Dr. Knudsen Accepts Faculty Position at Upcoming National Congress

Dr. Nancy Knudsen has accepted an invitation from HRSA to become a member of their faculty for the 7th National Learning Congress (NLC) for the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice. NLC faculty represent the multiple disciplines and organizations that make up the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice in action. The NLC recognizes Dr. Knudsen’s expertise in the field of donation and transplantation and her ability

to develop and sustain partnerships. Moreover, she is also the physician champion for the organ donation at Duke.

New Research PublicationsMonk TG, Weldon BC. Does depth of anesthesia monitoring improve postoperative outcomes? Curr Opin Anesthesiol. 2011; 24:665-669.

Price CC, Taner JT, Monk TG. Postoperative cognitive disorders. In: Mashour GA, Lydic R, eds. Neuroscientific Foundations of Anesthesiology.

New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2011: 255-269.

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Department of Anesthesiology Research ConferenceMonday, November 28, 2011 | 5-6 pm | 5685-HAFS

“PGC-1a and the Mitochondrial Response to Sepsis”Anne Cherry, MD, CA-3 Resident

Future Dates:Monday, December 12th

Duke Delirium Research Group MeetingMonday, November 21, 2011Room 6686 HAFS Building at 5pm

• Current Pharmacological Approaches to Managing Delirium at Duke• Role of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Management of Delirium

All are invited to attend. For more information, contact Madan Kwatra, kwatr001@mc.duke.edu.

NewsMonday, November 21, 2011 • Volume 13, Issue 45

ThIs MoNth IN the DepartMeNt of aNesthesIology

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November 2011MoNDay tUesDay WeDNesDay thUrsDay frIDay21 22 23 24 - thanksgiving 257:15-8:00 a.m., RM203-Pain ClinicMRC Pain Conference

2:30-3:30 p.m., VAMCVA EchocardiographyConference

5-6 p.m., 6686-HAFSDuke Delirium Research Meeting

5-6 p.m., 5685-HAFSCT Conference: Cancelled

5-6 p.m., 2001DNCA-1 Resident Lectures: “Kidney Physiology and Renal Function Monitoring” - Mark Stafford-Smith, MD

5-6 p.m., 6686-HAFSGVTCCM Conference: “Nuts & Bolts Faculty Meeting” - Richard Moon, MD

7:00 a.m., 2001DNGrand Rounds: “Life on Low Flame: Implications of Hi-bernation Biology for Periop-erative Medicine and Critical Illness” - MihaiPodgoreanu, MD

4:30 p.m., 5685-HAFSAdvanced Resident Lecture: No Lecture

28 29 30 December 1, 2011 27:15-8:00 a.m., RM203-Pain ClinicMRC Pain Conference

2:30-3:30 p.m., VAMCVA EchocardiographyConference

5-6 p.m., 5685-HAFS Department Research Con-ference: “PGC-1a and the Mitochondrial Response to Sepsis” - Anne Cherry, MD, CA3

5-6 p.m., 5685-HAFSCT Conference

5-6 p.m., 2001DNCA-1 Resident Lectures: “Car-diac Physiology: Barorecep-tors and Autonomic Control of Blood Pressure”- Grace McCarthy, MD

5-6 p.m., 6686-HAFSGVTCCM Conference: “Un-derstanding the Use of Basic Perioperative TEE” - Grace McCarthy, MD

IrB Deadline

7:00 a.m., 2001DNGrand Rounds: “Transcath-eter Aortic Therapeutics at Duke: An Update” - Chad Hughes, MD

4:30 p.m., 5685-HAFSAdvanced Resident Lecture: “Regional Anesthesia and Anti-Coagulation: How to Stay Out of Trouble”- Joshua Dooley, MD

7:15-8:00 a.m., RM203-PainClinicMRC Pain Journal Club

12-1 p.m., 2003DNCritical Care Grand Rounds: “Ethics” - Dr. Philip Rosoff & Dr. Ryan Fink

4-5 p.m., 5680A-HAFSPediatric Conference

5 6 7 8 97:15-8:00 a.m., RM203-Pain ClinicMRC Pain Conference

2:30-3:30 p.m., VAMCVA EchocardiographyConference

5-6 p.m., 5685-HAFSFaculty Meeting

6-7:30 p.m., 5685-HAFSExecutive Team Meeting

5-6 p.m., 5685-HAFSCT Conference

5-6 p.m., 2001DNCA-1 Resident Lectures: “Effects of Anesthetics on Renal Function, Acid-Base abnormalities, and Diuretic Pharmacology” - Madhav Swaminathan, MD

5-6 p.m., 6686-HAFSGVTCCM Conference

7:00 a.m., 2001DNGrand Rounds

4:30 p.m., 5685-HAFSAdvanced Resident Lecture: “Paravertebraland Trunca-Blocks” - Steve Melton, MD

