Big congrats to Penn Anesthesia super intern Sarah Langer on receiving the Association of University Anesthesiologists Resident Travel Award today for her research on neonatal outcomes after cesarean delivery under spinal vs general anesthesia. Well done!

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 Our AJOG consensus statement on pain management for 🤰 with opioid use disorder is LIVE! ✨best practices✨knowledge gaps, areas for innovation 📖 Free access until April 30, 2025 – read & download here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kl69gm3zEO- #OBAnes

📢 Exciting news! Our #OBAnes Faculty Member, Dr. Alexa Nicholas, has been invited to present her latest research at #WCAC2025 in Vienna! 📖💡 Join us in celebrating this achievement & check out her JACC paper: bit.ly/4hby6vA #Anesthesia #CardioOB #WomenInMedicine

🚀Our newest faculty member, Dr. Yanni Angelidis, with expertise in #OBAnes + ❤️ + CCM, is now leading the Obstetrical Critical Care Workgroup in SOCCA ! His leadership is set to drive advancements in OB critical care practices. Learn more here: bit.ly/4hAtTS8

👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏽 OB Anesthesiology & Women's Health Grand Rounds - Journal Club on March 25 at 6:45 am. Dr. Zach Ligus, Pitt OB & Women's Anesthesiology fellow, will present "Intraoperative Oxytocin Administration." 📅 Event details: calendar.pitt.edu/event/ob-anest…

🔬📢 Exciting insights from Drs. Caitlin Sutton & David Berman on anesthesia updates for open fetal surgery! Covering maternal & fetal considerations, interventions, and what's next for this evolving field. #OBAnes #Anesthesia

🎉 Huge congrats to our OB/Women's #OBAnes Research Scholars on #MatchDay2025 success! 👏 Emma N. ➡️#Psychiatry ➡️ AHN 👏 Paul R. ➡️ #anesthesia ➡️ @pittanes @pittanesres 👏 Okey A. ➡️ #anesthesia➡️@bidmcanesthesia We are proud of their hard work, excited for their futures!

The ELEVATE Summit, held in January at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, convened leading experts, researchers, policymakers, and patient advocates to address critical issues in women’s pain management and anesthesia care. Learn more about this critical work: anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/elevate-s…

👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏽 OB Anesthesiology & Women's Health Grand Rounds on April 8 at 6:45 am. Dr. Emmett Whitaker will present "Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Implications for Perioperative Care." 📅 Event details: buff.ly/4dREgzC

🎉 Celebrating and welcoming our incoming OB Anes fellows Brendan (current Chief Resident) & Henry for 2026–27! Even better—Ashley, Henry’s fiancée, matched Anesthesiology Pitt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine! A 🌟perfect 🌟Pittsburgh match! 💙💛 #Match2025 #OBAnes #Anesthesia

🎉 Proud to represent Pitt at #SOAPAM2025! 🎤 Panels • 🧪 Research • 📚 Workshops • 🎖️ Leadership 📍Portland, OR | Apr 30–May 4 Pitt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Sparkle Soap Original HQ @asa_hq Pitt/UPMC Anesthesiology Residency UPMC Resident Fellow Association Committee (RFAC) #ObAnes #Anesthesiology #MedEd

👑 Looking forward to our next Grand Rounds!! Amr Abouleish -- a Paleo-Anesthesiologist

🤰🫃🫄 Grace Lim, MD, MSc (Grace Lim, MD MS) a nationally recognized physician-scientist and Chief of the Division of Obstetric and Women's Anesthesiology at UPMC, has been chosen President-Elect of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology SOAP: anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-grace-…

✨New in Anesthesiology: “Opioids, Expectations, & Ethos: A Global Take on Pain Management in Surgery & Pregnancy.” 🌍💉My thoughts on how we understand—& respond to—pain: shaped by culture, policy, history. Read the editorial 👉bit.ly/3S9hIBF #Anesthesia #PainCare

🦸⚒️⚡We're off to 🇳🇴 for the THOR meeting @thethornetwork! Will present on postpartum hemorrhage—what we know, what we urgently need to learn by research. Grateful for this global collaboration—and loving how these Viking Laws still hit hard. 💥 #PPH #GlobalHealth #ObAnes

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Yanni Angelidis for being featured in Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Interchange! His piece on Takotsubo in pregnancy highlights the power of OB anesthesia + ICU collab. 💪 #MaternalHealth #obanes Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists SOAP Pitt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 🔗 bit.ly/3G6ixJ4

We’re sending off CRC Liv Jarvis with a Littmann stethoscope and big hugs 💙❤️ She's off to med school in 2 weeks! So proud of her, and the many CRCs from our team who go on to med school, grad school, and beyond! 🌟 #FutureDoctor #MedSchoolBound #ObAnes #CRCPride SOAP

New 📰 from our group! Prenatal QST was linked to labor pain unpleasantness, not intensity — suggesting affective pain may be biologically rooted. Interesting and may help predict risk for postpartum mood disorders. 👉 doi.org/10.1080/016748… #OBAnes #PPD

Take your #research career to the next level - applications for FAER’s Fall Grant Cycle are open through 8/15/2025! Learn more & apply at FAER.org/Grants. Grants available for this fall include the MRTG, REG, RFG, & TIG. #Anesthesiology #FAERgrant #FAERgrants

🧵1/ 🚨 New paper alert! Epidurals are safe, but ~20% of patients still get hypotension. Can we predict it better? A new RCT explores just that. 🔗bit.ly/3TFvQn7 #OBAnes #Anesthesiology #MaternalHealth