Faculty Disclosures

Dr. Hubert Benzon is an attending anesthesiologist at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and an associate professor of anesthesiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He serves as the medical director of the preoperative anesthesiology clinic and preoperative risk assessment program, the medical director of neuroanesthesia, and the co-medical director of the Westchester Ambulatory Surgery and Treatment Center.

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.

Dr. Brustowicz became interested in quality assurance processes just as the medical community was adopting these methodologies to improve the delivery of medical care. Attending a presentation by Dr. Don Berwick inspired him to become active in his hospital’s processes. Bob was instrumental in organizing many of Boston Children’s Hospital early QI Committees as the Chief Physician Advisor of their Quality Assurance Program. Familiar with both the Model for Improvement and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, he is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians and is certified in Health Care Quality and Management. Currently he serves as a Medical Consultant for the Quality Management and Performance Improvement Program for his department at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is the current President of Wake up Safe.

Is an accomplished Registered Nurse with over 29 years of experience in critical care and emergency transport. He holds a Master’s degree in Nursing and has dedicated his career to providing high-quality care in high-acuity and prehospital environments. His clinical background includes 12 years of hands-on experience as a Pediatric Emergency Room and Pediatric Transport Nurse, along with 14 years as a Flight Nurse, delivering expert care in both ground and air transport settings. For the past 3 years, he has also served as a Simulation Educator, leveraging his extensive field experience to train and mentor healthcare professionals through high-fidelity, scenario-based simulation.

Dr. Chang is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and the Program Director for the UCSF Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship. In this leadership role, she oversees the program's administration, curriculum, and continuous improvement, focusing on program evaluation, fellow professional development and wellbeing, fellow recruitment, and faculty engagement. As a Bridges Coach, she teaches medical students patient-centered communication skills for health interviews, hypothesis-drive physical exam skills, and guides them through career exploration with her mentorship. Dr. Chang is also the pediatric anesthesia division quality improvement champion and co-chairs the Benioff Children’s Hospital Pediatric Perioperative Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Committee. Her influential work has earned her numerous accolades, including the George A. Gregory Teaching Award (2020), the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award (2022), and the Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect (2023). Dr. Chang completed the year-long Teaching Scholars Program in 2025, where her scholarly project focused on improving the quality and quantity of formative feedback in the perioperative setting, demonstrating her commitment to enhancing the learning experience.

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

Matthew DiGiusto is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He practices pediatric anesthesia, pediatric cardiac anesthesia, and pediatric intensive care, with clinical interests that include the care of high-risk pediatric patients and children supported with ECMO.

Jessica Dominic, MD is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Texas Children's Hospital. She completed her residency at the University of Michigan before pursuing her fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. Following her fellowship, she remained at Washington University for an additional year as faculty before joining the department at Texas Children’s Hospital. Since joining Texas Children’s, she has become an integral member of the department, serving as the Blood Bank liaison, the Anesthesia director of the Spine Team, and as an active member of both the liver transplant and cardiac catheterization lab teams.

I am the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Professor in Stanford’s Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. My clinical expertise is pediatric cardiac anesthesiology and pediatric cardiac inventive care. My scholarly work has focused on medical simulation, pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric critical care, mentoring, and leadership. Since 2014, I have been a member of the Board of Directors of the SPA, on the SPA Executive Committee and I am the current SPA Past President.

Randall Flick, M.D., M.P.H., is a consultant in the Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology with a joint appointment in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Flick recently competed nearly 10 years as Director of the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. In that role he oversaw all pediatric activity across the Mayo Clinic Enterprise reporting directly to the Mayo Clinic Dean for Practice and to the CEO. He holds the academic rank of Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics. Dr. Flick received the R.N. diploma from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing and the B.A. degree in biology from Moorhead State University. He earned the M.D. degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine (AOA) and the M.P.H. degree from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Flick completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University; a residency in anesthesiology at Barnes Hospital-Washington U.; and a fellowship in advanced specialty training in pediatric anesthesiology and intensive care at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 1995. He holds board certification in four specialities including pediatrics and pediatric critical care (ABP) as well as anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology (ABA). Dr. Flick is a past president the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors and previously chaired the ASA Committee on Pediatric Anesthesiology. For the United States Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Flick has served as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products (AADPAC) and as a member of the Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC) reporting directly to the FDA commissioner. Dr. Flick currently serves as a member of the National Institutes of Child Health and Development Pediatrics Study Section and as a site reviewer for the American College of Surgeons Childrens Surgery Verification Program. In the community, he has served as president of the local Ronald McDonald House Board, is a Global Medical Advisor to Americares International, a current trustee of the Minnesota Zoo and a past board member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (WELI). Recognized as an international expert in his field, Dr. Flick has presented at numerous local, regional, national, and international meetings. He is a prolific publisher, with over 100 peer- reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters to his credit. Dr. Flick’s research interests include outcomes in pediatric anesthesia, neurodevelopment effect of anesthetic exposure, and quality in pediatric hospital care. He is Co-PI on a federally funded study of the effects of anesthetic exposure on the developing brain (R01 HD071907-04, MASK Study) and co-investigator on a follow-up study (R01 HD099147-01A1) Neuroimaging Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia Neurotoxicity. Dr. Flick and his wife Loree have three sons Bryant/Sara(Rochester, Minnesota), Garrett/Tori (Orlando, Florida), Grant/Emily (Minneapolis), grandsons (Owen and Albert), and granddaughter (Mara)

