UPMC residents swept both the original research and case report categories at the 2009 Western Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists Resident Research Competition.  Congratulations to the following:

Scientific Papers

1st Place-  Xianren Wu, MD (UPMC)- Therapeutic Potential of Polynitroxylated Pegylated Hemoglobin (PNPH) in Resuscitation of Combined Traumatic Brain Injury Plus Hemmorrhagic Shock 

2nd Place- John Hache, MD (UPMC)- Aprepitant in a Multimodal Approach for Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Is There Such a Thing as "Too Many Modalities?"

Case Reports

1st Place- Nicole Scouras, MD (UPMC)- Anesthetic Management of Combined Double Lung-Liver Transplantation in a Patient With End Stage Porto-Pulmonary Hypertension

2nd Place- Brian Blasiole, MD (UPMC)- Failed Spinal Anesthesia Due to Chemically Altered Bupivacaine