BluePrint Since I left Duke, I managed to complete my residency while having three children along the way, the first while I was at Duke! I now work halftime at an academic, level I trauma center in Indianapolis and love my job! I currently serve on the Residency Selection Committee for the Indiana University Department of Anesthesiology and am also serving on the Curriculum Reform Committee for the Indiana University School of Medicine, and on the Physicians Advisory Council for the New Wishard (Eskenazi) Hospital that is currently being built in Indianapolis. Professionally, in the short term, I’d like to continue in the same capacity and plan to get involved with a prospective transfusion study involving orthopedic trauma patients. Outside of work, I am also a NAFTA-certified boot camp instructor, and teach and attend fitness classes when I can. I’ve been happily married to Brian Mullis, MD, for 12 years, and we have three children: Hunter, who is 7, Colton, 6, and Taylor, 3. I want to continue volunteering with the school my children attend and maybe even become certified to teach Pilates. Leilani Mullis, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology Wishard Anesthesia Group Anesthesiology Transitional Year Intern 2004
Other than staying busy at work, Dharmita, my wife, and I have two children (Kush and Avni). I have become very active in swimming also. I work at WakeMed Hospitals in Raleigh. Besides providing strong clinical care, involvement of my anesthesia group with WakeMed’s operations is also of great importance. The leadership of Duke’s anesthesia department and the exceptional training I received there made it clear to me that involvement within one’s organization is important.
2011. This is a combined role of managing anesthesiology, intensive care, pain medicine, and operating rooms, similar to the chair position at Duke. It is the biggest directorate in the biggest teaching hospital (Trinity College, Dublin) in the country. Nikolay Nikolov, MD, MPhil (Cambridge), FCARCSI, DEAA ORIAN Directorate, St James’ Hospital Cardiac Fellow 2007
I left Duke to join Mount Sinai Hospital in New York as an assistant professor in the cardiothoracic anesthesia field. I left Mount Sinai to take up a position in Columbus, Ohio, in April of 2010 at Midwest Physician Anesthesia Services. My wife Harshaw and I have a son, Sahil Singh Satyapriya, born on March 21, 2010. I was named chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia for my group in April 2011.
On a personal note, Catalina D’Alessio (from UNC) agreed to marry me in the Duke Gardens on April 2, 2011. Frederick Cobey, MD MPH Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, The Washington Hospital Center Cardiac Fellow 2010
Ajay Satyapriya, MD Midwest Physician Anesthesia Services Cardiac Fellow, 2008
I am the only U.S. Army anesthesiologist on the cardiothoracic team at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), and have recently won the 2010-2011 Golden Apple Award for outstanding contributions to resident education. I am married with two sons, Matthew and Michael. Ross N. Thormahlen, MD Anesthesiologist at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX U.S. Army Medical Corps, Assistant Professor of USUHS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) Resident 2008
Andrew Lutz, MD American Anesthesiology Mednax, Inc. WakeMed Hospitals Resident 2006 Cardiac Fellow 2007
I was appointed director of ORIAN Directorate at St. James’ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, in March
and am teaching echo to Georgetown, George Washington, and military residents. I am working to develop the echo program here at the Washington Hospital Center, and am starting a DC area perioperative echo society that I hope will meet four times a year. I also hope to initiate a few research projects looking at oxygen toxicity on bypass, multimodality pain therapy in cardiac patients, and 3D echo. I was also recently asked to start a cardiac anesthesia fellowship, but clearly this will take some time to develop and is a future project.
After finishing my time at Duke, I worked in Sudan at the Salam Cardiac Center and then eventually started at the Washington Hospital Center/Medstar Heart Institute in December of 2010. I have an appointment at Georgetown University as an assistant professor of anesthesia
We (Eimer and our three children) returned to Ireland in 2006 to be closer to my family after five very happy years in North Carolina. I have been working in one of the main university hospitals in Dublin since, where I continue to utilize regional anesthesia techniques for the majority of my patients. In addition, I also work in a number of private hospitals. I have maintained my keen interest in sport, and still play golf regularly. I have returned to the USA on a number of occasions either on vacation or to attend meetings. I am disappointed to say that we have not returned to North Carolina, but we plan to, particularly as the children were born there. We are in frequent contact with many of our friends and neighbors from our time in the USA. Dara Breslin, MD Consultant Anesthesiologist/Senior Lecturer Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Dublin, Ireland Duke Faculty 2001-2006
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