Brian Gunia joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2011 and is now a Professor of Management. Brian seeks to create and disseminate new knowledge about negotiating effectively in the real world, with the ultimate aim of helping people lead happier and more productive lives. His research focuses on evidence-based strategies for avoiding common negotiation mistakes and thriving in everyday negotiations, particularly with colleagues, friends, and family. Finally, and in addition to his work on negotiating effectively, Brian examines the interrelated, everyday imperative of sleeping sufficiently, with a focus on evidence-based strategies individuals and organizations can use to mitigate unhealthy sleep or at least harness it. Brian has authored a series of journal articles on these topics, along with a book called The Bartering Mindset and a blog called Life's Negotiable. Prior to joining academia, Brian worked as a management consultant.

I have been a part of this ultrasound-guided workshop since we started it over a decade ago.

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

- Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - Chair, Research Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

Norah Janosy MD is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado. With a focus on Physician Well-being, she is the co-founder and co-chair of the Well-being Committee the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, demonstrating her commitment to fostering a supportive and healthy professional environment. In her clinical practice, Dr. Janosy specializes in caring for children with complex airway diseases, including aerodigestive disorders, and those with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). She enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive, perioperative care to children with aerodigestive disorders. Dr. Janosy earned her medical degree from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and she completed residency in Anesthesiology and a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. Beyond her professional achievements, Dr. Janosy finds fulfillment in her personal life, sharing joy with her husband and two children in the vibrant city of Denver, CO.

Dr. Jemma Kang is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the University of Illinois Chicago and her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Indiana University Riley Hospital for Children. She is an active member for SPAERS, the Well-Being committee and DEI committee of SPA and is currently the Vice Chair of the SPA Building Community Mentoring Program. She has a passion for education and the wellness of trainees and was the rotation director in pediatric anesthesia both for residents and medical students at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

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.

Lynn D. Martin, M.D., M.B.A. is a Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine (1982) and his M.B.A. for the University of Tennessee (2010). He completed residencies in both Pediatrics (Phoenix Children’s Hospital: 1982-86) and Anesthesiology (Johns Hopkins University: 1986-88) followed by fellowships in pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University (1988-90). He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with specialty certification in pediatric anesthesia and the American Board of Pediatrics with specialty certification in pediatric critical care medicine. Dr. Martin was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (1990-93) and Seattle Children’s (1994-2023). While at Seattle Children’s, he served as the Director of the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine (2001-14) and Medical Director for Continuous Improvement and Innovation (2013-20). Dr. Martin was elected to the board and officer of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, ultimately serving as the 13th President of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (2010-12). During his tenure as president, SPA celebrated their 25th Anniversary by hosted the first International Assemble for Pediatric Anesthesia (IAPA) in Washington, DC (2012). Perhaps best stated by the SPA Newsletter Editor at the time (Dr. Sean Flack) “I hope you will be inspired to continue the work that IAPA started. Ultimately, the success of IAPA will be determined by the friendships made in DC, relationships established between people and centers, and a commitment from all of us to work to improve patient safety, both home and abroad.” Dr. Martin was also instrumental in the creation of the Myron Yaster lifetime achievement award which acknowledges a lifetime contribution to the society’s mission.

Clinical Anesthesia Manager, St. Louis Children's Hospital.

