New faculty spotlight: Peter Ricci Pellegrino, MD, PhD

Peter Ricci Pellegrino, MD, PhD

Peter Ricci Pellegrino, MD, PhD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology 

What drew me to anesthesiology

Anesthesiology is an amazing discipline with diverse subspecialties that span the breadth of patient care with a particular emphasis on providing critical care and palliation to patients in their most vulnerable states, and I love pretty much everything about it.  

Education:  

  • MD, PhD in physiology – UNMC 
  • Residency – UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
  • Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship – UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
  • Pain Medicine Fellowship – UNMC Department of Anesthesiology

Professional Memberships: 

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists 
  • American College of Cardiology 
  • American Heart Association 
  • American Physiological Society 
  • Early-Stage Anesthesiology Scholars 
  • International Anesthesia Research Society 
  • Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists 
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine 
  • American Academy of Pain Medicine 
  • American Society of Regional Anesthesia 
  • North American Neuromodulation Society 
  • International Neuromodulation Society 
  • International Pain and Spine Intervention Society  
  • Alpha Omega Alpha 

What are you most looking forward to as you join the department? 

If I have to choose just one thing, I am most excited for my elevated role in patient care — we have the capacity and duty to make a profound impact on our patients’ lives, and I take that very seriously. 

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I spent most of my time in combined medical and graduate school believing I would forego residency training and pursue a research-only career, but I realized how much I loved taking care of patients as a third-year medical student, and my last eight years of clinical training have been extremely rewarding.  
  • I find something about washing dishes therapeutic. 
  • I am a fan of the recently relegated Frosinone soccer club. We’ll be back. 
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