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ADAMS, Herbert D. MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

ADAMS, Jerome MD, MPH, FASA

Distinguished Professor

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

ADAMS, Trevor MD

Associate Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

AGANGA, Devon MD

Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

ALLISON, Elizabeth MD

Sheffield Children's Hospital

United Kingdom, London, England

AMBARDEKAR, Aditee MD, MSEd

Professor, Residency Program Director

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Bio

Dr. Aditee Ambardekar earned her medical degree from The University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2004. She completed anesthesiology residency at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She joined the faculty at UPenn and CHOP in 2009. Dr. Ambardekar became interested in simulation-based education and graduate medical education very early in her career and earned a master’s in education from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2014, she joined the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at UT Southwestern Medical Center. As the only pediatric anesthesiologist at Parkland Hospital, she developed expertise in pediatric burn anesthesia. Dr. Ambardekar’s leadership roles include Residency Program Director and Assistant Designated Institutional Official in the Office of Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Ambardekar is a national education leader. She sat on the Anesthesiology Review Committee at the ACGME and was the Chair of the committee from 2020-2023. Dr. Ambardekar is an Applied Examiner with the American Board of Anesthesiology. Most recently, Dr. Ambardekar participated on the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Task Force on GME and led the group through a national consensus building initiative to assess and redefine aspects of pediatric anesthesiology fellowship, including new case log requirements, effective July 2026. Dr. Ambardekar’s academic interests include simulation, graduate medical education, and pediatric burn anesthesia. She curates pediatric anesthesia content specific to education for Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day. She is proud of helping her late colleague and mentor, Dr. Ronald Litman, publish the 3rd edition of his book, Litman’s Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. When not at work, Dr. Ambardekar enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

RESIDENT SEMINAR: Tiny Patients, Big Confidence - Boards Prep, Peds Anesthesia Edition

Sunday, March 15, 2026

8:10 AM - 9:05 AM

SESSION XIII: Beyond the Mountain - Advocacy in Action in Pediatric Anesthesia

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ANDERSON, Thomas A. MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Stanford University

Palo Alto, CA

BACHMANN, Thomas MBBS, BA

Assistant Professor

Children's National Hospital

Washington, DC

BAIJAL, Rahul MD

Professor

Houston, TX

BAJAJ, Lalit MD, MPH/MSPH

Children's Hospital Colorado

Denver, CO

BARNES, Sean MD

Assistant Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

BARNETT, Natalie R. MD

Associate Professor in Anesthesiology

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

BERDE, Charles B. MD, PhD

Professor

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

BERGMAN, Leah CRNA

Vanderbilt Children's Hospital

Nashville, TN

BHALLA, Tarun MD, MBA, FASA, FAAP

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Akron Children's Hospital

Akron, OH

BHAVANA, Jami DO

Associate Fellowship Program Director

Johns Hopkins University

St.Petersburg, FL

BIRK, Sarah E. MD

Anesthesia Resident

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

BLACK, Stephanie MD, EdM

Associate Professor; Vice Chair

Dartmouth Health

Lebanon, NH

BOR, Allie MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

BORZOVA, Vera V. MD

Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

BOSENBERG, Adrian T. MB, ChB, FFA

Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington

Seattle, WA

BRADY, Therese CRNA

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

BROOKS, Peter MbChB FRCA

Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

London, United Kingdom

BRUSTOWICZ, Robert M. MD, FAAP, FACMQ

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

BUCK, David W. MD

Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

BURGART, Alyssa MD, MA

Clinical Professor

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

BURJEK, Nicholas MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Northwestern/Lurie Children's Hospital

Chicago, IL

BUTCHKO, Jason RN

Simulation Educator

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

CERZA, Dante MD

Assistant Professor

Nemours Children's Hospital Delaware

Wilmington, DE

CHA, Young May MD

Assistant Professor

University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

CHALLA, Chaitanya MD

Assistant Professor

Children's National Medical Center

Washington, DC

CHANDRAKANTAN, Arvind MD, FAAP

Professor of Anesthesiology

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

CHAO, Jerry MD, MS

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Montefiore Einstein

Bronx, NY

CHATTERJEE, Debnath MD, FAAP

Professor of Anesthesiology

Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

CHEN, Angela MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

CHEN, Catherine MD

Assistant Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

CHEN, Frances MD

Attending Anesthesiologist

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

CHEN, James MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

British Columbia Children's Hospital/University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

