Faculty Disclosures

Dr. Benzon serves as the medical director of the preoperative anesthesiology clinic and perioperative risk assessment program at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the co-medical director of the Westchester Ambulatory Surgery and Treatment center, as well as the medical director of neuroanesthesia. His interest lies in pediatric postoperative pain and patient outcomes.

Dr. Kimberly Blasius is a pediatric anesthesiologist and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine’s Charlotte campus. She earned her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, completed her anesthesiology residency at Mount Sinai, and pursued a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Blasius later expanded her expertise by earning an MBA, enriching her leadership and strategic acumen. With a career rooted in professional development and simulation-based education, Dr. Blasius has conducted impactful research in the field of instability in medicine. A passionate advocate for mentorship and innovation, she has spearheaded initiatives to empower teams and foster inclusive, collaborative environments. Her dedication to cultivating talent and driving meaningful progress reflects her deep commitment to advancing patient care and academic medicine.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Provide the following information for the Senior/key personnel and other significant contributors. Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FIVE PAGES. NAME: Scott D. Cook-Sather, MD eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login): xxxxxxxxx POSITION TITLE: Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.) INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE (if applicable) Completion Date MM/YYYY FIELD OF STUDY Stanford University, Stanford, CA BS 06/1985 Chemistry Stanford University, Stanford, CA MD 06/1990 Medicine University of California at San Francisco, PA 06/1991 Internship, Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 06/1994 06/1995 Residency, Anesthesiology Fellowships in Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia A. Personal Statement I am an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and faculty at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). For three decades I have been interested in, studied, and promoted best practices in Pediatric Anesthesiology, presenting at national and international levels and publishing in high impact journals. In recent years I have focused on pharmacogenomics in Anesthesiology. B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors 2018-2024 Medical Director, Perioperative Services, CHOP, King of Prussia, PA 2006-present Associate Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; CHOP, Philadelphia, PA 1997-2006 Assistant Professor Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and CHOP, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 1995-1996 Lecturer in Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and CHOP, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA C. Contributions to Science relevant to this application 1. Pharmacogenomics. With Drs. Jin Li and Hakon Hakonarson at the CHOP Center for Applied Genomics (CAG), I researched morphine analgesia and acute postoperative pain in children, using genome-wide association study (GWAS) methodology to discover a novel genetic locus, TAOK3, associated with morphine sensitivity.a This locus subsequently has been implicated in altering daily opioid requirements for adult palliative care patients (Gutteridge, 2018). We have worked to develop predictive models for postoperative pain based on TAOK3 and a series of candidate genes, showing distinct racial differences.b We collaborated with research teams from Yale and Penn to help discover a novel locus related to OPMR1 that influences methadone dosing in adults with substance use disorders.c Specifically, our pediatric day surgery patient database was used to validate the novel finding in the Yale/Penn discovery cohort. We have used the CHOP ARCUS database to identify children with adverse reactions to benzodiazepines and are currently conducting a GWAS on CAG samples for this phenotype. a. Cook-Sather SD, Li J., Goebel TK, Sussman EM, Rehman MA, Hakonarson H: TAOK3, a novel genome-wide association study locus associated with morphine requirement and postoperative pain in a retrospective pediatric day surgery population. Pain 155(9): 1773-83, September 2014. b. Li J, Wei Z, Zhang J, Hakonarson H, Cook-Sather SD: Candidate gene analyses for acute pain and morphine analgesia after pediatric day surgery: African American versus European Caucasian ancestry and dose prediction limits. Pharmacogenomics J 19(6): 570-581, December 2019. c. Smith AH, Jensen KP, Li J, Nunez Y, Farrer LA, Hakonarson H, Cook-Sather SD, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J: Genome-wide association study of therapeutic opioid dosing identifies a novel locus upstream of OPRM1. Molecular Psychiatry 22(3): 346-352, March 2017. 2. Best practices in Pediatric Anesthesiology. Guidelines for best practice are, of course, nuanced by many specific patient factors. Our team studied those associated with acute postoperative pain and emergence delirium following bilateral myringotomy and pressure equalization tube placement (BMT) in children. We found that combination intraoperative fentanyl/ketorolac analgesic dosing constituted best practice and that factors such as age and preoperative midazolam administration were also associated with postoperative pain outcome.a In a group of patients managed with ketorolac as the sole intraoperative analgesic we discovered that middle ear condition at the time of BMT was strongly associated with acute postoperative pain.b Most recently, we determined that ear condition factors into postoperative pain risk even when combination fentanyl/ketorolac is used, although demonstrated seasonal variation in ear condition, significantly altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, did not translate to measurable variation in moderate to severe postoperative pain.c For these and other pediatric phenotype studies we have leveraged the large data sets required to elucidate influences of multiple factors (genetic or otherwise) each with small contributory effects. a. Stricker PA, Muhly WT, Jantzen EC, Li Y, Jawad AF, Long AS, Polansky M, Cook-Sather SD: Intramuscular fentanyl and ketorolac associated with superior pain control after pediatric bilateral myringotomy and tube placement surgery: A retrospective cohort study. Anesthesia & Analgesia 124(1): 245-253, January 2017. b. Cook-Sather SD, Castella G, Zhang B, Mensinger JL, Galvez J, Wetmore RF: Principal factors associated with ketorolac-refractory pain behavior after pediatric myringotomy and pressure equalization tube placement: A retrospective cohort study. Anesthesia & Analgesia 130(3): 730-739, March 2020. c. Cohen WG, Zhang B, Lee D, Ampah SB, Sobol SE, Cook-Sather SD. Middle ear condition at the time of pediatric myringotomy tube placement: pain associations following intraoperative fentanyl/ketorolac and seasonal variation. Submitted to Anesthesia & Analgesia, 136(5): 975-985.

