Jina Sinskey, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Anesthesia
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Phone415-476-3540
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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MAB.S.06/2005Chemistry with minor in Biology
    Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MAM.D.05/2011Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA06/2015Anesthesia Residency
    Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA07/2016Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2019Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    UCSF Department of Anesthesia2019Ronald D. Miller Award for Resident Mentorship
    American Society of Anesthesiologists2021Fellow

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    Dr. Jina Sinskey is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at UCSF specializing in pediatric anesthesia. She is the inaugural Associate Chair of Well-Being for the Department of Anesthesia at UCSF and serves as Vice Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Physician Well-Being and Pediatric Anesthesia Educational Track Subcommittee. She is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia as well as the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative. She is an Associate Editor for the Pediatric Anesthesia Section of OpenAnesthesia and previously served as the quality improvement lead for the Pediatric Anesthesia Division at UCSF.

    She received her undergraduate degree from MIT and her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in anesthesiology at UCSF and her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital.

    Prior to pursuing a career in medicine, she worked as a management consultant specializing in marketing strategy at the Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte). Her approach to clinician well-being leverages her experience in management consulting and quality improvement, where she applies concepts of change management, human-centered design, continuous process improvement, and implementation science to create systems approaches to reduce burnout and foster well-being.

    Her research interests include clinician well-being, virtual/augmented reality for pediatric patients, conflict management, fetal anesthesia, and medical education.

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    Pediatric Distraction on Induction of Anesthesia with Virtual Reality (PEDI-VR)
    UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care Seed Support for Clinical ResearchJan 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Description: The goal of this randomized controlled trial was to determine whether immersive audiovisual distraction with a VR headset during induction of general anesthesia (GA) in pediatric patients reduced preoperative anxiety.
    Comprehensive Anesthesia Research Training
    NIH T32GM008440Jul 1, 1995 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: Collaborator/ Wellness Liaison; T32 Administrative Supplement for Wellness and Resiliency
    Description: The broad goal of our departmental T32 training grant program is to provide in-depth research training to talented individuals who are committed to pursuing basic, translational or clinical research focused on anesthesiology, critical care medicine and the surgical sciences. In 2021, the T32 training grant program received an Administrative Supplement for Curriculum or Training Activities to Enhance Wellness and Resiliency in the Training Environment (7/1/2021-6/30/2022), for which I serve in a collaborator role.

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    1. Quality of Life Improvement: A Novel Framework and Approach to Well-Being. Anesthesiol Clin. 2022 Jun; 40(2):415-432. Sinskey JL, Chang JM, Nicholau D, Gropper MA. PMID: 35659411.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    2. The Wicked Problem of Physician Well-Being. Anesthesiol Clin. 2022 Jun; 40(2):213-223. Sinskey JL, Margolis RD, Vinson AE. PMID: 35659395; PMCID: PMC9066294.
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    3. The ulnar artery: A site suitable for arterial cannulation in pediatric patients. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 Dec; 31(12):1357-1363. Roux J, Kohn MA, Sinskey J, Nguyen H, Boor M, Rouine-Rapp K. PMID: 34644423.
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    4. Conflict Management Education for Anesthesiology Residents: Bridging the Gap in Interpersonal and Communication Skills Competency. A A Pract. 2021 Oct 01; 15(10):e01524. Sinskey JL, Chang JM, Thornton KC, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR. PMID: 34606483.
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    5. Grow and Advance through Intentional Networking: A pilot program to foster connections within the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative in the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 09; 31(9):944-952. Margolis RD, Berenstain LK, Janosy N, Yanofsky S, Tackett S, Schwartz JM, Lee JK, Deutsch N, Sinskey JL. PMID: 34166544.
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    6. Pediatric Distraction on Induction of Anesthesia With Virtual Reality and Perioperative Anxiolysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2021 03 01; 132(3):798-806. Jung MJ, Libaw JS, Ma K, Whitlock EL, Feiner JR, Sinskey JL. PMID: 32618627; PMCID: PMC9387568.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Design and Implementation of an Innovative, Longitudinal Wellness Curriculum in an Anesthesiology Residency Program. A A Pract. 2021 Feb 05; 15(2):e01387. Thornton KC, Sinskey JL, Boscardin CK, Sullivan KR. PMID: 33560640.
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    8. Challenging the status quo of scientific presentations. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 02; 31(2):116-122. Chatterjee D, Yaster M, Lockman JL, Glass NL, Schreiner MS, Sinskey JL, Fiadjoe JE. PMID: 33151606.
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    9. Use of Remifentanil for Open in utero Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair Maintains Uterine Relaxation with Reduced Volatile Anesthetic Concentration. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2020; 47(11):810-816. Marsh BJ, Sinskey J, Whitlock EL, Ferschl MB, Rollins MD. PMID: 32911467; PMCID: PMC9367681.
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    10. Addressing Postpandemic Clinician Mental Health : A Narrative Review and Conceptual Framework. Ann Intern Med. 2020 12 15; 173(12):981-988. Schwartz R, Sinskey JL, Anand U, Margolis RD. PMID: 32822206; PMCID: PMC7450528.
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    11. Improvement in perioperative anesthesia documentation for fetal interventions. Paediatr Anaesth. 2020 09; 30(9):1046-1048. Rico Mora DA, Perez KM, Parikh JM, Chatterjee D, George P, O'Reilly-Shah V, Rollins M, Sinskey JL, Patak L. PMID: 32594611.
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    12. Use of Augmented Reality During Inhaled Induction of General Anesthesia in 3 Pediatric Patients: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2020 May; 14(7):e01219. Libaw JS, Sinskey JL. PMID: 32539270.
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    13. OrphanAnesthesia: Anesthesia Recommendations for Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy. 2020. Jina Sinskey, Robert S. Holzman. View Publication.
    14. Applying Conflict Management Strategies to the Pediatric Operating Room. Anesth Analg. 2019 10; 129(4):1109-1117. Sinskey JL, Chang JM, Shibata GS, Infosino AJ, Rouine-Rapp K. PMID: 30633050.
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    15. Intraoperative surfactant administration during neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma resection. Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 11; 29(11):1148-1150. Au V, Gregory G, Sinskey J. PMID: 31433547.
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    16. A Review of Middle Aortic Syndromes in Pediatric Patients. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Apr; 34(4):1042-1050. Forman N, Sinskey J, Shalabi A. PMID: 31412980.
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    17. Benefits of Ultrasound Imaging for Placement of Caudal Epidural Blockade in 3 Pediatric Patients: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2018 Jun 01; 10(11):307-309. Sinskey JL, Vecchione TM, Ekstrom BG, Boretsky K. PMID: 29634564.
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    18. Incidence and Management of Umbilical Artery Flow Abnormalities during Open Fetal Surgery. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2018; 43(4):274-283. Sinskey JL, Rollins MD, Whitlock E, Moon-Grady AJ, Vu L, Feiner JR, Ferschl MB. PMID: 28848121.
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    19. Perioperative considerations in infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy. Paediatr Anaesth. 2017 Mar; 27(3):322-324. Sinskey JL, Holzman RS. PMID: 28177173.
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    20. Assessment of damage in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol. 2007 May; 34(5):987-91. Sung YK, Hur NW, Sinskey JL, Park D, Bae SC. PMID: 17361986.
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    21. Transcriptional silencing of a transgene by RNAi in the soma of C. elegans. Genes Dev. 2005 Mar 15; 19(6):683-96. Grishok A, Sinskey JL, Sharp PA. PMID: 15741313; PMCID: PMC1065722.
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