CHEN, Julia H. MD

Associate Professor

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

CHEON, Eric MD

Associate Professor

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

CHIANG, Goretti DO

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

CHIAO, Franklin B. MD

Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia

Westchester Medical Center

New York, NY

CHIEM, Jennifer L. MD

Associate Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

CHOI, Sung MD

Clinical Associate

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

St. Petersburg, FL

CLADIS, Franklyn P. MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

CLARKE, Asha MD

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

COLON, Jimmie E. MD

Director-Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia

Ochsner for Children's, SLVAHS

New Orleans, LA

Bio

Specialty Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Pediatric Anesthesia Credentials Re-certified, American Board of Anesthesiology October 2019-2029 Certified, Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologist (FASA) September 2018-Present Certified, Pediatric Anesthesiology Board October 2013-Present Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, The University of Queensland, Australia February 2013-Present Section Head, Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana September 2010-Present Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Tulane School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana July 2011-Present Certified, American Board of Anesthesiology October 2009 Medical License, State of Louisiana August 2006-Present Experience Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia, Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2009- present Locum Tenens, Touro Infirmary Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2008- January 2009 Locum Tenens, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 2008- October 2008 Fellowship University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado Pediatric Anesthesiology, August 2007- July 2008 Residency University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado Anesthesiology, April 2006- July 2007 Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana Anesthesiology, July 2004- March 2006 Internship Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana Surgery Internship, July 2003-June 2004 Graduate Education Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana Clinical Research Anesthesiology, January 2003-July 2003 New York Medical College, Fifth Pathway Program, Valhalla, New York Supervised Clinical Internship, January 2002- December 2002 University of Monterrey, School of Medicine, Monterrey, Mexico Doctorate in Medicine, January 1996- December 1999 Undergraduate Education University of Puerto Rico, Pre-Medicine Program, Ponce, Puerto Rico Certification of Completion, June 1995 University of Puerto Rico, School of Nursing, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Associate Degree in Nursing, June 1991

Friday, March 13, 2026

4:40 PM - 6:00 PM

SEMINAR 3: It's Coming, Are YOU Ready? Mass Casualty Preparedness for the Busy Pediatric Anesthesiologist

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CONNER, Erin MD, FAAP

Associate Professor

Oregon Health and Sciences University

Portland, OR

CORRELL, Lynnie R. MD, PhD

Staff Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia UBC

British Columbia Children's Hospital

Vancouver, BC Canada

CORRIDORE, Marco MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

CRAVERO, Joseph P. MD, FAAP

Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

CRIGGER, Chad B. MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Division of Pediatric Urology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

D'ONOFRIO , Joseph DO

Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley

WIlmington, DE

DALESIO, Nicholas MD

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

DEIS, Amanda MD

Instructor

Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Children's Hospital of Colorado

Denver, CO

DEL MONTE, Mark JD

CEO/Executive Vice President

American Academy of Pediatrics

Itasca, IL

DELCONT, Mellissa MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellow

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

DESMOND, Matthew MD

Anesthesiologist

Royal Flying Doctor Service

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

DIAZ, Christina D. MD, FASA, FAAP

Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

DIGIUSTO, Matthew G. MD

Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

DINARDO, James A. MD

Professor of Anaesthesia

Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

DOMINIC, Jessica MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

DOSHI, Anushree K. MD

Attending Anesthesiologist

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

DUTOIT, Andrea MD

Professor

Children's Nebraska, UNMC

Omaha, NE

EASTBURN, Elizabeth DO

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia

Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

EDWARDS, Lori-Ann MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Baltimore, MD

EHIE, Odinakachukwu MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Bio

Dr. Odinakachukwu (Odi) Ehie, MD, MAEd is an Associate Professor and board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist with a deep commitment to medical education, global health equity, and inclusive excellence. She earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and completed her anesthesiology residency at NYU Langone Medical Center. She subsequently pursued fellowship training in pediatric anesthesiology at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, where she also led global health education initiatives focused on perioperative care and capacity building in Vietnam. Dr. Ehie currently serves as Vice Chair for Opportunity & Outreach in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she leads departmental efforts focused on community, opportunity, recruitment, and engagement. She is also the Head of Clinical Skills Curriculum for the UC Berkeley–UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) and Faculty Director of Student Support for the UCSF School of Medicine, where she plays a key role in mentoring and advising medical students across all stages of training. Her educational leadership is grounded in both clinical expertise and pedagogical training—she recently earned a Masters in Education from UC Berkeley with a focus on equity-centered curriculum design and learner development. Nationally, Dr. Ehie is the Chair of the Global Health Outreach Committee for the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) and serves as Vice Chair for Community, Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement (CORE) for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA). She is the Past Chair of the California Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and continues to serve as an advisor and collaborator across multiple national inclusive excellence and global health initiatives. Through her intersecting roles as educator, clinician, and advocate, Dr. Ehie is dedicated to transforming learning environments, advancing health equity, and cultivating inclusive academic communities that reflect and serve the diversity of our patients and learners.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

9:45 AM - 10:05 AM

No One Climbs Alone: Creating Inclusive Cultures in Pediatric Anesthesia

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EINHORN, Lisa M. MD

Associate Professor

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, NC

ESFAHANIAN, Mohammad MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stanford Children's/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Stanford, CA

FARBER, Benjamin MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

FELDMAN, Jeffrey M. MD, MSE

Professor of Clinical Anesthesia (retired)

