoud BE. Management of a Parturient with ESRD and Worsening Pericardial Effusion. SOAP Annual Meeting 2023
  • Mattimore D, Nada E. External Oblique Intercostal Nerve Block after Radical Nephrectomy with IVC or Renal Vein Thrombectomy. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting 2023
  • Ghaly L, Nada E. A Case of Propofol-Induced Myoclonus During Short-Term Infusion with Regional Anesthesia. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting 2023
  • Key B. Auto-Brewery Syndrome and General Anesthesia: A case report . American Student Dental Assoc 2023
  • Winter G. Anti-Coagulants and Anti-Platelets. American Student Dental Assoc 2023
  • Bodily S. Loss of End Tidal CO2 A Case Report and Algorithm for Treatment and Diagnosis. American Student Dental Assoc 2023
  • Nguyen V. Rhabdomyosarcoma Causing Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 2023


  • Lim D. External Oblique Intercostal Nerve Block after Radical Nephrectomy with IVC or Renal Vein Thrombectomy. Suffolk County Dental Society General Meeting 2023
  • Padalkar MV, Gelfman Y, Kasiyanyk M, Kaungumpillil N, Singh M, Schram E, Tsivitis A, Savinova OV. A New Metabolic Phenotype in a Mouse Model of Chronic Kidney Disease and Atherosclerosis. American Heart Association: Resuscitation Science Symposium 2022
  • Shafai A, Tateosian V. The Path Toward a Sustainable Global Health Partnership. ASA Monitor. 2023 Apr
  • Ahn J, Bennici L, Costa A. The Gas Looks Greener on the Other Side: Using Novel Tech to Minimize Anesthesia Greenhouse Emissions. ASA Monitor. 2023 Jun
New Publications
   These papers were all published between December 2022 and March 2023. The next issue of SleepTalker will list those published from April through July 2023.


    Aragón-Benedí 2022 Fig 2
  • Funari A, De la Garza Ramos R, Cezayirli P, Gelfand Y, Longo M, Ahmad S, Rahman S, Boyke AE, Levitt A, Hsu K, Agarwal V. Imaging score for differentiation of meningioma grade. Neuroradiology. 2022 Dec 12
  • Aragón-Benedí C, Caballero-Lozada AF, Perez-Calatayud AA, Marulanda-Yanten AM, Oliver-Fornies P, Boselli E, De Jonckheere J, Bergese SD; ANI-COVID-19 Research Group. Prospective multicenter study of heart rate variability with ANI monitor as predictor of mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 16;12(1):21762
  • Cherkalin D, Koushik SS, Dua S, Rahman S, Edmonds T, Gritsenko K, Shaparin N. A Comprehensive Review of Spinal Cord Stimulator Infections. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2022 Dec 1
  • Fiorda Diaz J, Echeverria-Villalobos M, Esparza Gutierrez A, Dada O, Stoicea N, Ackermann W, Abdel-Rasoul M, Heard J, Uribe A, Bergese SD. Sugammadex versus neostigmine for neuromuscular blockade reversal in outpatient surgeries: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate efficacy and associated healthcare cost in an academic center. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Dec 8;9:1072711
  • Itaman S, Enikolopov G, Podgorny OV. Detection of De Novo Dividing Stem Cells In Situ through Double Nucleotide Analogue Labeling. Cells. 2022 Dec 10;11(24):4001
  • Hankerd K, Koo H, McDonough KE, Wang J, Pariyar R, Tang SJ, Chung JM, La JH. Gonadal hormone-dependent nociceptor sensitization maintains nociplastic pain state in female mice. Pain. 2023 Feb 1;164(2):402-412

