71st PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology

Speakers

Jaime Aaronson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
NYPresbyterian Hospiral
New York, New York

Mark Abel, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Lawrence Hospital
Bronxville, New York

Sharon Abramovitz, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Attending Anesthesiologist
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Apolonia E. Abramowicz, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
New York Medical College
Residency Program Director
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York

Rishimani S. N. Adsumelli, M.D., B.S., FFARCS

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Anoushka M. Afonso, M.D.

Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Farzana Afroze, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Felice E. Agro, M.D.

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Intensive Care and Pain Management
University Campus Bio-Medico
Rome, Italy

Michael Akerman, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York

Michael Akerman, M.D., is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. He obtained his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he also did his residency training. He then went on to complete his fellowship in Regional Anesthesia at Cornell Medical Center. Before joining the faculty at Cornell, he used his knowledge of regional anesthesia to revamp the regional anesthesia service at his previous hospital and increased patient hospital satisfaction. He has taught many regional anesthesia courses at the PGA and with NYSORA. Since joining the faculty at Cornell, he is involved with resident and fellow education.

Rhonda A. Alexis, M.D.

Anesthesiologist, General Anesthesia
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert A. Altman, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York

David Amar, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Director, Thoracic Anesthesia
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Diana Anca, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
New York, New York

Michael R. Anderson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Dean B. Andropoulos, M.D., M.H.C.M.

Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
Texas Children’s Hospital
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Dean Andropoulos, M.D., M.H.C.M. is Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Texas Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston. He received his M.D. degree from the University of California, San Diego, and completed Pediatrics and Anesthesiology residencies at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2007, he earned a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Andropoulos leads a department of 80 pediatric anesthesiologists performing over 45,000 anesthetics annually. He has authored over 90 peer-reviewed articles, and 35 textbook chapters, and he is the editor of two major textbooks of Pediatric Anesthesiology. He has held a number of national leadership positions, including as Founding President of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society, and current President of the Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council. His research interests include neurological outcomes and brain protection for infant cardiac surgery, and clinical studies of anesthetic neurotoxicity. He has research funding from the National Institutes of Health and is a co-principal investigator for the Texas Children’s Hospital/BCM NHLBI Pediatric Heart Network Core Clinical Center.

Patricia M. Applegate, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California

Richard L. Applegate, II, M.D.

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California

Donald E. Arnold, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Western Anesthesiology Associates, Inc.
Mercy Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Charles J. Assini, Jr., Esq.

Legislative Counsel
The New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc.
Partner, Higgins, Roberts, Beyerl & Coan, P.C.
Schenectady, New York

Vittoria Arslan-Carlon, M.D.

Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology and CCM
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Dr Arslan-Carlon is the Director of Pediatric Anesthesia at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she graduated Medical School in Padua, Italy, where she grew up, and did her training at New York Presbyterian Well Cornell Medical Center. Her main interests are anesthesia for cancer surgery with special focus on pediatric surgery. Her research is focused on fluid administration in adults and children, and epidural usage in hepatic resections. Her new research focus is on Pediatric Neurodevelopment and Anesthesia.

Arthur Atchabahian, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York

Dr. Atchabahian was a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in Paris, France, prior to coming to the United States in 1996 to do research on peripheral nerve grafts and nerve injection injury at Washington University in St Louis. He then trained in anesthesiology at Columbia University and in critical care medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, both in New York City. After 6 years on staff at Columbia University, and a year at St Vincent Medical Center as the Director of Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesia, he joined the Department of Anesthesiology at NYU as an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. He was promoted to the rank of Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology in September of 2014. His interests include applied anatomy, the development of multimodal analgesia regimens, and education in regional anesthesia. His research interests encompass long-term outcomes following surgery and anesthesia, and especially the question of whether regional anesthesia and analgesia improves those long-term outcomes beyond the first few days after surgery, but also chronic pain and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. He has published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals, over 35 book chapters in addition to being the co-editor of The Anesthesia Guide published by McGraw-Hill, and have given numerous presentations nationally and internationally.

Melinda A. Aquino, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Douglas R. Bacon, M.D., M.A.