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

FIADJOE, John MD, MBA

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

FIEDOREK, Michael C. MD

Assistant Professor

Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

FISHER, Gabrielle MD

Associate Professor

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

FITZGERALD, Lauren MSN, CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

FOSTER, Kylie MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

FREEDMAN, Lauren CRNA

Staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

All Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Madeira Beach, FL

FUHRMANN, Meaghan MD

Assistant Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

FULLER, Clint MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

FUZAYLOV, Gennadiy MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

GALVEZ DELGADO, Julia A. MD, MBI, FASA

Member of the Faculty

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

GANGADHARAN, Meera MBBS, FAAP

Associate Professor

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston/McGovern Medical School

Houston, TX

GANNON, Annie NP, APRN

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Wilmington, DE

GEORGE, Preeta MD

Associate Professor

St. Louis Children's Hospital

St Louis, MO

GIAM, Patrick MD, FASA

President, American Society of Anesthesiologists

American Society of Anesthesiologists

Schaumburg, IL

GIUSTINI, Andrew MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

GLOVER, Chris D. MD

Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

GOAN, Daniel DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

GOODEN, Cheryl K. MD, FAAP

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

GORDON, Diane W. MD

Associate Professor

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

GOSWAMI, Dheeraj MD

Assistant Professor

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

GRAHAM-CARLSON, Amy MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

UTHealth / McGovern Medical School

Houston, TX

GURNANEY, Harshad G. MBBS, MPH

Professor of Anesthesiology

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

HAMLIN, Ryan J. MD

Anesthesiologist

Children's Nebraska

Omaha, NE

HANDLOGTEN, Katie MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

HANSEN, Elizabeth E. MD, PhD

Associate Professor

University of Washington SOM

Seattle, WA

HAYDAR, Bishr MD

Clinical Associate Professor

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

HERNANDEZ, Jennifer MD

Associate Professor

Medical City Dallas

Dallas, TX

HESSELINK, Emily MD

Assistant Professor

UW Madison Hospitals and Clinics

Madison, WI

HEYDINGER, Grant MD

Attending Anesthesiologist

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

HOANG, Alan MD

Assistant Professor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

HOLMAN, Ashlee MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Michigan Health System

Ann Arbor, MI

HOY, Shannon DNP, CRNA, NNP

DNP, CRNA, NNP

Children's Nebraska

Omaha, NE

HSIEH, Vincent MD

Associate Professor

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

HSU, Grace MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

HUANG, Henry MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

HUTTING, Haley G. MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

ISAAC, Lisa MD

Anesthesiologist

Hospital for Sick Children Toronto

Toronto, Canada

IYER, Rajeev S. MD

Associate Chief for Quality and Safety, General Anesthesiology

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

JABLONSKI, Megan M. MD

Assistant Professor

Medical College of Wisconsin / Children's Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

JACKSON, Shawn MD, PhD

Attending, Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

JANOSY, Norah R. MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Colorado / Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

JARAMILLO, Isabella MD, MSc

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

McMaster Children's Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

JONES, Judith MD

Associate Professor

Nemours Children's Hospital Delaware

Wilmington, DE

Bio

Biography of Judith A. Jones, MD, FAAP, FASA Dr. Jones is a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, and is a Clinical Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Jones earned her Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Medical Degrees from the University of the West Indies at the Mona Campus in Kingston, Jamaica. She completed internship in Jamaica and worked as a House Officer in Anesthesiology at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital and the Kingston Public Hospital system. She completed Anesthesiology Residency training at the University of South Florida. This was followed by Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship training at the University of Miami. She is board certified in General and Pediatric Anesthesiology. Dr. Jones is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), the Delaware Society of Anesthesiologists (DSA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Florida Medical Association (FMA). She practices primarily at Nemours Children’s Hospital Delaware and has special interest in advocacy. Dr. Jones has served as Co-Director of the APECX (Anesthesiology Partnerships in Education, Collegiality and Excellence) Committee at Nemours Children’s Hospital (NCH) Delaware and has been involved in pipeline programs for the recruitment of under-represented minority high school and college students into healthcare-related careers for over a decade, as well as mentoring Residents and Medical students from under-represented groups. Her outreach work with Nemours takes her to her native country of Jamaica, where she has led the Anesthesiology team since 2018 at the Bustamante Hospital for Children performing Living- Related Donor Liver Transplants for pediatric patients from Jamaica and the Caribbean, who would otherwise succumb to the effects of end-stage liver disease. She is Vice-Chair of the Credentialing Committee at NCH Delaware, and serves on the Committee on Admissions at the Thomas Jefferson University.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

7:30 AM - 8:10 AM

SESSION XII: Update from the SPA Grant Recipients

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JONNA, Lakshmi MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

KACZMARSKI, Michael MD

Associate Professor

Nemours Children's Hospital - Florida

Orlando, FL

KANG, Ji Yeon MD

Assistant Professor

Duke University

Durham, NC

KANJIA, Megha K. MD

Associate Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

KAPLON, Adam MD

Fellow

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

KARLIK, Joelle B. MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University