Dr. Cossu is a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine who cares for children and young adults with congenital heart disease in the cardiac operating rooms, cardiac catheterization lab, procedure suites, and general operating rooms. She has been in practice since 2013 and has served in three other institutions caring for both adults and pediatric patients in both private practice and academic settings. She ultimately developed an interest in workplace equity with her experiences in different types of practice models and healthcare organizations and after participating in the ASA Legislative conference in 2023. She is a strong supporter of the Georgia component of the ASA PAC.

Professor Davidson is a Senior Staff Anaesthetist at the Royal Children's Hospital, head of Anaesthesia Research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and a Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne. He is also the Medical Director of the Melbourne Children's Trials Centre. He trained in anaesthesia in Melbourne, Nottingham, Rotterdam and Boston. He has been elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. He is also Editor in Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia and a Deputy Editor in Chief for Anesthesiology.

Dr. Gabriel De Sousa is a pediatric anesthesiologist from São Paulo, Brazil, currently pursuing a Master’s degree in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of São Paulo, with a focus on the Latin American Surgical Outcomes in Pediatrics (LASOS-PEDS) project. He is a global advocate for safer surgery in children, particularly in limited-resource settings, and serves as an auditor for Smile Train. His clinical and research interests include pediatric airway management, patient blood management, and quality and safety in pediatric anesthesia

quality initiative of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA). He a pediatrician, pediatric intensivist and anesthesiologist. Jay has served in numerous leadership roles in the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the AAP Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Management. He is a former president of the SPA and was involved in the creation of Wake up Safe. Jay has held several institutional leadership roles, including chief medical officer and chief quality officer at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Little Rock), and anesthesiologist-in-chief and executive physician for quality and safety at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Vanderbilt University. Jay retired as chief of quality, patient safety and clinical analytics at Nemours Children’s Health Florida. He serves as a member of the children’s surgery verification program committee of the American College of Surgeons, and professor of pediatrics (emeritus), Nemours Children’s Florida/University of Central Florida.

