{"id":36517,"date":"2026-05-12T12:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=36517"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:21:47","slug":"md-alum-kalkena-sivanesam-named-chief-resident-in-anesthesiology-at-university-of-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/12\/md-alum-kalkena-sivanesam-named-chief-resident-in-anesthesiology-at-university-of-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Alum Kalkena Sivanesam Named Chief Resident in Anesthesiology at University of Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Class of 2023 graduate Kalkena Sivanesam, MD, PhD, was named chief resident in the University of Nebraska Medical Center&#8217;s (UNMC) Department of Anesthesiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I always knew I wanted to be a physician and be in the operating room, inspired by my mom and uncle, who are both surgeons,&#8221; Dr. Sivanesam said in a UNMC profile. &#8220;My goal is to help my coresidents excel and be the best they can be, whether at work or at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/04\/28\/chief-resident-spotlight-kalkena-sivanesam-md-phd\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tRead the Profile\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Class of 2023 graduate Kalkena Sivanesam, MD, PhD, was named chief resident in the University of Nebraska Medical Center&#8217;s (UNMC) Department of Anesthesiology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25158,"featured_media":36518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[83,5],"tags":[95],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36519,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36517\/revisions\/36519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36517"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=36517"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=36517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}