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 P. McNaull, MD, is the Chief Medical and Quality Officer for UNC Health, a role she assumed in December of 2024. Prior to assuming this new role, Dr McNaull was the Frederic A. Berry Professor and Chair of the University of Virginia (UVA) Department of Anesthesiology and Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. McNaull embraced the department’s history of excellence to provide anesthesiology services across multiple sites, train the next generation of anesthesiologists, and develop anesthesiology research programs, while exploring new opportunities to innovate and advance the department in response to the ever-changing healthcare environment. In this role, Dr. McNaull recruited and retained a group of preeminent faculty. The department and its faculty, under her leadership, reached new heights in clinical care, education, research and community endeavors. Dr. McNaull started her career in healthcare as a nurse. After completing her BS at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing in Atlanta, she practiced as an RN in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. She continued to serve as an RN while earning her MD at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her Anesthesiology residency at the University of North Carolina where she was Chief Resident. Subsequently, she did her Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship at UNC before completing a Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology fellowship program at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. From 2009 until 2018, Dr. McNaull served as UNC Department of Anesthesiology’s Division Chief for Pediatric Anesthesiology. She fostered the development of preeminent programs in pediatric anesthesia care including the only anesthesia-managed Pediatric Pain and Sedation Service in the state of North Carolina. In 2014, Dr. McNaull was appointed as her department’s first Vice Chair for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. In this role, Dr. McNaull advanced the efficiency and quality of care across the department and UNC’s operating rooms in many ways, including opioid stewardship, and enhanced recovery after surgery programs. In 2018, Dr. McNaull was appointed the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety for UNC Hospitals’ main campus in Chapel Hill where she was also integral in spreading some of the flagship programs she led, across the state through UNC Health’s system-wide care redesign effort. Dr. McNaull has a national reputation in pediatric anesthesiology. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology and currently serves as the society’s President-elect. She recently co-chaired a task force charged with re-envisioning the future of the Pediatric Anesthesiology ACGME program. Additionally, Dr. McNaull is very involved in the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) where she serves as an Applied Examiner. She has participated in written exam development since 2009 as a question writer and editor. Dr. McNaull was recently selected by the board of directors to serve as the Vice Chair of the Advanced Exam Committee. Dr. McNaull finds the greatest joy in being with her husband, Stewart, and their five amazing children Ben, Eli, Addie, Anderson and Molly.

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.

Dr. Nesargi is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist with professional focus on quality improvement and a patient safety advocate.

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 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 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 Chair of the Standard Oral Exam. She is also a Chair of the NIH Board of Scientific Councilors, the recent past Chair 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. McElrath Schwartz is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her clinical practice is as a senior cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where she is Associate Division Chief for Faculty Affairs in the Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Dr. Schwartz is passionate about leadership, program building, and faculty development in support of clinical excellence.

Devika Singh, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She serves as an attending pediatric anesthesiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). With 18 years of experience in simulation-based educational activities, Dr. Singh completed the facilitator’s course at CHOP and the Institute of Medical Simulation in Boston in 2013, as well as Team STEPPS training in 2015. She also holds a master’s in medical education from the University of Pennsylvania which she completed in 2018. Dr. Singh has developed multiple simulation educational programs and curricula, including a multi-institutional pediatric anesthesia fellows boot camp, now in its 15th year. She mentors junior faculty in the development and execution of simulation-based educational sessions for residents and fellows. As a co-director and standing faculty member for the ABA-endorsed MOCA center at CHOP, Dr. Singh has been actively involved with the ASA-endorsed MOCA simulation offered at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) meetings for the past decade. She has both developed and contributed to various simulation workshops for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, and other organizations. These sessions have highlighted pediatric anesthetic techniques, perioperative PALS training using high-fidelity mannequins, navigating difficult conversations with families, and addressing challenges faced by new faculty. Additionally, she is an active member of the SPA simulation special interest group (SIG).

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. Mary Lyn Stein grew up in Atlanta, GA and then completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at Stanford University. She stayed at Stanford for combined residency training in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology. She moved to Boston for her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. She then joined the anesthesia faculty in the main operating room division at Boston Children's Hospital for a number of years before pursuing additional training and joining with the cardiac anesthesia group. Her research interests include difficult airway management in pediatric patients and perioperative management and risk assessment of patients with pulmonary hypertension. Outside the hospital, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children and running by the Charles River.

Dr. Judit Szolnoki is a pediatric anesthesiologist, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, FL, Professor at University of Central Florida. She obtained her Medical Doctor (MD) degree from Semmelweis University of Medicine in Budapest, Hungary, followed by a residency in anesthesiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Her post-graduate training includes fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Szolnoki furthered her education by completing the Master of Science Program in Patient Safety Leadership at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Szolnoki’s clinical interest includes pediatric patients with difficult airways, open airway procedures and epidermolysis bullosa patients. She also has special interest in leadership principles, coaching and leadership development of others.

Wes Templeton is a Professor of Anesthesia and the Division Chief for Pediatric Anesthesia at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Although he specializes in pediatric anesthesia, he also maintains an active adult practice. He is a recognized 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. Further, he maintains an active interest in other forms of clinical anesthesia research and regularly collaborates with other clinicians around the country and around the globe. He has over 70 publications and reviews and sits on the editorial board for the journal Pediatric Anesthesia. He reviews manuscripts for several high profile anesthesia journals and lectures regularly around the country on a number of anesthesia related topics. He is also the Director of Faculty Development for the Wake Forest Department of Anesthesiology with nearly 130 faculty and enjoys assisting younger and mid career faculty with their professional development.

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. Willer is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University. She serves as the Director of Research at Nationwide Children’s and is a dedicated health equity researcher. Her work has been recognized with the SPA Young Investigator Grant for her study on neighborhood opportunity and pediatric day-of-surgery cancellations. Dr. Willer also serves on the Board of Directors for Partners for Kids—the largest and oldest pediatric accountable care organization in the United States—and is a member of the Executive Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

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.