Atlanta, GA

KARUPPIAH, Niveditha MD

Staff Anesthesiologist and Assistant Professor

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

KASMAN, Nicholette MD, MAPP

Associate Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

KATO, Meredith MD

Associate Professor

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

KELLY, Tamra CRNA, DNP

Associate Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

KHAN, Sabina MD

Associate Professor

UT Houston/McGovern Medical School

Houston, TX

KHAN, Sarina DO

Corewell Health

Bloomfield Hills, MI

KILGALLON, Shanique MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley

Wilmington, DE

KOHN, Courtney MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

KOKA, Rahul MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

KOVATSIS, Pete G. MD

Associate Professor

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

KUDCHADKAR, Sapna MD, PhD, FCCM

Professor

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Bio

Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at JHUSOM. Her areas of interest include sleep disturbances in critically ill children, pediatric delirium prevention and management, sedation of mechanically ventilated children, pediatric ICU rehabilitation and mobility, and clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. Dr. Kudchadkar received her undergraduate degree in both biochemistry and French at Washington University in St. Louis, where she graduated magna cum laude. She went on to attend University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where she earned her M.D. and completed an internship with the Open Society Institute Soros Community Health Program. She completed residencies in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and in anesthesiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by clinical fellowships in pediatric critical care and pediatric anesthesiology. Dr. Kudchadkar received her PhD in clinical investigation at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her primary research focus is the integration of sleep promotion, sedation optimization and delirium prevention to promote early mobility and improve functional outcomes for survivors of pediatric critical illness. Dr. Kudchadkar is the lead PI for the international PARK-PICU study (Prevalence of Acute Rehab for Kids in the PICU, park.web.jhu.edu), which includes >200 sites in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Europe and Australia. She is also the lead PI for an NIH funded 10-hospital stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial of a multifaceted early mobility program for critically ill children (PICU Up!; NCT04989790) and MPI for an NIH-funded multicenter randomized trial investigating physical rehabilitation and nutrition in pediatric ICU patients (PROXIMUS; NCT05296096) In April 2013, Dr. Kudchadkar was awarded the Alfred Sommer Scholar award at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, given to Ph.D. candidates "who exemplify scientific excellence, energy, ambition, political acumen and a determination to change the world" through public health research. In 2025, she was the recipient of the Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award for Excellence in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine from the Society of Critical Care Medicine and also received the 2025 Sean Berenholtz Award for Quality and Safety from the Armstrong Institute. Dr. Kudchadkar is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Senior Associate Editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She also serves on the international advisory board of the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.

Friday, March 13, 2026

8:55 AM - 9:10 AM

Deepening our Impact - ICU Liberation Principles for the Pediatric Anesthesiologist

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KURTH, Charles D. MD, FAAP

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

LAZAR, Alina MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

LEE, Angela C. MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine

Children's National Hospital

Washington, DC

LEE, Helen MD, MPH

Associate Professor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

LEVY, Richard J. MD, FAAP

Vice Chair for Pediatric Laboratory Research

Columbia University Medical Center

New York, NY

LI, Galaxy MD

Assistant Professor

Nemours Children's Health - Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

LICATA, Scott MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

LIN, Carole MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

LIN, Elaina MD

Associate Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

LINEHAN, Alisha CRNA, DNP

University of Virginia Health University Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

LIU, Chang Amber MD

Assistant Professor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

LIU, Chyong-jy Joyce DO

Associate Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

LIU, Jia MD

Assistant Professor

Children's National Hospital

Washington, DC

LOBAUGH, Lauren MD

Associate Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

LOCKHART, Thomas MD

Professor of Anesthesiology

Children's Nebraska / University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska

LONG, Justin B. MD, MS, FASA, FAAP

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University

Atlanta, GA

LONSDALE, Hannah MBChB

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

LOW, Aaron

Assistant Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

LU-BOETTCHER, Ying Eva MD, FASA, FAAP

Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

MA, Jacklyn MD

Assistant Professor

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

MAI, Christine L. MD

Assistant Professor in Anesthesia

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

MAN, Janice Y. MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

MARGOLIS, Rebecca DO, FAOCA

Associate Professor

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

MARTIN, Lizabeth MD

Associate Professor Anesthesiology

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

MASEL, Brian MD

Division Chief

UTMB/Shriner's Texas

Galveston, TX

MAZANDI, Vanessa MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadephia

Philadelphia, PA

MCCLURE, Drew

Clinical Operations Manager - Periop Services

BJC St. Louis Children's Hospital / Washington University

St. Louis, MO

MCELRATH, Angela D. MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Driscoll Children's Hospital

Corpus Christi, TX

MCGOVERN, Elizabeth L. MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pediatrics

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

MCGRATH, Kayla MD

Nemours Children's Hospital

Orlando, FL

MCGRATH, Mackenzie MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

MCKENNA, Liz MD

Pediatric Anesthesia Fellow

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

MCMULLEN, Carl L. DO

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

MCNAULL, Peggy P. MD

System Chief Medical & Quality Officer, UNC Health, Professor of Anesthesiology, UNC School of Medicine

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Bio

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.

