Anesthesiology

New faculty spotlight: Joshua Abels, MD

Joshua Abels, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

Aug 24, 2026

Joshua Abels, MD, headshot

STAR fellowship program marks fifth year with summer research presentations

“Five years in, this program has grown from a handful of students into a real pipeline of future scientists,” Dr. Yelamanchili said. “Every summer, I’m struck by how much these students accomplish in just 10 weeks, and how much curiosity and drive they bring to the lab.”

Aug 24, 2026

Auspy Li, poses with mentor Lie Gao, MD, PhD, during poster sessions.

Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD, honored with NU’s top teaching award

Dr. Duhachek-Stapelman was presented with the award at the Aug. 13th Board of Regents meeting.

Aug 19, 2026

Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD

UNMC faculty receive university’s most prestigious awards

Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD, received an Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award, and Benson Edagwa, PhD, received the Faculty IP Innovation and Commercialization Award.

Aug 12, 2026

Benson Edagwa, PhD, left, and Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD

UNMC for the record, July 31, 2026

UNMC anesthesiologists named to national roles, and a list of recent and upcoming retirements.

Jul 31, 2026

Cale Kassel, MD, and Lauren Costello, MD

Anesthesiology celebrates three endowed faculty positions

The department recognized the Lieberman Endowed Chair, the Lisco Distinguished Professorship and the Johnson Chair in Critical Care.

Jul 27, 2026

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, and the Lieberman Chair, Andrew Patterson, MD, PhD, chair of the department of anesthesiology

Faculty promotions

The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology is proud to recognize the following promotions, effective July 1.

Jun 29, 2026

Maria Michaelis, MD

Repurposing HIV drugs to fight Alzheimer’s

Anna Frie is awarded the Nancy and Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Scholarship Award for her project titled “Leveraging antiviral drug repurposing to inhibit NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease.”

Jun 29, 2026

Anna Frie poses with Sowmya Yelamanchili, PhD, and Gurudutt Pendyala with her award certificate.

UNMC student brings Alzheimer’s research to national hackathon at Allen Institute

Foroughi-Nezhad, a second-year PhD student in the lab of Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD, was one of just 18 researchers selected from a global applicant pool to attend the hackathon-style workshop in Seattle this May.

Jun 29, 2026

Foroughi Nezhad headshot in dark vest and tie.

Medical research highlights, June 2026

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grantsĀ and awards representing more than $23 million in new funding in April and May.

Jun 23, 2026

Shilpa Buch, PhD