In a recent study, using network neuroscience, investigators found a way to objectively determine the balance of integration and segregation in fMRI-measured brain signals during wakefulness as well as during sleep and anesthesia.

The UMMS Department of Anesthesiology annual Research Retreat highlights work taking place across the department.

The award is given biannually to recognize outstanding scientific and sustained contributions to regional anesthesia, acute, or chronic pain medicine over the preceding 10 years.

The University of Michigan will use a new $3.6 million federal grant to study how pain and opioids after surgery impact people with opioid use disorder, how guidelines might be adjusted to address post-surgical pain and how to prevent opioid-related harms.

In a recent edition of Genetic Epidemiology, Aubrey C. Annis and mentors Gonçalo R. Abecasis and Chad Brummett have new insights to share on these genetic associations in their publication, “Genetic Associations of Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery Point to OPRM1 but Not Other Opioid-Related Loci as the Main Driver of Opioid Use Disorder”.

The number of female residents getting into high paying surgical specialties has noticeably increased, research finds.

The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) has recognized Chad Brummett, MD, for his contributions to the research environment at the University of Michigan. He received the MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award at the 2024 Mentoring Forum on Sept. 27.

An expert on pain management discusses why relying on medications to ease discomfort can easily backfire, and how people can avoid complete reliance on these types of drugs.

As obstetric cases at Michigan Medicine’s Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital grow, the Department of Anesthesiology is expanding its obstetric anesthesia team with additional Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists.

Dinesh Pal, PhD, has received this year’s University of Michigan Distinguished Governance Award. The award recognizes people with a history of distinguished service to faculty governance over several years with an emphasis on university-wide service.

Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA, is the recipient of the 2024 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Excellence in Research Award in recognition of his leadership and innovation in leveraging informatics, data science and multicenter research collaborations to improve patient care.

Investigators at Michigan Medicine, who are studying the nature of consciousness, have successfully used the drug to identify the intricate brain geometry behind the unconscious state, offering an unprecedented look at brain structures that have traditionally been difficult to study.

Gretchen A. Piatt, Ph.D., MPH, has been appointed chair of the Department of Learning Health Sciences (DLHS) in the Medical School, effective September 1. The provost provided interim approval of her appointment, and it will be reported at the September Board of Regents meeting.

Get to know the new Department of Anesthesiology faculty members.