Friday, March 13, 2026

7:25 AM - 7:45 AM

Welcome and Outline of Educational Program

Saturday, March 14, 2026

7:30 AM - 8:10 AM

SESSION VII: KEYNOTE

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MCSOLEY, Joseph W. MD

Associate Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

MECOLI, Marc MD

Associate Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

MENDOZA, Julianne MD

Stanford Univeristy Medical Center

Stanford, CA

MOHAMMAD, Shazia MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

MOHARIR, Alok M. MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

MORDEHAI, Eveline MD

Clinical Instructor

Children's National Hospital Center

Washington, DC

MORGAN, Philip G. MD

Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

MORRIS, Bethany MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

MOSSAD, Emad B. MD

Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

MOTTA, Pablo MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

MURDOCK, McKenzee DO

Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Madison, WI

MURRAY, Andrea MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Stanford University Medical Center

Stanford, CA

NAGASAKA, Yasuko MD, PhD

Chair of Anesthesia

Tokoyo's Woman's Medical University

Tokoyo, Japan

NAUSE-OSTHOFF, Rebecca MD

Associate Professor

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

NELSON, Olivia MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

NEMERGUT, Michael E MD

Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

NESARGI, Susmita B. MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Nemours Children's Hospital Delaware

Wilmington, DE

NG, Ann MD

Associate Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

NICOLAY, Michael D. MD

Anesthesiologist

Tripler Army Medical Center, HI

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI

NIZAMUDDIN, Sarah MD

Associate Professor

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

NJOKU, Dolores B. MD

The Wise Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Washington University in St. Louis / St. Louis Hospital for Children

St. Louis, MO

Bio

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.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

11:30 AM - 7:00 PM

MOCA Simulation @ SPA

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O'BRIEN, Elizabeth MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

OK, Michale S. MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

OKE, Ayodele MD

Assistant Professor

Cook Children's Medical Center

Fort Worth, TX

OLBRECHT, Vanessa A. MD, MBA, FASA

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley

Wilmington, DE

Bio

Dr. Olbrecht was born and raised in New Jersey but spent part of her childhood in Switzerland. She attended Cornell University where she studied Biology and Spanish. She graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2007 and completed her residency in Anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. She joined the faculty at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2012 after finishing her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She received her MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2015. At Cincinnati Children’s, she was an Associate Professor in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics and the Director of Quality Improvement and Accreditation for Procedural Sedation for the institution. She was also the Associate Director of Research and the Clinical Director of the Procedure Center. She joined Nationwide Children’s Hospital in 2021 and spent two years as the Vice Chair of Quality Improvement and Development and the Director of Fetal Anesthesiology. She is currently the Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware Valley and a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Sedation (SPS) as well as on the Executive Committee and is the Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee. Dr. Olbrecht’s research interest lies in improving pediatric pain with innovative, non-pharmacologic therapies. She began her current research in the use of biofeedback-based virtual reality for pain management in 2018. Since 2018, she has received over $1.5 million in funding both for her research and device development and she currently has an R34 and Blueprint MedTech grant from the NIH to develop a clinical trial protocol for the integration of biofeedback-based virtual reality in perioperative pain management and to further develop the technology. She looks forward to the day when VR becomes part of everyday pain management. Outside of work, Dr. Olbrecht enjoys spending time with her family, including her husband and 6-year-old daughter, Marcella. She is an avid equestrian and enjoys English riding and jumping. She also loves to travel and explore new parts of the world.

Friday, March 13, 2026

7:25 AM - 7:45 AM

Welcome and Outline of Educational Program

Saturday, March 14, 2026

7:30 AM - 8:10 AM

SESSION VII: KEYNOTE

Sunday, March 15, 2026

11:15 AM - 11:20 AM

SPA-AAP 2026 Closing Remarks

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ONISEI, Anna Maria MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, AR

OTU, Chinedu MD

Assistant Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

PADIYATH, Febina MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

PAN, Stephanie MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

PARRIS, Marc MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

PASQUARIELLO, Caroline MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Bio

Dr. Pasquariello is a pediatric anesthesiologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Pennsylvania and remained on Penn's campus to complete a pediatric residency at CHOP, followed by a residency in anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and finally fellowship training in Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at CHOP. Dr. Pasquariello spent a decade at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where she worked as both a pediatric intensivist and anesthesiologist, and concentrated her efforts on pediatric liver transplantation, pre-anesthesia evaluations and latex allergy. She then returned to CHOP Anesthesia and took on a leadership role in Perioperative Services. As Associate Clinical Director and Chief Anesthesia Board Runner, she played a key role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of daily OR operations, while serving as a trusted resource to pediatricians, surgeons, and families. Dr. Pasquariello’s recent efforts have centered on the development of stronger systems to support both patients and care teams. She has led countless quality improvement projects, which have resulted in improved perioperative efficiency, patient safety, and collaborative perioperative team dynamics. She led the creation of the "Anesthesia/Sedation Preoperative Care and Inpatient Preparation Clinical Pathway", a collaborative project that guides the safe preparation of inpatients for anesthesia. Dr. Pasquariello co-led CHOP's initiative offering flu vaccines to children undergoing anesthesia or sedation throughout the CHOP enterprise, including the main operating rooms, ambulatory surgical centers, all radiology locations, oncology and GI clinics and other areas where anesthesia and pediatric sedation services are provided. In the 2024 flu season, nearly 2,000 children received the flu vaccine painlessly. She also established the Anesthesia division’s wellness program, which has blossomed into a multi-faceted program, grown through collaboration into a strong initiative focused on advocating for colleagues’ wellbeing in a high-acuity, high-responsibility environment. Whether leading process improvement efforts, mentoring colleagues, or organizing community outreach, Dr. Pasquariello is driven by a belief that meaningful change happens through collaboration.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM

