She will lead a team in enhancing the overall patient experience, clinical quality, and operational success of the ambulatory center.

Each quarter, we highlight members of the Department of Anesthesiology. To nominate a colleague to feature in this column, email Kate Malicke.

Anesthesiology staff members rolled up their sleeves to volunteer with Food Gatherers this summer, supporting the organization’s mission of fighting hunger in and around Washtenaw County.

Get to know our nine new faculty members.

There are 13 U-M graduate medical education programs ranked in the top 10 by Doximity.

A Michigan Medicine study finds people who participate in cardiac rehabilitation have a decreased risk of death years after surgery, with a trend towards better outcomes in patients who attend more sessions.

Researchers discover new opportunities for preventing kidney injury following cardiac surgery.

As the number of heart transplants performed across the United States continues to grow, surgeons at the U-M Health are taking advantage of technology that could increase its transplant yield by as much as 30%. Transplant surgeons in Ann Arbor completed the health system’s first heart transplant using an organ from a donor who had recently died — a process called donation after circulatory death, or DCD.

The University of Michigan Regents approved 14 Department of Anesthesiology faculty promotions during their May 2023 meeting. Promotions will go into effect September 1.

The project will be the largest postsurgical pain genetics study to date.

How can patients heal from chronic pain? Daniel Clauw, M.D., and Kevin Boehnke, Ph.D., provide insights in this New York Times opinion piece(link is external) from Nicholas Kristof.

IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” and indicator to patients of consistent quality care and a dedication to continuous improvement.