Phil Vlisides

#pedsanes24 #sppm2024 @PedsPainMed @ASRA_Society @PediAnesthesia Guardians of the Galaxy in regional. Starting with infant spinal and Dr Ashley Holman

The results of B-Free are out! What's the bottom line? In ITT restricting intraoperative benzodiazepines did not (by a hair) reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium (aOR 0.92; 95% CI 0.84-1.01; P=0.07). HOWEVER...

@Nadia_Hdz_MD @HouthoffKavita @bobfunn @rosie_hogg @EMARIANOMD …But we’ll never know the facts unless we do the trials. So maybe let’s aim for less opining and more doing?

Does anesthesia/surgery worsen cognition and/or Alzheimer’s pathology in older adults (compared to matched non surgical controls)? Our prospective matched cohort study suggests not- pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology… with many thx to collaborators @Duke_Anesthesia @DukeSurgery @JuddMoul

👏👏 Congratulations to our Dr. Douglas Colquhoun, who was recently named a 2024 @BJAjournals editorial fellow! Learn more about his new role: michmed.org/RRzK2

Preoperative Concerns of Older US Adults and Decisions About Elective Surgery jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

🎙️Podcast Alert: What is Consciousness?🎙️ Our chair, George Mashour MD/PhD, recently joined @neiltyson and @chucknicecomic on the @startalkradio podcast to answer their questions about consciousness and psychedelics. youtu.be/IB-6Zb03HJg?fe…

George Mashour, founder of the Center for Consciousness Science and Michigan Psychedelic Center, talks consciousness and psychedelics with Neil deGrasse Tyson in the recent episode of Star Talk. youtube.com/watch?v=IB-6Zb…

Assessing patterns of delirium symptoms reveals a novel subtype among elective surgical patients with postoperative delirium. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38168022/ @vtcsom @VTGerontology @OdmaraBarreto @LizWhitlockMD @gropperUCSF

I know firsthand that the bonds of family are formed by love & not blood alone. I talked with @Kat_McGowan of the @BostonGlobe about the changing face of caregiving & the need to ensure policies like #PaidLeave cover chosen family. #CaregivingInTheUS bostonglobe.com/2023/07/18/opi…

Thanks @aprilbaer @StatesideRadio for speaking with me about the #opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone - the FDA advisory committee and I voted unanimously to recommend making it available over the counter last month michiganradio.org/show/stateside…

Thank you for articulating this so eloquently, Dr. ⁦@MonaHannaA⁩, and for your unwavering advocacy for our children. freep.com/story/opinion/…

8 straight years! 🎉🎉 #UMichAnes again ranks 1st in NIH funding according to the Blue Ridge rankings of med school anesthesia departments. Congrats to our faculty & staff addressing critical questions in neuroscience, outcomes, and pain & opioid research. bit.ly/3K4Lp41

Images from the University of Michigan campus today. #SpartanStrong

It doesn't have to be this way - let our LOVE for our kids translate to public health policies that protect them. Please contact your Michigan legislators and demand common sense gun control laws. @MSUPubHealth 🤍💚

Thank you @POTUS for your renewed commitment to #PaidLeaveForAll & this week's actions to support & expand leave, safe leave & #PaidLeave. Paid leave is gender, racial, and economic justice for family caregivers. #FMLA30 #CaregivingInTheUs whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

.@MichelleHMoniz is a generalist OBGYN with expertise in #healthservicesresearch and #implementationscience. Her research focuses on eliminating health inequities by improving women’s access to evidence-based #healthcare. Catch her at #smfm23 next week! @MichiganCQIs

Takes me back a more than decade when we showed that dexmedetomidine protected against isoflurane injury. Still no translation as the actual phenotype in humans (if there at all) is elusive.

The University of Michigan Medical School is withdrawing from participation in the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings of medical schools. Read more: michmed.org/N2wg3

It’s National #MentoringMonth! Dr. Daniel Clauw, director of the @umichmedicine Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, believes mentorship is critical to the success of junior faculty and essential for successful team science endeavors. #MentorshipMattersNIH