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.

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.

U-M anesthesiology residents select four chief residents each year.

Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, is one of 12 experts in pain science and care to be named a fellow of the 2024 Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship: Communicating Science & Improving Care.

A delegation from Ukraine spent time last month at the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS) to learn about and share their experiences in managing chronic pain conditions that are prevalent in both military and civilian populations affected by war.

New study aims to develop guidelines to improve perioperative care for patients with opioid tolerance - Anesthesiology's Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, and Surgery's Jennifer Waljee, MD, will lead the study, which recently received NIH funding through the National Institute of Drug Abuse

The 2024-25 Doximity Residency Navigator has been released. It shows that U-M has six top 5 medical education programs, with nine more in the top 10 and another nine in the top 25.

The pediatric spinal anesthesia program offers a needle-based technique that provides sensory and motor block without the need for intubation or general anesthesia for pediatric surgical procedures below the belly button. This means the patient will not feel anything below chest level.

A new major grant aims to bring the same precision to mental health care for depression, anxiety and other psychiatric conditions that already exists for cancer and heart disease.

Michigan Medicine research finds that patients with chronic pain who use either substance may find it harder to find primary care physician than those who don’t.

A new review article shines light on nociplastic pain, a type of pain some thought to be ‘all in your head’

The Department of Anesthesiology celebrated our 28 graduating resident physicians on Saturday, June 15.

Two new studies from University of Michigan reveal what's happening inside the brain during sleep and sleep deprivation to help or harm the formation of memories.

Matthew C. Wixson, M.D., clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology, and associate chair for diversity, has been appointed as assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Medical School, effective July 1, 2024

Today on Health Lab, we are sharing an episode of The Fundamentals, another podcast from the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network that just launched its second season earlier this month. On this episode of The Fundamentals: "Cannabis and psychedelics: stigmatized substances or powerful therapeutics?" Dr. Kevin Boehnke talks about cannabis, psychedelics, and the increasing body of evidence for their legitimization as therapeutics.