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi

Dr. Douglas R. Bacon was born in Buffalo, New York. He did his undergraduate work at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, earning a Bachelor of Science in Medicinal Chemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in History. Medical School at SUNY at Stony Brook followed, earning his M.D. in 1985. Doug interned at Millard Fillmore Hospital completing a year of internal medicine, followed by his residency in anesthesiology at the SUNY at Buffalo Affiliated Hospitals. After residency he became a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology, and while working full time as an anesthesiologist at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, he completed his Master of Arts in History at SUNY Buffalo. In a career that encompasses almost thirty clinical years, Doug has practiced in a variety of settings including the VA, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota and as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University in Detroit. His research area of interests focuses on the organization history of anesthesiology in the first half of the twentieth century. Dr. Bacon’s bibliography includes over seventy peer reviewed publications, five books, twenty-eight book chapters, and numerous other publications. Of note, he spent eight years as editor of the American Society of Anesthesiology’s Newsletter. Doug’s research focuses on the history of anesthesiology and professionalism. He was awarded the 2012 Laureate in the History of Anesthesiology by the Wood Library-Museum. Doug is currently is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi where he is the chair of perioperative services committee for the medical center. He is also the Chair of the Publications Committee for the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists.

Jessica Baer, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, New York

Alexandra Balstein, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Arna Banerjee, M.B., B.S.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Surgery and Medical Education
Director, Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment
Nashville, Tennessee

David Barbara, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Elvera Baron, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Terrance M. Bedient, FACHE

Vice-President, Medical Society of the State of New York
Director, Committee for Physician Health
Albany, New York

Richard A. Beers, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Staff Anesthesiologist
Auburn Community Hospital
Auburn, New York

Tazeen Beg, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Section Chief, Anesthesia for Endoscopy
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Yaakov Beilin, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Vice-Chair, Quality
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Alex Y. Bekker, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Chair, Perioperative Services Committee
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey

Audrée A. Bendo, M.D., M.S.

Distinguished Professor and Executive Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Jay Berger, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Rose Berkun, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Kaleida Health Buffalo General Hospital
Buffalo, New York

David Berman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D.

Chief, Division of Obstetrical Anesthesia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor Department of OBGYN and Women's Health
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Wendy K. Bernstein, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

Vice Chairman of Education
Director of Simulation
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

Wendy Bernstein MD MBA FASA Dr. Bernstein is a Board Certified, Professor of Anesthesiology and serves as the Vice Chairman of Education and Director of Simulation for the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania, medical school at Drexel University, anesthesiology residency and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and MBA while at University of Maryland. She serves on the ASA Editorial Board for Interactive Computer-Based Education, Governance Committee for Society for Simulation in Healthcare, ABA Board Examiner and is the Director for the MOCA Simulation Program for the ABA at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Himani Bhatt, D.O., M.P.A.

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Rahila Bilal, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

Patrick Birmingham, M.D., FAAP

Professor of Anesthesiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Division Head of Pain Medicine
Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

David J. Birnbach, M.D., M.P.H.

Miller Professor and Vice Provost
Senior Associate Dean for Quality, Safety and Risk
Director, UM-JMH Center for Patient Safety
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

David J. Birnbach MD, MPH is currently Miller Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is also Director of the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital Center for Patient Safety. In addition, Dr. Birnbach is Vice Provost of the University of Miami. Dr. Birnbach, who has served as a consultant to the NIH and FDA, is also a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, and is the past president of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.

Ricardo Bittencourt, M.D., M.B.A.

Clinical Fellow
Cardiac and Obstetric Anesthesia
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Toronto, Canada

Randal S. Blank, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Thoracic Anesthesia
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

Kimberly R. Blasius, M.D.

Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Simulation, CAPSEL
Department of Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina Hospital
Director, Perioperative Simulation, UNC Children's
University of North Carolina Children's Hospital
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Marcelle E. Blessing, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut

Jeanna D. Blitz, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Health
New York, New York

Dr. Blitz received her M.D. at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After completing her residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, she joined the faculty of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. She divides her clinical time between the operating room and the preoperative evaluation clinic. She is the medical director of Pre Admission Testing for New York University Langone Health since 2011. Dr. Blitz’ primary academic interest is in the delivery of quality preoperative care and its impact on patient outcomes. She is committed to extending the impact of the preoperative evaluation clinic visit on a patient’s health outcomes beyond the perioperative setting. Dr. Blitz is the author of a manuscript demonstrating an association between a preoperative evaluation clinic visit and a reduction in in-hospital postoperative mortality. She has authored a preoperative medicine web-based curriculum, as well as several book chapters on these topics, and has served as a consultant to other academic medical centers on designing an anesthesiologist-lead preoperative evaluation clinic to improve patient outcomes as well as perioperative efficiency and quality metrics. In addition, Dr. Blitz is a board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Christa Boer, Ph.D.

Professor of Research in Perioperative Care
VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Christa Boer is Professor of Anesthesiology (Research in Perioperative Care), and published more than 150 papers in international journals. Her translational research focuses on the interplay between microcirculatory perfusion, endothelial activation and coagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass and hemorrhagic shock and on postoperative care. She is member of the subcommittee Transfusion, Haemostasis and Thrombosis of the ESA, and chair of the subcommittee Transfusion & Haemostasis of the EACTA and EACTS-EACTA guideline Patient Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery. In addition, she is member of the SCA Blood Conservation workgroup and NATA scientific committee. She recently joined the editorial board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia.

Steven D. Boggs, M.D., FASA, M.B.A.

Professor and Chair (Interim)
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. Boggs has practiced in multiple settings, including the military (USAF), large private practice groups, multispecialty groups, the VA system and academic medicine. His particular interests are OR and NORA management and also computer-controlled infusion systems.

Bruno C.R. Borges, M.D.

Staff Anesthesiologist
Hamilton Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
McMaster University
Oakville, Canada

Dr. Borges lives in Toronto with his spouse Colleen and his beautiful 5 year-old daughter, Emilia. He has worked as an obstetrical and pediatric anesthesiologist at Hamilton Health Sciences and holds a position of associate professor at McMaster University. Knowing the benefits of ultrasound for spinals and epidurals, he passionately teaches it to residents and colleagues.

Zana Borovcanin, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of General Anesthesiology
Director, Advanced Airway Management
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Jan Boublik, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Jess W. Brallier, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Ansgar M. Brambrink, M.D., Ph.D.

E.M. Papper Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Ellen J. Brand, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York
Medical Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Danbury Hospital
Danbury, Connecticut

David S. Bronheim, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Director, Post Anesthesia Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Michael C. Brooks, NYS Police

Director

Director, State Trooper Police Surgeons of the New York State Troopers
Police Benevolent Association
Albany, New York

Nibras Bughrara, M.D.

Director, Adult Critical Care Division
Director, Adult Critical Care Echo Program
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York

Chester C. Buckenmaier, III, M.D., COL, MC, USA

Program Director, Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management (DVCIPM.org)
Rockville, Maryland

Doctor Chester “Trip” Buckenmaier III, MD, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) is the Program Director and Principal Investigator for the Uniformed Services University’s (USU) Defense & Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management (DVCIPM) under the department of Military Emergency Medicine. He is Program Director Emeritus of the National Capital Consortium’s Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Professor in Anesthesiology at the USU and a Diplomat, with the American Board of Anesthesiology. He attended Catawba College, on a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship, graduating with a degree in Biology in 1986. He then attended East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., receiving a Master in Science in Biology in 1988. In 1992, he graduated from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, completing his Anesthesia Residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In addition, he completed a one year Fellowship in Regional Anesthesia at Duke University in 2002, resulting in the creation of the only Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship in the Department of Defense, based at Walter Reed. In September 2003, he deployed with the 21st Combat Support Hospital to Balad, Iraq, and demonstrated that the use of advanced regional anesthesia can be accomplished in a forward deployed environment. He performed the first successful continuous peripheral nerve block for pain management in a combat support hospital. In April 2009, he deployed to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan with the British military and organized the first acute pain service in a theatre of war. Author and Co-Editor of the Acute and Perioperative Pain section in Pain Medicine, he is extensively published in pain medicine, particularly as it relates to combat wounded. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of US Medicine with a monthly column on topics of federal medicine interest.