SESSION VIII: AAP Ask the Experts

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PATEL, Neha MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Shriner's Hospital for Children

Los Angeles, CA

PATEL, Nihar V. MD

Professor

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

PATEL, Shivani K. MD

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

St. Petersburg, FL

PATEL, Vikram P. MD, MBBS

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Tennessee

Memphis, TN

PENBERTHY, Kristen MD

Staff Anesthesiologist

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore MD

PESTIEAU, Sophie R. MD

Professor

Children's National Hospital

Washington, DC

PETRINI, Laura MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

PHILLIPS, Joyce F. MD, FAAP

Professor

University of New Mexico Children's Hospital

Albuquerque, NM

PHILLIPS, Mitchell MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida

Orlando, FL

PITTENGER, Sara MD

Associate Professor

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

PRASLICK, Alexander MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

PUGLIA, Michael MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Mott Children's Hospital / University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

QUINLAN, Casey MD

Assistant Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington

Seattle, WA

RAGHAVAN, Kavitha MD, MBBS, FRCA

Associate Member

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, TN

RAMAN, Vidya T. MD, MBA, FASA, FAAP

Professor, Clinical

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati , OH

RAMPERSAD, Sally E. MB DCH FRCA

Professor of Anesthesiology

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

RAO, Deepika MD

Associate Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

RATLIFF, Sal MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

REANEY, Meaghan DO

Anesthesiology Resident

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

RICHARDS, Kristin L. MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

RIRIE, Douglas G. MD, PhD, MHA

Professor

Wake Forest Univ SOM

Winston Salem, NC

Bio

Douglas G. Ririe, MD, PhD, MHA, is Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and served as Section Head of Pediatric and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia for 10 years. Most recently he served as Interim chair of the Department for 2 years encompassing 7 hospitals, 130 Anesthesiologists, over 200 CRNA’s and SRNA’s, 55 residents and 25 fellows. This gives him a unique perspective on the organizational aspects of safety and reliability. Dr. Ririe received his undergraduate degree and MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his PhD in Molecular Medicine from Wake Forest University, and his MHA from Louisiana State University. He completed his residency training in Anesthesiology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina and his fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has been dedicated to quality and safety in the perioperative environment. He is also an NIH funded investigator in basic and clinical science at the Pain Mechanisms Laboratory at Wake Forest University. His research focuses on central and peripheral processing and circuitry modulation in the transition from acute to chronic pain and in resolution of pain and disability after surgery. He also has a focus on developmental neurobiology of stress, inflammation, and nociceptive input from surgery as it relates to learning, attentional dysfunction and reward processing. Dr. Ririe has given numerous presentations at regional, national, and international meetings, and he has authored many scholarly publications in journals such as the Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, and Pain. He has been actively involved in mission work throughout his career and has been recognized for his contributions to teaching as the recipient of the Golden Apple Award for teaching in the Department of Anesthesiology. He has been involved with training more than 600 residents and fellows in clinical and basic science and has been a mentor for trainees and faculty.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

9:05 AM - 9:25 AM

High Reliability in High Stakes: Building Pediatric OR Teams that Rise to the Occasion

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ROBLES, Alison MD

Assistant Professor

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

ROTHSCHILD, Leelach MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

University of Illinois at Chicago & Shriners Hospital for Children

Chicago, IL

ROWLAND, Matthew MD

Assistant Professor

Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicinie

Chicago, IL

RUSSO, Kimberly A. DNP, CRNA

Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley

Wilmington, DE

SAHU, Kirti MD

Assistant Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical center

Cincinnati, OH

SAMBA, Sindhu N. MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

SANOFSKY, Benjamin MD

Assistant Professor

Washington University

St. Louis, MO

SAWARDEKAR, Amod MD, MBA

Associate Anesthesiologist in Chief

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ

SCHEARS, Gregory J. MD

Consultant of Department of Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

SCHWARTZ, Jamie M. MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

SEQUERA RAMOS, Luis MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, NY

SHAH, Ravi D. MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

SHARMA, Aarti MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

SHARMA, Srish

SILVA, Germana MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Central Florida, Nemours Children's Hospital

Orlando, FL

SIMPAO, Allan MD, MBI

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

SINGH, Devika MD

Associate Professor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

SOHN, Lisa MD

Associate Professor

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

SOLIMAN, Iman

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

SPARROW, Jingjing CRNA

CRNA

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

SPELLMAN, Kevin MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist; Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