Randall Flick, M.D., M.P.H., is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics and former Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center reporting directly to the Dean of Practice and CEO. Dr. Flick received a R.N. diploma from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing, a B.A. from Moorhead State University, the M.D. from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine (AOA) and an M.P.H. from The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He holds board certification in four specialties including pediatrics, pediatric critical care, anesthesiology, and pediatric anesthesiology. Dr. Flick is a past president the SPA Board of Directors and previously chaired the ASA Committee on Pediatric Anesthesiology. For the FDA, he has served as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Anesthetics and Analgesic Drug Products and as a member of the Pediatric Advisory Committee. Dr. Flick currently serves as a member of the NICHD Pediatrics Study section, as a site reviewer for the American College of Surgeons, is a global medical advisor to Americares International, a current trustee of the Minnesota Zoo and a board member of the SPA, Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative. Dr. Flick and his wife Loree have three sons Bryant (Rochester, Minnesota), Garrett (Orlando, Florida), Grant (Minneapolis), two grandsons (Owen, Albert) and granddaughter (Mara).

I am a pediatric anesthesiologist at Boston Children's Hospital. My research focus is teaching airway management to novice trainees and maintaining ongoing competency in airway management for our attending core. I am also heavily involved in crisis resource management approaches for our trainees and perioperative teams. In addition, I mentor a MedEd research faculty core each year at the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions. Clinically, I am a member of our Difficult Airway and Neuroanesthesia teams. I am originally from Pearl River, New York. I went to Brown undergrad and medschool and then did pediatric and anesthesia residencies in the Penn system at CHOP and HUP, respectively. I did my pediatric anesthesia fellowship at CHOP. In my spare time I love travel, playing guitar, and following my NY sports teams.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Vice Chief, ASMG Pediatric Subgroup

Associate Chief for Quality and Safety, General Anesthesiology

Norah Janosy, MD is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado and a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She specializes in the perioperative care of children with complex airway conditions, including aerodigestive disorders and epidermolysis bullosa, and has recently been appointed Medical Director of Sedation Services. A longtime advocate for physician well-being, Dr. Janosy is the co-founder and chair of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Well-being Committee. She finds deep meaning in building connections with pediatric anesthesiologists nationwide and is committed to fostering a healthier, more supportive professional culture. Outside of work, Norah enjoys exploring the Colorado mountains with her husband and two children—and is a newly minted mahjong enthusiast, hoping to find a game at the next SPA meeting.

Dr. Kang is a pediatric anesthesiologist with a clinical interest in taking care of patients with special developmental and behavioral needs. She also has a passion in education and has been Director of resident and medical student education at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She will be transitioning her work to Duke University and will continue creating a pipeline for future pediatric anesthesiologists.

Dr. Gregory Latham is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington and an attending pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He serves as Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Co-Director of the Seattle Children’s Heart Center. His clinical work focuses on the care of children with complex congenital heart disease. Dr. Latham has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in pediatric and cardiac anesthesiology and is active in editorial responsibilities with journals and long-standing involvement with the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society.

Janice Man, MD, is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University and is board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology. She completed her medical school education at the Yale University School of Medicine, residency training at UCSF, pediatric anesthesia fellowship training at CHOP, and her pediatric regional anesthesia fellowship at Stanford. She is currently the Associate Director of Program and Education for Wake Up Safe, the Co-Director of Quality for the division of pediatric anesthesiology at Stanford Medicine Children's Hospital and is in integral member of the Stanford Anesthesiology Quality Council. She is also the Co-Chair of the Pediatric Professional Practice Committee and Pediatric Anesthesia Safety Committee at Stanford Medicine Children's Hospital. Her current interests include pediatric regional anesthesia, patient safety and quality improvement. She is particularly motivated by the opportunity to contribute to the education of pediatric anesthesiologists in improvement science, ensuring that they are equipped with the latest knowledge and tools to implement effective practices to drive meaningful advancements in outcomes for our youngest patients, ultimately making a positive impact on their experience and recovery.