Elena N. Bukanova, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Quality Management
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut

Dr. Elena Bukanova completed her residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Quality and Safety at Yale University, where she is currently an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and the Director for Quality and Safety for the Department of Anesthesiology.

Amanda R. Burden, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Clinical Skills and Simulation
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, New Jersey

Maria A. Bustillo, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Neuroanesthesia
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Arthur L. Calimaran, M.D.

Professor and Vice Chair for Education
Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Ob Anesthesia & Wiser Surgery Center
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi

Lisbeysi Calo, M.D.

Instructor in Anesthesiology
West Haven VA Medical Center
West Haven, Connecticut

Levon M. Capan, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesia
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Associate Director, Anesthesia
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, New York

Jose C. A. Carvalho, M.D., Ph.D., FANZCA, FRCPC

Professor of Anesthesia, Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Toronto
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Canada

Donna A. Castello, D.O.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai West
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
New York, New York

Maria D. Castillo, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Stephanie Cha, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Jerry Y. Chao, M.D., M.Sc.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Eric J. Cheng, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Franklin B. Chiao, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Dr. Chiao also teaches at NYSORA and Harvard Medical School CME programs. He has a passion for education and has founded symposiums and workshops. He is a principal investigator for several studies and has published grant funded research.

Elvira Cho, M.D.

Staff Anesthesiologist
Interfaith Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Curtis V. Choice, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Site, Director
Hutch Ambulatory Surgery Center
Bronx, New York

Robert M. Chuda, M.D., M.B.A.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York

Jeffrey M. Ciccone, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Linda M. Cimino, Ed.D., M.S., CPNP, ANP, CCRC, CHSE

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Health Sciences
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Edmond Cohen, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Thoracic Anesthesia
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Richard Cooper, B. Sc., M. Sc., M.D., FRCPC

Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Toronto
Director, University of Toronto Anesthesia Airway Fellowship
Toronto, Canada

Thomas E. Corrado, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Douglas B. Coursin, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin

Scott M. Croll, M.D., COL, MC, USA

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
USUHS Chief, Anesthesiology Department
Evans Army Community Hospital
Fort Carson, Colorado

Gregory J. Crosby, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Deborah J. Culley, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Vice Chair for Research
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Alan E. Curle, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Co-Director, Center for Perioperative Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Medical Director, Perioperative Services
Highland Hospital of Rochester
Rochester, New York

Saundra E. Curry, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Draginja R. Cvetkovic, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

Anahita Dabo-Trubelja, M.D.

Assistant Attending in Anesthesiology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Michael W. Dailey, M.D., FACEP, FAEMS

Chief, Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Michael W. Dailey, MD, FACEP FAEMS, is Chief of the Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Albany Medical College. He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and EMS. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, and received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1998. He has been involved in EMS for over 30 years, with provider experience in volunteer suburban EMS, rural volunteer fire service, urban municipal EMS, and helicopter EMS. Currently, Dr. Dailey serves New York State as a member of the State Medical and Trauma Advisory Committees and the Medical Standards Committee. He is the EMS Medical Director for the Hudson Mohawk Region--REMO, the six counties surrounding the State Capital, and as operational medical director for the Cities of Albany, Schenectady and Watervliet, as well as the Town of Colonie. He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, the National Association of EMS Physicians, the National Association of EMTs, the National Fire Protection EMS Committee and the the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Dr. Dailey also serves as a Chief Surgeon for the NYS Troopers PBA Surgeons Group.

Barbara A. Daly

FBI

Crisis Management/Behavioral Analysis Unit Coordinator Squad A-17 FBI
New York, New York

Anjalee Dave, M.D., M.S.

Instructor in Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Attending Anesthesiologist
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Stefan De Hert, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Past Chair, Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology
Director of Research
Gent University Hospital
Gent, Belgium

Stacie G. Deiner, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Oscar A. DeLeon-Casasola, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine
Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs
Senior Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Buffalo
Chief, Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

Samuel DeMaria, Jr., M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Division of Liver Transplantation
Assistant Program Director for Academic Affairs, Anesthesiology Residency Training Program
Director of Research, The Mount Sinai HELPS Center
Department of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York

Meena S. Desai, M.D.