STEYN, Petrus Paulus MBChB

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

STRUPP, Kim MD

Associate Professor

Children's Hospital Colorado

Denver, CO

STRUYK, Brian P. MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

SUCHAR, Adam MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

University of North Carolina Children's Hospital

Chapel Hill, NC

SUN, Lena S. MD

Professor of Anesthesiology/Pediatrics

Columbia University

New York, NY

SUNDER, Rani A. MD

Associate Professor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, WA

TAIT, Aidan MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stanford Children's Health/Stanford University

Palo Alto, CA

TAIT, Meghan CRNA

Instructor

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

TAN, Jonathan M. MD, MPH, MBI, FASA

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

TAN, Tina Q. MD

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Bio

Dr. Tan is Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; and a Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending and Medical Director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. She is currently serving as the President of the Lurie Children’s Hospital Medical/Dental Staff. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Tan is currently serving as the Immediate Past President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) after serving as President from 10/2024-10/2025. She is currently the Chairperson of the IDSA Coordinating Council and continues to be serve on the IDSA Board of Directors. She has served as the chairperson of the IDSA Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, Access & Equity (2017-2022), Chairperson of the IDSA Governance Restructuring Task Force (2022-2023), Chairperson of the IDSA IDWeek Program for Pediatrics, and a member of the Advisory Committee for the IDSA Strategic Planning Committee. Dr. Tan currently serves as chairperson of the: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Global Immunization Advocacy Project Advisory Committee (GIA-PAC) and is a Technical Advisor for the AAP/CDC Global Immunization Advocacy Project. She has served as Chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Infectious Diseases (SOID – 2014-2018) and as a member of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases (COID – Redbook Committee – 2010 - 2018). She is a member of the AAP Expert Pertussis Cocooning Advisory Committee, and is a liaison to the CDC ACIP Pertussis Working Group and Polio Working Group, and to the Illinois Chapter of the AAP OB/GYN Immunizations and Pregnancy Outreach Committee. She is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Global Health Task Force Dissemination and Advocacy Work Group. Dr. Tan served as a member of: the Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where she served as co-Chair of the AFM Task Force and the Vaccine Confidence Task Force (2019-2024). She served as a member of the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines of the US Department of Health and Human Services (2016-2019) and as a member of the Vaccine and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (2019-2022). Dr. Tan is the Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatrics Redbook Atlas of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and the Redbook: A Quick Diagnostic Deck. She serves on the editorial boards of: the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (Official Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society - PIDS), Internal Medicine Reviews, Vaccine, and Vaccines.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-Vaccine Sentiment in Pediatric Patients

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TANEJA, Pravin A. MD

Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Philadelphia, PA

TEMPLETON, Leah B. MD

Associate Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology

Wake Forest Baptist Atrium Health

Winston-Salem, NC

TEMPLETON, T. Wesley MD, FASA

Professor

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC

TIGHE, Nathaniel MD

Assistant Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

TJIA, Imelda MD

Associate Professor

Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

ULLOA, Morgan MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

VANDERHOEK, Samuel M. MD

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

VARGAS, Angelica A. MD

Assistant Professor

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

VARGAS, Keziah MD

Attending Anesthesiologist

Lurie Children's Hospital

Chicago, IL

VARGAS-PATRON, Luis MD

Assistant Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

VARUGHESE, Anna M. MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

St. Petersburg, FL

VECCHIONE, Tricia M. MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

VERA, Martha CRNA, DNP, MBA, MHA

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

VISOIU, Mihaela MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Bio

Dr. Mihaela Visoiu is a pediatric anesthesiologist with expertise in perioperative pain management and pediatric regional anesthesia. Most of her clinical time is spent in the operating rooms, rounding on the floor, providing patient care, and teaching and supervising student nurse anesthetists, anesthesiology residents, and fellows. Dr. Visoiu collaborates with various surgical services to implement new protocols for postoperative pain control. In her research, she develops new techniques for the placement and use of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in children, infants, and neonates and compares those techniques with established methods for pain control. Dr. Visoiu is interested in using clonidine as an adjunct medication for pediatric regional anesthesia and has investigated postoperative pain control outcomes and pain perception in teenagers and the transgender population. Her goals are to improve pediatric perioperative pain management, the safety of pediatric regional anesthesia, and family satisfaction with pain control. Dr. Visoiu’s research has been featured on the cover of the journal Pediatric Anesthesia three times (October 2018, March 2019, and January 2022). Dr. Visoiu has significant experience participating in and leading multi-center clinical trials to understand the efficacy and safety of novel approaches to pain management and has extensive experience in managing large grant-funded projects. Dr. Visoiu worked with Dr. Sadhasivam as a coinvestigator in his NIH studies and will serve as principal investigator in a funded pupillometry NIH study. Dr. Visoiu is also interested in advancing pediatric regional anesthesia education by developing ultrasound regional anesthesia simulators. In collaboration with the UPMC Department of Radiology and the Swanson School of Engineering and Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, she developed a neonatal ultrasound epidural caudal block simulator for single injection and catheter placement (U.S. provisional patent application, due for nationalization 04/2024). This simulator was featured by Pitt Fall Med Magazine 2023 in the article” Idea to Reality.” Dr. Visoiu’s participation and leadership in the 28th Update Course in Pediatric Anesthesiology and High-Fidelity Pediatric Anesthesia Simulation Workshops held October 22–24, 2025, at ABC Medical Center in Mexico City, not only showcased her expertise in pediatric regional anesthesia but also fostered international academic exchange, advancing evidence-based practices in pediatric pain management. (https://www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-mihaela-visoiu-invited-international-expert-pediatric-regional-anesthesia-mexico-city)

