August 23, 2019
New Faculty
Sarah Margaret “Maggie” Coffield, D.O., has joined the Department of Anesthesiology as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia. Dr. Coffield received her medical degree from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She interned at UAMS in 2014-2015 and completed her anesthesiology residency at UAMS in 2015-2018. Dr. Coffield most recently completed a pediatric anesthesiology…
July 24, 2019
Congrats to Our CA-2 Residents!
100% Amazing Congratulations to our 14 Clinical Anesthesia 2 (CA-2) residents on their 100% pass rate on the American Board of Anesthesiology Basic Exam – and to the many faculty and staff members whose dedication to resident education made this possible. These outstanding residents are Drs. Kevin Barkley, Daniel Bingham, Elizabeth Blankenship, Stephanie Kierstead, Paul…
April 8, 2019
Anesthesia Departmental Tennis Tournament
Join us for the Anesthesia Department Tennis Tournament on Saturday, May 11, starting at 8:00 AM at the Rebsamen Tennis Center in Midtown on 12th Street. Highlights: All UAMS, ACH & VA Anesthesia departmental employees and immediate family can participate. Entries can be in the following categories: Men’s Singles Men’s Doubles Women’s Singles Women’s Doubles…
February 12, 2019
Dr. Goree featured on Fox 16
People with chronic painful diabetic neuropathy are being enrolled in a research study of a spinal cord stimulation device designed to reduce the pain. Dr. Jonathan Goree of the Department of Anesthesiology explains the device on Fox 16 Good Day. Watch the video on the Fox 16 website.
January 29, 2019
New Faculty – January 2019
David Kelley, D.O., has joined the Department of Anesthesiology as an Assistant Professor. He received his Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. He completed his residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in critical care medicine-anesthesiology, both at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. Kelley has over 10 years of…
January 22, 2019
UAMS Anesthesia at North American Neuromodulation Society Conference
On January 18th and 19th, the North American Neuromodulation Society met to discuss advances in the fields of spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and deep brain stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain and other chronic diseases. Lauren Byers, APRN, won the nurse practitioner travel award for her presentation of dorsal root ganglion stimulation for persistent…
December 20, 2018
Dr. Indranil Charkraborty Uses Facetime During Open Brain Surgery
The use of FaceTime during brain surgery became a reality recently at UAMS. UAMS Neuroanesthesiologist Doctor Indranil Charkraborty pitched the idea to an awake craniotomy patient before he went under the knife. He used the FaceTime as a way to calm Chris Stephenson as surgeons attempted to removed the orange sized tumor pressing on his…
November 19, 2018
Two Residents Present at National Conference
Two UAMS Anesthesiology residents presented at The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Fall 2018 Conference: Patrick Page on the chronic treatment of Genitofemoral Neuralgia and Lawson Smith on a challenging case of discitis after an injection of allograft umbilical stem cells.
October 31, 2018
Dr. Saeedah Asaf’s New App
Dr. Saeedah Asaf, an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, invested her own money and worked with programmers to develop a low-cost technology solution for capturing Lancet Commission for Global Surgery goals for surgical volume and outcomes. Her “Anesthesia log app” can be downloaded for free from the Android Play Store. This month, she won third place…
September 7, 2018
Residents Teach in Simulation Labs
Simulation labs provide valuable hands-on learning opportunities for our students. This week Anesthesiology residents Tolga Suvar, M.D., Matt Williams, M.D., and Loren Guzman, M.D., taught third-year medical students during anesthesia simulations. Click on the pictures below to see them in a larger size.