A Message from the Chairman

News & Announcements

Congratulations to Dr. Dawood Sayed and Dr. John Nachtigal, both named Associate Professor, effective 7/1/2017. A promotion well deserved!

Dawood Sayed, MD and Andy Sack, MD represented our department at the International Neuromodulation Society 13th World Congress, May 27 - June 1, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland.  

Oral Presenations:

Dawood Sayed, Talal Khan, Ted Braun, Smith Manion, Andrew Sack
Title: "Treatment of Posterior Thoracic Back Pain with Paresthesia-Independent High Frequency Spinal Stimulation at 10kHz (HF-SCS): A Case Series"

Corey Hunter, Dawood Sayed, Tim Davis
Title: "A Physician-Initiated, Multicenter Retrospective Registry on Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Stimulation - An Analysis on the Impact of Lead Location Compared to the Presentation of Pain"

Poster Presentations:

Dawood Sayed, Leonardo Kapural
Title: "Salvaging patients that failed traditional spinal cord stimulation (t-SCS) with high frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) at 10kHz: A multicenter case series"

Andrew Sack, Dawood Sayed
Title: "High frequency spinal cord stimulation at 10 kHz for post-herpetic neuralgia"

On April 27, 2017, representing the Office of International Programs at KUMC, Dr. Anthony Kovac, Professor of Anesthesiology, met with Dra. Zulema Tomas Gonzales, Directora General (CEO) of the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Ninos San Borja (INSN SB - the National Peru Children's Hospital) in Lima, Peru to sign the letter of intent of a cooperative agreement for the exchange of education, research, and culture between the University of Kansas Medical Center and INSN SB - the National Peru Children's Hospital.

At the KU School of Health Professions' Student Recognition Ceremony on May 13th, students of the Class of 2017 selected Bryant Staples, MD for the Anesthesiologist Teaching Award!

Congratulations to all of our residents who participated in the Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference (MARC). MARC is an annual meeting that is supported by the Association of Midwest Academic Anesthesia Chairs, Inc. (AMAAC). The annual meeting is the largest anesthesia residents conference in North America and in the world. We are proud to have four of our residents place across the categories of Quality Improvement, General, and Airway.

Alyssa Green, DO	James Barner, DO
John Williams, DO	Nick Kaup, DO

Please join us in welcoming our newest faculty member!

Samuel Lobell, MD joins us from South Denver Anesthesiologists in Colorado. Dr. Lobell received his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed his anesthesiology residency at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, followed by a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Children's Hospital Colorado.

Please join us in welcoming our newest mid-level providers!

Eric DeGraff, CRNA	Kim Privette, CRNA - PRN

Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Nicol on her NIH K23 Award to study CNS Amplification in lumbar failed back surgery!

Dr. Nicol's research will examine potential risk factors and patient characteristics that are linked with and possibly predictive of chronic pain after lumbar spine surgery. The discovery of specific central nervous system pain mechanisms and their potential role in the development of chronic pain after lumbar spine surgery will allow for a new and greater understanding of the condition and lead to further studies on how to lessen the risk or prevent the condition with treatments before, during, and after spine surgery.

In the Media

Dr. Dawood Sayed featured on KMBC 9 news New Implant Can Treat Pain without Prescriptions!