On October 17, 2009, the department hosted an alumni reception held in conjunction with the recent 2009 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Many alumni and friends attended, enjoying conversations regarding memories of their days in the department and since. Photos taken during this celebration can be viewed here.

The list below denotes the most recently published articles representing researchers within The Department of Anesthesia, The University of Iowa.

Campos JH: Managing the Patient with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass In: Cohen NH, eds. Medically Challenging Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009: 285-302

Brennan TJ: Incisional/Postoperative Pain. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Binder, Hirokawa, Windhorst (eds.), Springer 2009, 1941-1945.

Shontz R, Karuparthy V, Temple R, Brennan TJ: Prevalence and Risk Factors Predisposing to Coagulopathy in Patients Receiving Epidural Analgesia for Hepatic Surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Medicine 2009 Jul-Aug;34(4):308-11.

Slinger P, Campos JH: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery. In: Miller’s Anesthesia, Miller RD (ed). Churchill Livingstone; 7th edition (May 22, 2009):1219-1287.

Kang S, Brennan TJ: Chemosensitivity and Mechanosensitivity of Nociceptors from Incised Rat Hindpaw Skin. Anesthesiology 2009 Jul;111(1):155-64.

Han T-H, Greenblatt DJ, Martyn JA: Propofol Clearance and Volume of Distribution are Increased in Patients with Major Burns. J Clin Pharmacol 2009; 49:768-772.

Baker MT: Sevoflurane-Lewis Acid Stability. Anesth Analg 2009; 108:1725-6

Maktabi MA, Titler SS, Kadakia S, Conway RK: When Fiberoptic Intubation Fails in Patients with Unstable Craniovertebral Junctions. Anesth Analg 2009; 108:1937-40