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  November- Congratulations to Rob Sladen! “As President of the American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, I take personal pleasure in informing you of your selection to receive the 2009 ASCCA Lifetime Achievement Award. This esteemed award is presented in recognition of your lifetime of distinguished service and outstanding contributions to critical care medicine. The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor ASCCA can bestow upon an individual.” Dr. Todd Dorman, President, ASCCA
Congratulations again, Rob! October- Dr. Andranik Ovassapian came to Columbia on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 to give the Allen Hyman History Lecture. The night before a dinner was held at The Carlyle to honor Dr. Ovassapian.
After the lecture, Dr. Ovassapian conducted an Airway Workshop for our Anesthesia Residents.
September- Congratulations to Laurence Ring!
August- CA1 Resident’s Welcome Cruise 2009!!
We are proud to announce that Dr. Gebhard Wagener and Dr. HT Lee as his mentor and co-investigator won an award – The ILTS Rising Star at the recently held ILTS meeting in New York. Dr. Wagener and Dr. Lee received this award for studying a novel biomarker for renal injury, urinary NGAL profile, in patients undergoing liver transplantation. The photograph below shows Dr. Wagener receiving the award, his mentor and co-investigator Dr. HT Lee with Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil, University of California, Los Angeles, CA and Dr. Reinhild Mertes-Stompf from the award sponsor Novartis
July- July “In the News” has a focus on Pain Medicine and Columbia Department of Anesthesiology. Honors/Awards:
The Division Welcomes Two New Faculty Members: Anis Dizdarevic, M.D. Update on Interventional Procedures: Newer Procedures being offered include:
(For the treatment of osteoporotic and cancer related compression fractures)
Planning to add functional discography and biacuplasty. The Pain Team is also leading the hospital effort in development of the Palliative Care Consult Service. June- Laurent G. Glance, M.D., Vice-Chair for Research within the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine was a visiting professor on May 13th -14th serving as this year’s endowed visiting professor for the Virginia Apgar Society. Dr. Glance moderated an “Afternoon with the Apgars” during which Drs. Neil Gleason, Laurence Ring, Christopher Gay, Elena Reitman and Julia Sobol gave oral presentations summarizing their Apgar experiences. The 15 attending Apgar scholars benefited from Dr. Glance’s insights regarding careers as developing physician-scientists. Dr. Glance also delivered the endowed Virginia Apgar Lecture at departmental grand rounds entitled “Health Care Report Cards: Report on the Report Cards”
May- Columbia Anesthesiology Residents Travel the World!
Residents in our program who have previously received this fellowship award have been: John Tsai, Jesse Raiten, Matthew Doane and Jessica Kenaston. April- Columbia at the Association of University Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Galveston, Texas Congratulations to Dr. Laurence E. Ring for his presentation entitled: “Hypothalamic Knockout of Leptin Receptor in a Murine Model Leads to Early Obesity and Diabetes”
Laurence Ring received the Resident Travel Award at the AUA for his abstract. Other presentations at the AUA included:
Our department was very well represented, and congratulations to all our presenters. March- COLUMBIA ANESTHESIOLOGY AT THE IARS 2009 IARS Annual Meeting Columbia's Department of Anesthesiology is well represented at the annual meeting in San Diego! Steve Shafer, Professor of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, Editor-in-Chief, Anesthesia & Analgesia:
Danielle Ludwin, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology:
Lena Sun, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics. Vice Chair. Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Division: Moderating two sessions:
Staffan Wahlander, Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology & Associate Chief of Division of Critical Care:
Pamela Flood, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology:
Robert N. Sladen, Professor and Executive Vice Chairman and Director of the ICU:
Athina Kakavouli, T32 NIH Research Fellow:
Robert Moore, Pediatric Fellow:
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Michael L. Weinberger, M.D. was selected to the prestigious New York Magazine “Best Doctor” List in the specialty of Pain Medicine. 
A native to North Jersey graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Biology. Upon completion of his undergraduate degree he attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained both degrees in Medicine and Dentistry. He then completed an internship in General Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He received additional training at New York Presbyterian Hospital –Columbia University Campus, where he completed a residency in Anesthesiology and a fellowship in Pain Medicine During his fellowship, Dr. Bandola was a visiting fellow at the MD Andersen Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where he was able to expand upon his interventional skills and management of pain associated with malignant disease. 
Graduated from Hartwick College with a degree in Biochemistry. He then attended Harvard Medical School earning his MD, in June of 2003. He received additional training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, completing a Residency in Anesthesiology and a Fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine.