Nicole is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. She completed her Undergraduate training at the University of Florida and then Medical School training at the Florida State University College of Medicine. After medical school she completed a pediatric residency training at CMC/LCH/ Atrium in Charlotte, NC, including a Chief Resident year. While she had a “gap year” between finishing in Charlotte and starting her anesthesia training she worked as a Pediatric Hospitalist with a private group in Florida. Next, she completed an Anesthesia residency at UAB in Birmingham, AL, where she was elected Chief Resident during her PGY-4 year. Finally, she completed her Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship through Mayo Clinic at Wolfson Children’s Hospital/ Nemours in Jacksonville, FL. She joined MUSC Faculty in 2019 and is currently an Associate Professor. Her interests include: perioperative pediatric burn management, anesthesia for pediatric liver and kidney transplantation, perioperative pain management strategies for adult and pediatric bone marrow donors, medical student mentoring, resident engagement in scholarly activity and educating general pediatricians on the basics of pediatric anesthesia. In her free time, she enjoys: traveling internationally with my family (husband of 17 years and kids ages 12 & 8), competing in triathlons, enjoying the culinary scene of Charleston, and reading a book on the beach!

Peggy McNaull currently serves as the System Chief Medical and Quality Officer for UNC Health, a position she just assumed in December of 2024. Prior to returning to UNC, She was the Frederic A. Berry Professor and Chair at the University of Virginia. In that role, she had the great honor of leading an outstanding department of Anesthesiology to new heights. UNC Health is not a new organization to Dr. McNaull. Prior to moving to the University of Virginia, Dr. McNaull was on faculty at UNC for 12 years. While on faculty, she served in many leadership roles including the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety for UNC Medical Center and the Vice Chair of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement for the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. McNaull attended medical school at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, completed her residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at UNC, and then completed her fellowship in Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. McNaull is committed to advancing high quality, high value care to patients in the perioperative environment. The quality efforts that have brought her the most joy include Opioid Stewardship and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. Dr. McNaull is also very involved in advancing the field of Anesthesiology, specifically the specialty of Pediatric Anesthesiology. She is currently the President for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and is an applied examiner and on the advanced exam committee for the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Ingrid M. Nembhard, Ph.D., M.S., is the Fishman Family President’s Distinguished Professor, Professor of Health Care Management, and Professor of Management with a focus on Organizational Behavior at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on how characteristics of organizations, their leaders, and staff contribute to their ability to implement new practices, engage in continuous organizational learning, and ultimately improve the quality of the service that they deliver. She has a particular focus on improving the functioning of health care organizations. Her research has provided and continues to provide insights about how leaders manage change, teamwork within and across organizations, the role of psychological safety in organizations, strategies for improving the patient experience, and organizational efforts to learn new operational practices. Her research has been published in leading health services and general management journals, and she has been recognized with several awards including the 2023 Mid-Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Management’s Health Care Management Division, and the 2024 Award for Best Theory to Practice Paper. Dr. Nembhard received her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management, with a concentration in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University through a joint program between Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She received her M.S. in Health Policy and Management from Harvard University School of Public Health, and her B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics and in Psychology from Yale University.

Susmita Nesargi is a pediatric anesthesiologist at NCH-DE with a deep commitment to improving patient care and safety. In addition to providing clinical care Susmita serves as a Perioperative Quality & Safety Committee Chair & Co_ Director of Quality & Safety in Department of Anesthesia.

Dolores B. Njoku, MD is the Wise Professor and Vice Chair of Anesthesiology, and Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. She is an adjunct Professor in Pathology and Immunology at Washington University in St. Louis and Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Njoku received her medical degree from the University of Mississippi and completed a residency in Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland Ohio, where she served as Chief resident. She completed a residency in Anesthesiology and fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and was full-time faculty from 1997 – 2021 where she served as Program Director for the Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology from 2007 – 2018. In July 2021, Dr. Njoku joined the faculty at Washington University in St Louis. Dr. Njoku is an internationally respected educator and translational researcher in immune-mediated liver injury and focuses on mechanisms that initiate immune-mediated liver injury and the role of sex and gender in the severity of this process. She is a nationally-recognized educator and lecturer. She is the Pediatric Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, a member of the Department of Anesthesiology Promotions Committee, Chair-elect of the Children’s Hospital Medical Executive Committee and a Faculty-at-large Representative for the Washington University in St. Louis Faculty Practice Plan. She is a member of the Board of Governors for the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the United Way of Central Maryland. She serves as a member of the ACGME Review Committee for Anesthesiology and a Full Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology where she serves as Vice-Chair of the Standard Oral Exam. She is also a Chair of the NIH Board of Scientific Councilors, the Chairman of the Board for the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research and the President of the Association of University Anesthesiologists.