Friday, March 13, 2026

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

Precision at the Start: Advancing Regional Techniques for Our Youngest Patients

Saturday, March 14, 2026

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

WORKSHOP: Ultrasound-Guided Caudal Block, Single Injections, and with Catheter Advanced Cephalad at the Lumbar or Thoracic Spine Level

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VOLPE, Nicholas MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow

Lurie Children's Hospital

Chicago, IL

WADIA, Rajeev MD

Associate Professor

University of California Davis

Sacramento, CA

WANG, Tammy N. MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

WATKINS, Scott C. MD

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

St. Petersburg, FL

WEBB, Leah MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital Colorado / University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

WEINHOLD, Ashley MD

Associate Professor; Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director

St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

WHITAKER, Emmett E. MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

WILSON, Mary Katherine CRNA

Nemours Children's Hospital - Delaware

Wilmington, DE

WINGERT, Theodora MD

Associate Clinical Professor

Unniversity of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Bio

Dr. Theodora Wingert is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Clinical Informaticist at the UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, where she serves as Director of Perioperative Informatics Research and Co-Director of the Informatics Division. She completed medical school, residency, and fellowships in both Pediatric Anesthesiology and Clinical Informatics at UCLA. Her research focuses on applying data science, machine learning, and advanced analytics to improve perioperative safety and outcomes, particularly for hemodynamics and high-acuity pediatric patients. She has led landmark studies on pediatric acute kidney injury, intraoperative hemodynamics, and postoperative complications, with work published in Anesthesiology, Anesthesia & Analgesia, British Journal of Anesthesia, CHEST Critical Care, and other leading journals. Dr. Wingert is also a frequent invited speaker at national and international meetings, including the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), and Women in Anesthesiology (WIA). She also regularly serves as a reviewer for high-impact journals such as the British Journal of Anaesthesia, JCVA, and BMC Anesthesiology. Dr. Wingert has also contributed to the development of novel informatics infrastructure and implementation pathways for clinical decision support, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate predictive models into clinical practice. Her recent work includes machine learning–enabled risk stratification, analysis of pediatric intraoperative hemodynamics, technical implementation frameworks for perioperative mortality prediction, and innovative approaches to measuring healthcare well-being. Guided by the principle of using technology to improve care for sick children, Dr. Wingert is building a research program at the intersection of pediatric anesthesiology, informatics, and implementation science, with the goal of transforming perioperative care through precision analytics and AI-driven decision support.

Friday, March 13, 2026

3:00 PM - 4:20 PM

RTD 1: Efficiency and Integrity - AI Tools for Literature Review, Peer Review and Study Design

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WONG, Jocelyn MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

WONG GROSSMAN, Ashley MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

WYATT-THOMPSON, Karla MD, MS

Associate Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

XIE, James MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

YALAMANCHILI, Vidya MD

Assistant Professor

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

YANOFSKY, Samuel D. MD, MSEd

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medical Education

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Bio

Samuel Yanofsky, M.D, MSEd. is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medical Education at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, where he attends at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine. I am a graduate of McGill University, Montréal, Québec (baccalaureate of science in physiology) and St Louis University medical school. I completed a residency in Anesthesiology at University of Connecticut Health center and continued with a two-year fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I graduated with a Master of Science in Medical Education from USC Rossier School of Education. Presently, I am responsible for supporting faculty development within the department. I served a six-year term including being president of the Pediatric Anesthesiology program directors association within the Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA). Within the Masters of Academic Medicine at USC Keck School of medicine program I am part of team of faculty training mid-level health care professionals in medical education focusing on leadership and organizational change. Presently, on a national level, I serve on the Board of Directors for the Society for Education in Anesthesia and I am member of the executive education committee for the SPA. In addition, I serve on the Woman’s Empowerment Leadership Initiative steering committee designing the leadership curriculum to further promote woman in their career as leaders in pediatric anesthesiology within the SPA. Further, I have mentored in establishing the new physician well-being committee for the SPA. I have developed and delivered many workshops and presentations on topics related to learning principles, teaching, evaluation, ACGME competencies, motivation, leadership, team development and physician well-being to a variety of health care professions’ faculty members and trainees. My area of research is in assessment and evaluation in Graduate Medical Education and Professional Development.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

4:40 PM - 6:00 PM

SEMINAR 8: Empowering Educators - Facilitator Training for SPA's Novel Web-Based Well-Being Curriculum-No Experience Necessary!!

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YOO, Jennifer MD

Assistant Professor

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA