Department News

Leaving a Legacy from Siberia to USC
January 31st, 2022Dr. Vladimir Zelman By Scot Macdonald More than 40 years ago, USC gave Dr. Vladimir Zelman an opportunity. Today, he is giving USC an opportunity. Professor of anesthesiology, emeritus professor of USC,…
Anesthesiology’s Brian Bensadigh earns Patient Safety Curriculum Award
July 22nd, 2020Brian Bensadigh Brian Bensadigh, MD, MBA, clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology (clinician educator), has been awarded the 2020 Patient Safety Curriculum Award. The $100,000 award was announced by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)…

New research study shows these three letters can make you a big hero this summer: CPR
May 17th, 2017New study shows that bystander CPR is associated with favorable neurological survival for drowning victims in cardiac arrest. Imagine yourself relaxing at the beach when the worst happens — someone notices a…

Reception honors new and previous anesthesiology chairs
March 1st, 2017From left, Rohit Varma, Philip Lumb, Holly Muir and Tom Jackiewicz are seen before a reception to welcome Muir as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, and pay tribute to Lumb for…

Keck School of Medicine Names Holly A. Muir, MD, New Chair of Anesthesiology
January 24th, 2017Holly Muir, chair of anesthesiology Muir to foster academic and clinical growth through faculty programs and leveraging Department’s strengths The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named Holly A. Muir, MD, the new chair…

Anesthesiology professor recognized for public health innovation
November 8th, 2016J. Jacques Carter, past-president of the Harvard T.H. Chan Alumni Association and chair of the Nominations Committee, presents Carol Peden with the 2016 Public Health Innovator Award. Carol Peden, MD, MPH, professor of…

Keck School of Medicine names new chair of Anesthesiology
September 16th, 2016Holly A. Muir, MD The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named Holly A. Muir, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, effective January 1, 2017. Muir specializes…

Nurse anesthetist graduate takes skills on deployment
September 6th, 2016Joe Romero, a 2013 graduate of the nurse anesthesia program and a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, was deployed to Iraq to serve as a nurse anesthetist with the 948th Forward…

Neuroanesthesiologist recognized for international collaboration
April 26th, 2016From left, Vladimir Shiltsev, director, Accelerator Physics Center at the Fermi National Accelerator Center, Vladimir Zelman, and Nikolay Vasilyav, president of RASA-USA and staff scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital pose at the…

Russian participation in ENIGMA hailed at Moscow Science Week
February 1st, 2016From left, Russian Deputy Health and Science Minister Lyudmila Ogorodova, Paul Thompson and Co-Directors of the Scientific Center of Children’s Health Alexander Baranov and Leyla Namazova-Baranova, seen in Russia in December 2015….