  • Chang & Dubnau 2023 Fig 5e
  • Bennett-Guerrero E, Romeiser JL, DeMaria S, Nadler JW, Quinn TD, Ponnappan SK, Yang J, Sasson AR. General Anesthetics in CAncer REsection Surgery (GA-CARES) randomized multicenter trial of propofol vs volatile inhalational anesthesia: protocol description. Perioper Med (Lond). 2023 Jan 11;12(1):2
  • Martínez Ruíz A, Maroño Boedo MJ, Guereca Gala A, Escontrela Rodríguez BA, Bergese SD. [Zero Emissions. A shared responsibility. Gas capture and recycling project at the Cruces University Hospital (Spain)]. Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2023 Jan 9;97
  • Chang YH, Dubnau J. Endogenous retroviruses and TDP-43 proteinopathy form a sustaining feedback driving intercellular spread of Drosophila neurodegeneration. Nat Commun. 2023 Feb 21;14(1):966
  • Grant MC, Chappell D, Gan TJ, Manning MW, Miller TE, Brodt JL; PeriOperative Quality Initiative (POQI) and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Cardiac Society Workgroup (including Bennett-Guerrero E). Pain management and opioid stewardship in adult cardiac surgery: Joint consensus report of the PeriOperative Quality Initiative and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jan 28:S0022-5223(23)00089-2
  • Padalkar MV, Tsivitis AH, Gelfman Y, Kasiyanyk M, Kaungumpillil N, Ma D, Gao M, Borges KA, Dhaliwal P, Nasruddin S, Saji S. Paradoxical reduction of plasma lipids and atherosclerosis in mice with adenine-induced chronic kidney disease and hypercholesterolemia. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Feb 9
  • Niu EF, Frageau JC, Rogoff H, Cannata B, Wang KE, Marquez J, Munn B, Shah S, Bakoulis A, Farrelly P, O'Hea B, Huston TL. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol Allows Safe Same-Day Discharge in Expander Based and Oncoplastic Breast Reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 Mar 2
  • Scorsese G, Jin Z, Greenspan S, Seiter C, Jiang Y, Huang MB, Lin J. Effectiveness of Thoracic Wall Blocks in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery, a Network Meta-Analysis. J Pain Res. 2023 Mar 7;16:707-724
  • Ou M, Chen Y, Liu J, Zhang D, Yang Y, Shen J, Miao C, Tang SJ, Liu X, Mulkey DK, Zhu T, Zhou C. Spinal Astrocytic MeCP2 Regulates Kir4.1 for the Maintenance of Chronic Hyperalgesia in Neuropathic Pain. Prog Neurobiol. 2023 Mar 15:102436
  • Daksla N, Wang A, Jin Z, Gupta A, Bergese SD. Oliceridine for the Management of Moderate to Severe Acute Postoperative Pain: A Narrative Review. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2023 Mar 22;17:875-886
  • Kianian S, Scorsese G, Zabirowicz E, Poppers J. Perioperative Management of a Patient with Hemophilia C and Allergy to Fresh Frozen Plasma. Case Rep Anesthesiol. 2023 Mar 29
SleepTalker Awake!
James P. Dilger, PhD

   Call it hibernation, call it leave of absence, or call it a hiatus. In spite of what I wrote last December, it wasn't resignation! By request of Dr. Syed Shah, and due to my sentimentality, I have returned as newsletter editor and webmaster! During the summer, I'll be working remotely from our summer home on Cape Cod.

   I am delighted that CA-2 Resident Dr. Murad Elias has agreed to return to the Newsletter as Resident Liaison! Murad will contribute articles and photos related to residents and the residency program. And, I am pleased to welcome CA-1 Resident Dr. Vincent Bargnes as Assistant Editor of the Newsletter! Vince will be involved in all aspects of the newsletter production from writing, to editing, to html formatting. I think we'll make a great team! Don't be surprised if either Murad or Vince approaches you with a notepad (or a smart phone on record) in hand and starts asking questions!


Jim

Murad

Vince
Where on Campus is That?

James P. Dilger, PhD

Visit the Where on Campus is That? webpage!
PGA 2023 Call for Abstracts
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; Murad Elias, MD; Vincent Bargnes, MD