7:15-8:00 a.m., RM203-PainClinicMRC Pain Journal Club

12-1 p.m., 2003DNCritical Care Grand Rounds

4-5 p.m., 5680A-HAFSPediatric Conference

5-6 p.m., 7683-HAFSResident Education Session: Journal Club

Upcoming:2011 Duke Anesthesiology Holiday Party: Saturday, December 3, 2011 | 7 - 11 PM | The Cotton Room at Golden Belt, Downtown Durham, NC2012 office professional Day: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | 11:30am - 1pm | 5685-HAFS2012 Duke Anesthesiology Alumni Reception: Sunday, October 14, 2012 | Washington, DC2012 ASA: October 13-17, 2012 | Washington, DC

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CondolencesCondolences to Wendy Dixon and her family as her mother passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2011. Below is a link to the obituary for those that are interested in attending the services.

http://www.hudsonfuneralhome.com/html/Obituaries/obituaries.asp?listing_id=176757

Classifieds5 Br * 3 Bath * 3010 sf * $599,000: Sim-ply put, this home has it all. Located in Forest Hills and overlooking the park, 608 E. Forest Hills Boulevard offers both the comforts of a newer home and the charm of a historic neigh-borhood. Inside, cathedral ceilings, expansive windows, and skylights grace the living room, and gleaming hardwood floors run throughout

the home. Ample kitchen cabinet space, granite counter tops, stainless steel appli-ances, and a breakfast bar bring ease and comfort to cooking any meal. Maximize your time outside with the generous outdoor living spaces: the rocking-chair front porch, screened back porch, and the large, stone patio overlooking the private backyard. Located in the Morehead Montessori priority zone, this home is also generator-ready, has a water recirculator, and has an in-home surround sound speaker system. http://www.608eforesthills.com or email b.mackensen@gmail.com.

Rentals

Very well-kept 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath home in fantastic Northwest raleigh neighborhood. Open floor plan with vaulted ceiling in living room. 5 minutes from RDU, 10 minutes from RTP, 25 minutes from Duke, convenient to I-540 and I-40. Nicely landscaped back yard. Refrigerator, washer, dryer included. Highly sought-after Leesville school district. Convenient to Brier Creek shopping and din-ing. $1195 per month. Contact Eric Hexdall in the Hyperbaric Center, 684-6726 or cell (919) 370-0524.

enjoy the ocean during the off season! 4 BR ocean-front beach house for rent at Carolina Beach. Check it out on the rental company’s website at http://www.intracoast-alrentals.com/rental/house.html?ID=803&User=alpha. Fee for friends/coworkers: $500 for 2-night weekend, $200/night M-Th or $1500 for a week. If interested, con-tact Allison Ross at ross0016@mc.duke.edu for more information.

Free Stuff

I have two H cylinders of UHP Hydrogen and two H cylinders of UHP helium if anyone wants them. Contact Keita Ikeda at keita.ikeda@duke.edu.

Upcoming CMe activities

6th Annual Winter Anesthesia and Critical Care ReviewMarch 4-9, 2012 | Canyons resort | park City, UtFor more information, email Katherine Siler: siler006@mc.duke.edu.

5th annual emerging technologies in the or and great fluid DebateJune 11-15, 2012 | Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa lake Buena Vista, flFor more information, email Katherine Siler: siler006@mc.duke.edu.

15th annual Cardiothoracic Update and tee Board reviewJuly 5-8, 2012 | the Westin hilton head Island resort and spa hilton head Island, sCFor more information, contact Jaime C. Cooke: jca24@notes.duke.edu.

Preceptorships

Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia Preceptorship Course2011 Dates Available | Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NCFor more information, email Katherine Siler: siler006@mc.duke.edu.Participants in the Duke Preceptorship will spend three days in the regional block area, operating rooms and on the floor with post surgery patients observing ultra-sound guided single shot nerve blocks and catheter techniques in a wide variety of clinical scenarios.

Visiting preceptorship in Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography2011-2012 Dates Available | Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NCFor more information, email Jaime C. Cooke: jca24@notes.duke.edu.Participants in the Duke Intraoperative TEE Preceptorship spend one three-day session in the cardiac operating suites, observing techniques of intraoperative TEE and interpretation of images.

For more information and to register, visit http://anesthesiology.duke.edu

anesthesia Benefit for Duke CrNa global health: save the Date!

The CRNAs will be hosting their 2nd annual benefit on January 28, 2012 at Bay 7 at American Tobacco, Downtown Durham. Proceeds from the evening go to pay for airfare as they send people on medical mission trips to Ghana, Uganda, Haiti, etc.

Anesthesiology on Facebook and TwitterDo you have exciting news or information pertinent to the academic community that you want to share through the department’s social media sites? The department has facebook and twitter accounts for Duke

Anesthesiology, Duke Anesthesiology Alumni, and the DREAM Campaign. Send your announcements to Lauren Marcilliat (lauren.marcilliat@duke.edu) to be posed on the department’s social media sites. Remember to keep announcements to 140 characters in length so that they are twitter compatible (about the size of this sentence). Including a link to another online source for more information is highly recommended.