February 26, 2018
Approved for up to 22 AMA PRA Category 1 credits, or 22 Class A CE credits. Prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 21.00 Class A CE Credits; Code# 1037742; Expiration Date: 6/22/19." June 19 - 21, 2019 Kiawah Island, South Carolina
October 20, 2017
Point of Care Ultrasound and Focused Assessed TTE Course “The University of North Carolina School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits” Welcome to the POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND AND FOCUSED ASSESSED TTE COURSE, with low faculty student ratio of 1:4 with primary emphasis on learning …
October 19, 2017
ERAS team members present their posters at UNC Healthcare Quality Expo. Dr. Brian Specht, MD presented his poster on decreased ICU admissions, Chris Burns presented an abstract he co-authored on decreased PACU time and decreased opioid use, and Lyla Hance, MPH was available to discuss the ERAS program in detail with visitors. ERAS team members …
October 19, 2017
A special ERAS pathway was presented in Vital Signs! This multidisciplinary collaborative effort between the Department of Anesthesiology, Surgical Oncology, and Plastic Surgery was introduced to patients undergoing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. The new ERAS Mastectomy/Reconstruction Pathway was featured in October’s Vital Signs! Click the link to read more about the multidisciplinary collaboration between the …
October 19, 2017
ASA 2017 runs from October 20-25, 2017. For a complete list of schedule event click Read More Click here link to the companion
September 12, 2017
University of North Carolina researchers to lead major, first-in-kind study of development of posttraumatic neurologic and mental health disorders. Uses new approaches to achieve discoveries for veterans and civilian trauma survivors. Awarded $21 million for AURORA Study.
September 11, 2017
Thank you for your interest in supporting the clinical, research, and educational missions of the UNC Department of Anesthesiology. You may give online by clicking on “Donate” in the navigation bar. If you have questions or would like to give to some other endeavor within the department please contact Lisa Johnson (Lisa_Johnson@med.unc.edu). Donations can be …
June 21, 2017
Check out “Creating pathways for quality improvement at your institution” by Robert S. Isaak, DO & Lavinia M. Kolarczyk, MD from 12-1 this Thursday 6/22 at the Carolina Refresher!
May 9, 2017
UNC Enhanced Recovery Manager and co-chair for the American Society of Enhanced Recovery newsletter Lyla Hance has worked with Tom Hopkins of Duke to put out the 2nd quarterly ASER newsletter. Read it online at publizr!
May 9, 2017
Several ERAS team members represented UNC at ASER’s congress in D.C. this April: Sara Scarlet, MD presented a poster on implementing ERAS for lower limb amputation Rob Isaak, DO, co-chairs the hepatobiliiary committee and co-led a panel on ERAS for hepatobiliary surgery Lyla Hance, MPH presented a poster on pre-operative mental health optimization as a …