Pediatric anesthesiologist with interest in quality improvement, pain, and ambulatory surgery.

I have been a faculty in pediatric anesthesia for the past 15 years after completing my training and fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for children in the UK. I am currently working at St Jude Children's Research Hosptial. My niche areas of interest are safety in pediatric anesthesia, and anesthesia for children with cancer and rare hematological diseases. I have been representing my institution in Wake Up Safe for the past 7 years and have been recently appointed as the co-chair to the Quality committee in WUS.

Dr. Mohamed Rehman is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He holds the Eric Kobren Chair of Clinical Informatics at Johns Hopkins University. He serves as Chair of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Director of Perioperative Health Informatics at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Previously, at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, he led transplant anesthesia and founded the first Division of Health Informatics in a pediatric anesthesia department. The division envisioned and helped launch several innovative ideas, including the Pedi Crisis App, the PeDiR registry, and the Craniofacial Registry.

Dr. Patrick Ross is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). After 19 years as a dual trained intensivist / anesthesiologist, he is practicing 100% pediatric anesthesiology. He is Medical Director of Respiratory Care at CHLA. He is Co-Director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Foundation's Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesia.

Dr. Schwartz is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her clinical practice is pediatric cardiac anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She's passionate about faculty development and leadership skills, and is proud to be part of the leadership of the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative within SPA. She is an active member of the SPA Committee on Professionalism and Public Advocacy.

Dr. Jina Sinskey is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at UCSF, specializing in pediatric anesthesia. She is the Vice Chair of Well-Being for the Department of Anesthesia at UCSF and serves as Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Physician Well-Being. She is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative. She is the Pediatric Anesthesia Section Editor for 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.

Dr. Judit Szolnoki is a pediatric anesthesiologist practicing at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida where she is chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Szolnoki is Professor of Anesthesiology at University of Central Florida. She has special clinical interest in managing difficult airways and taking care of children with Epidermolysis Bullosa. In addition, Dr. Szolnoki is passionate about patient safety and is on faculty for the Clinical Quality, Safety and Leadership Master’s program at Georgetown University.

Wes Templeton is a Professor of anesthesia at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Although he specializes in pediatric anesthesia, he also maintains an active adult practice. He is recognized as a national and international expert in the field of one lung ventilation in young children having published numerous articles and reviews. He also continues to pursue research related to airway management in pediatric patients with difficult airway pathology and refining approaches to extubation in pediatric and adult patients undergoing anesthesia and surgery. Further, he maintains an active interest in other forms of clinical anesthesia research and regularly collaborates with other clinician investigators around the country and around the globe. He is also the Division Chief for Pediatric Anesthesia at Wake Forest.

Amy Vinson is a Pediatrician and Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. She attended college and medical school in Georgia before coming to New England where she completed a residency in pediatrics at Brown, an anesthesiology residency at BIDMC and Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. She has a long-standing interest in well-being, burnout, peer support, and substance use disorder in anesthesiologists and has lectured widely on these subjects. She is the immediate past Chair of the ASA’s Committee on Physician Well-being (2019-2024), is the ASA representative to the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-being and Resilience and is the Chief Wellness Officer for her own department. Her research on Burnout in Anesthesiologists has twice been published in the journal Anesthesiology and she has numerous other publications and research manuscripts on subjects related to overall physician well-being. She is a self-described “well-being pragmatist” focusing on systemic and organizational factors impacting well-being and burnout. On her off time, she enjoys time with family, fitness, playing music and home improvement.

I am pediatric anesthesiologist from Houston, TX. I currently serve as the Division Chief of Community Anesthesiology at Texas Children's Hospital Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, a position I have held since 2022. I have been at Texas Children's since 2014 after completing my fellowship there. My interests include medical simulation, regional anesthesia, artificial intelligence, and travel with my family.

