Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD, assistant professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been named a 2025 recipient of the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain.
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Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD, assistant professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been named a 2025 recipient of the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain.
Fourth-year anesthesiology resident Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a $75,000 Research Fellowship Grant from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER).
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at WashU Medicine has selected Burel Goodin, PhD, professor of anesthesiology, as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award.
Roberta Teixeira Tallarico, MB, a first-year anesthesiology resident, recently had her T32 Research Fellowship project published in JAMA Surgery on April 30, 2025. Her study, “Postoperative Outcomes Among Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Users,” explores how a newer type of medication, called sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), may influence surgical recovery.
WashU Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology proudly hosted its Academic Showcase followed by the 37th Annual C.R. Stephen Lecture, featuring Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka, MD, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Ben Fiori, RN, senior manager of clinical trials and operations, has been selected to receive the 2025 WashU Medicine Research Support Distinguished Honors Award.
A research team from the Moron-Concepcion Lab at WashU Medicine has discovered a promising new way to treat opioid overdoses without triggering severe withdrawal symptoms.
The International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) will honor Tao Che, PhD, with the INRC Young Investigator Award at its upcoming 2025 annual meeting, taking place from July 8-11 in Bologna, Italy.
A study led by researchers at WashU Medicine and UHSP published in Nature Communications has revealed a promising new path for pain relief that avoids the severe side effects associated with traditional opioids.
Faculty, staff, and trainees—including the entire CA-1 class—attended the 2025 IARS/SOCCA Annual Meeting in Honolulu rom March 20-23, 2025.