Kevin Tremper, Ph.D., M.D.
This issue of the Michigan Airway contains several articles on which I can provide some perspective. First are our 1994 graduates. Having the opportunity to present the certificates is one of the most enjoyable aspects of my position. As you all know, the completion of residency training is the end of an extremely long road and a big turning point in everyone's life. As they walk up to the podium to receive their certificates and airway pins it is a proud moment for all of us. This class has a special place for me because it was in the summer of 1991 when I first met most of these physicians. It was my first entering class and, consequently, the first group I have seen all the way through the program. In this tough job market era for anesthesiologists, we are proud to say that our residents have done extremely well thanks to their knowledge and our friends and alumni who have offered them opportunities to demonstrate their skills. We feel we are producing the best-trained anesthesiologists in the nation and wish them the best of luck as they move ahead with their careers.
The year of 1994 has seen the completion of the first of three improvements in physical facilities for the department. Last winter the Pediatric Section moved into a newly expanded and renovated office complex in the Mott Children's Hospital while at the same time our basic research group was drafting the preliminary designs of a new research laboratory. In this issue's Research Report, Alan Tait, Ph.D., describes the new laboratories, which we hope to occupy in one year. This 6,000-8,000 square foot complex will be on the 7th floor of the Med Sci Building I and, with the completion of the Cancer and Geriatric Center, will be contiguous with University Hospital. An added bonus with this Med Sci I renovation is the completion of two large lecture halls and two conference rooms all of which will be available for the department's use. Finally, this summer has seen the initial meetings regarding the expansion of the University Hospital's department office complex. The hospital has agreed to build an extension onto the west end of the hospital which will provide an additional 8,000 square feet of office space for the department. This is an unique opportunity in the current health care environment. I know of no other medical center in the country investing to this extent into the physical facilities for an anesthesia department.
I would like to make note of recruitments and retirements. In August Dr. Martin Norton retired from the active faculty and became Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology (see page 3). During the summer and fall, we have seen the arrival of Dr. Celia D'Errico, who completed her pediatric fellowship at the Mott Hospital, and will be Dr. Loren Levy's associate at our newly acquired Surgicenter in Livonia. Drs. Sean O'Kelly and Hamish Munro have been recruited from Southampton, England to join our pediatric group at Mott. We are scheduled to open two additional pediatric operation rooms in October. At University Hospital, Dr. Matthew Hoberg has stayed on for a year as a Visiting Lecturer while his wife completes her Ophthalmology residency at the Kellogg Eye Center. Dr. Michael O'Reilly has been recruited from the University of Vermont where he has already initiated an active basic research program in investigating the role of cytokines in response to tissue injury and inflammation. He will also be a member of the Liver/Vascular Team. Dr. Steven Rotter has been recruited from Massachusetts General Hospital's cardiac anesthesiology group to our program in cardiac anesthesia. Finally, upon his completion of his cardiac and critical care fellowship at Emory University, Dr. Paul Kazanjian has joined our cardiac and critical care group this summer. With the addition of an excellent class of CA-1 residents, we are looking forward to a very productive and enjoyable 1994-95 academic year.