The Twenty-Eighth Peter and Eva Safar Annual Lectureship in Medical Sciences and Humanities
 By: Dr. John W. Olney
John P. Feighner Professor of Psychiatry, Neuropathology and
Neuropsychopharmacology at Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Lecture:
Excitotoxic and Apoptotic Neurodegeneration – Causal
Mechanisms and Preventive Strategies
Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
(BST) S-100
200 Lothrop Street
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
(a reception follows)
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 Guest Professor Donald Marion, MD visits the Safar Center
Donald Marion, MD visited the Safar Center on February 14, 2008. Dr. Marion is the Science Officer of the Children’s Neurobiological Solutions Foundation located in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Marion gave a lecture titled “Therapeutic Hypothermia: Past, Present and Future,” to a standing-room-only audience of researchers, faculty, fellows and students. Earlier in the day, SCRR trainees presented their work to Dr. Marion in a reverse site visit fashion. Presenters included: Mioara Manole, MD–Cerebral Blood Flow after Cardiac Arrest; Karen Walson, MD–Normoxic versus Hyperoxic Resuscitation in Pediatric Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest: Effects of Oxidative Stress; Dave Shellington, MD–The Inflammatory Response to Combined Traumatic Brain Injury and Hemorrhagic Shock; Ann Hoffman-Haloperidol and Risperidone Exacerbate Functional Outcome after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury; Jeff Cheng-Environmental Enrichment-mediated Improvement after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury; and Ajit Sarnaik, MD–Genetic Influences on Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Marion’s input was greatly appreciated by all of our trainees.
Jennifer Arnold, MD receives Ray Helfer Award from PAS
The Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) Education Committee awarded Dr. Jennifer Arnold’s abstract titled “Effect of a High Fidelity Simulation Curriculum on Pediatric Resident Competency in Neonatal Airway Management Skills” the ‘Ray Helfer Award’ which is bestowed upon the most innovative and creative scholarly education abstract submitted to PAS, the Pediatric Academic Societies & Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting being held this year in Hawaii, May 2008. Congratulations to Jennifer for a fantastic accomplishment and her work carried out while on our T32 represents an outstanding collaboration between the Safar Center and WISER. Thanks also to Drs. Mindy Fiedor-Hamilton, Paul Phrampus and Steven Kanter for their mentor support.
 SCRR Fellows Win 2 out of 6 Awards at the AHA 16th Annual Fellows Research Day in Pittsburgh
Safar Center fellows Karen Walson, MD, Manuela Lahoud-Rahme, MD and Mioara Manole, MD presented their abstracts at the 16th Annual AHA Fellows Research Day hosted by Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA on February 22, 2008. Congratulations to Dr. Walson (pictured) who won top oral presentation for her abstract titled “Effects of Normoxic versus Hyperoxic Ventilatory Resuscitation on Oxidative Stress in Pediatric Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest." Dr. Walson was mentored by safar Center Associate Director Dr. Hülya Bayır. Congratulations also to Dr. Lahoud-Rahme who won second place for her poster presentation titled “Blood-brain barrier integrity in emergency preservation and resuscitation rat model.
 Former SCRR fellow Alia Dennis, MD, receives recognition for her volunteer and humanitarianism work by the International Children’s Heart Foundation
Former Safar Center fellow, Alia Dennis, MD, received volunteer recognition by the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF) for the international cardiac surgery team that she traveled with in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Dennis feels that she is applying the many skills she acquired—clinical practice, leadership, research and humanitarianism—while doing her fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. To view this article, please click on the link http://www.babyheart.org/get-involved/volunteer-recognition/dr.-alia-marie-dennis-an-intensivist-physician/ More to come from Dr. Dennis and her work with the ICHF.
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