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  Our department and the family of Dr. Paul Poppers intend to honor the memory of our founding chairman by establishing an endowed lectureship, which will enable the department to invite a renowned guest speaker each year to deliver the Paul J. Poppers Distinguished Lecture. This fund is administered through the Stony Brook Foundation and is established in perpetuity.

  We invite you to participate with a gift of your own toward the fund. All donations are welcome. Whatever you choose to give, please know that the amount of your donation will never be shared with either the department or the family. Use , type "poppers" in the search box, and select "The Paul J Poppers, MD Distinguished Visiting Endowed Lectureship in Anesthesiology".

James P Dilger, PhD

  This month, we welcome Amruta Desai, DO, MPH, MBA as the newest member of our faculty. She practices in the General Anesthesiology Division. Dr. Desai is no stranger to Stony Brook University. She was an undergraduate here, majoring in Pharmacology, and participated in a research project in the Department of Materials Science. She also wrote for the University Newspaper, the Statesman. After graduation, she remained at Stony Brook to obtain her MPH and MBA degrees. Her medical training began at NYIT-COM; she received her DO in 2015. Dr. Desai did a Preliminary Program in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College, followed by a Residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She capped this off with a Fellowship in Pain Medicine at UMass Medical School.

  In addition to a publication arising from her Materials Science research (Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-Sized Metals Embedded in Polymer Matrix), Dr. Desai has made presentations at the ASA meetings, the World Congress on Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine and the New England Anesthesia Residents Conference.

  We welcome Dr. Desai BACK to Stony Brook!

Residents Dr. Elizabeth Watson and Dr. Sam Kim were among the first members of the Anesthesiology Department to receive the COVID19 vaccine.

Dr. Sunitha Singh worked at the SB Vaccination PODs held at the SB Union. The goal was to vaccinate 5300 people (3300 community members & 2000 SB staff) over two days. President Maurie McInnis stopped by to say hello and thank you. Here’s a photo of Dr. McInnis with Sunitha and Julie D. Luengas, DNP, MBA, RN-BC, FHIMSS (Chief Nursing Informatics Officer).

Figure from Bennett-Guerrero et al. 2020

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