Dr. Brittany Willer is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Ohio State University. Dr. Willer graduated from Creighton University and completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She then went on to complete her fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She worked for 2 years at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and joined Nationwide Children’s Hospital in 2018. Dr. Willer is an ardent healthcare disparities researcher, with numerous high-impact studies on racial and ethnic inequities in pediatric surgery. She is currently focused on understanding the influence of neighborhood-level disadvantage on access to care and surgical outcomes.

Dr. Chelsea Willie is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology who is a pediatrician turned pediatric intensivist turned pediatric anesthesiologist that now splits her time between the operating room (OR) and pediatric intensive care unit (ICU). This allows for a unique experience of combining several skills sets between specialties and forges an opportunity to improve communication and patient management between these environments. Dr. Willie is nationally known for engaging in alternative modes of education including creating escape rooms to teach medical concepts, creating breakout boxes as a smaller experience, and instilling gamification principles into teaching endeavors. It is important that she not only “enjoys” teaching, but that she is effective in the process, so continues to search for ways to make learning both applicable and fun for adult learners. Most of her energy has been spent using simulation to teach and she serves as the director for the CW Midwest Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Bootcamp which is a regional event for pediatric anesthesia fellows to immerse in simulation events at the start of their training and allows faculty from neighboring Midwest institutions to network while providing multiple perspectives to educate fellows. Dr. Willie shares her enthusiasm for education by directing workshops at multiple national and international conferences, including the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, the Society of Education in Anesthesia, and the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare. Since July 2019, Dr. Willie has served as one of the Associate Program Directors for the Anesthesiology core residency program with a focus on developing the CA-1 resident curriculum. In this position she mentors, teaches, evaluates, heavily recruits, and gives some of the best hugs! She has dived into her passion to lift others and ensure that the perceived lesser among us have a voice as a co-chair for the Children’s Wisconsin Medstaff JEDI committee with a focus on health equity. This passion has expanded as she was selected to be the Director for DEI for the Department of Anesthesiology in July 2022, now entitled Director of Inclusion and Engagement. When she is not moving the career needle forward, Dr. Willie is active at church teaching 6-year-olds, taking ballroom dance lessons, enjoying a theater performance, and traveling around the world. She is always willing to open her home to share her Southern hospitality. Yes, she sleeps…but most importantly…she lives!

Jed Wolpaw MD, M.Ed is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and residency program director for the 100+ resident training program. He subspecializes in critical care and attends in the surgical ICUs and in the general adult ORs. Jed graduated magna cum laude with a degree in History from Brown University. He then received a master’s degree in education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and taught high school history. Subsequently he transitioned to medicine, receiving his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine where he graduated AOA and was chosen to be the student commencement speaker. He stayed at UCSF to complete his Anesthesia residency. He then came to Johns Hopkins for a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine which he completed in 2015. After completing his fellowship Dr. Wolpaw joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins. In addition to running the residency program he co-runs both the Anesthesiology clerkship and the ICU clerkship. He is the founder and host of Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC), a podcast focusing on interesting topics in anesthesia and critical care which has more than 60,000 unique listeners each month in more than 100 countries around the world and more than 6 million total downloads. Dr. Wolpaw has received numerous teaching awards including the Charles Beattie Teacher of the Year award twice, the most prestigious teaching award given by his department each year, and the resident advocacy award three times in recognition of his work advocating for resident well-being. He received the Lisa Heiser excellence in education teaching award from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2020. Dr. Wolpaw was chosen as one of the inaugural winners of the ASA/SEA Distinguished Educator Award, established in 2019 to honor significant contributions to anesthesiology education. In 2021 Dr. Wolpaw was chosen as the winner of the ASA Excellence in Anesthesia Education Award, the most prestigious national award in anesthesiology education. In 2022, Dr. Wolpaw was the inaugural recipient of the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) Education Innovation Award. Dr. Wolpaw's research interests include resident well-being, asychronous methods of teaching and learning, and improving the way we teach our trainees. He speaks nationally and internationally about resident education, feedback, communication, and well-being. He is the past chair of the resident education committee of the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) and a current member of their board of directors, and he is the president of the Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors (AACPD). Dr. Wolpaw is the proud father of 3 amazing daughters and husband to an incredible woman and physician. He is on X @jwolpaw and @accracpodcast.