Nova Anesthesia Professionals, President and CEO
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Immediate Past Board Chair,
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Past President Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA)

Prianka Desai, M.D.

Assistant Professor Clinical of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Ranjit Deshpande, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Transplant Anesthesiology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Dawn P. Desiderio, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Clinical Member
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Malcolm Devine, NREMT-P

Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Assistant Director, Paramedic Program
School of Health Technology and Management
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Barbara M. Dilos, D.O.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Dennis P. Dimaculangan, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Sudhir A. Diwan, M.D., ABIPP, FIPP

Executive Director
Manhattan Spine and Pain Medicine
Attending in Pain Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital
Affiliate of North Well Health System
New York, New York
Associate Clinical Professor of Physiatry (PM&R)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Dr. Sudhir Diwan, nationally and internationally recognized as a key opinion leader in the field of pain management, is the Executive Director of Manhattan Spine & Pain Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Dr. Diwan was the former Director of the Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship Program and Division of Pain Medicine at Ivy League Weill Medical College of Cornell University for 10 years, where he also served as associate professor of clinical anesthesiology, and on the faculty at the world renowned New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Anis Dizdarevic, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Dr. Dizdarevic completed his medical school, anesthesiology and interventional pain management fellowship training at Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Dizdarevic specializes in acute and chronic pain and regional anesthesia, with emphasis on the preventive modalities, risk reduction, minimally invasive approach and expedited recovery.

Joseph W. Dooley, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Denstistry
Rochester, New York

Michael P. Duffy, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Attending Anesthesiologist
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, New York

Marian Dumitru, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica, New York

James B. Eisenkraft, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Nabil M. Elkassabany, M.D, MSCE

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Staff Anesthesiologist, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Staff Anesthesiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Orthopedic Anesthesia Section, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lawrence J. Epstein, M.D.

Associate Director, Division of Pain Management
Director, Outpatient Pain Management
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Jennifer O. Estabrook, J.D.

Chief Operating Officer
FILA North America
New York, New York

Jennifer is the Chief Operating Officer of Fila North America and serves as the head of global licensing for Fila Luxembourg, the owner of the Fila® trademark worldwide. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Acushnet Holdings Corp. (NYSE: GOLF), the owner of the Titlelist® and FootJoy® golf brands, and serves as the Chair of the Compensation Committee. Jennifer is also a Trustee of the Fila Museo Foundation in Biella, Italy. Jennifer received a JD from Fordham University School of Law and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Charles M. Fermon, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology (Clinical)
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Mitchell E. Fingerman, M.D.

Division Chief & Fellowship Director
Regional & Ambulatory Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Gregory W. Fischer, M.D.

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Meghann M. Fitzgerald, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Interim Chief, Cardiac Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Lee A. Fleisher, M.D.

Robert Dunning Dripps Professor of Anesthesia
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lee A. Fleisher, MD, is the Robert D. Dripps Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine from which he received the 2016 LIndback Award for Distinguished Teaching. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, from which he received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011. His research focuses on perioperative cardiovascular risk assessment and reduction, health policy, decision making and measurement of quality of care and has received numerous federal, industry and foundation grants related to these subjects. He is a former-Chair and current member of the Consensus Standards Advisory Committee, co-chair of the Surgery Standing Committee and a Member of the Measures Application Partnership Hospital Workgroup of the National Quality Forum, as well as a former member of the Administrative Board of the Council of Faculty and Academic Specialties of the Association of American Medical Colleges. He is a member of the Medical Advisory Panel for the Technology Evaluation Center of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association and the Task Force on Practice Guidelines for the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. In 2007, he was elected to membership of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) of the National Academy of Sciences and serves on Committees of the NAM.

Patricia Fogarty Mack, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Director, Quality and Patient Safety
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Carlo D. Franco, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Anatomy
Rush University Medical Center
Chair, Regional Anesthesia
JHS Hospital of Cook County
Chicago, Illinois

Elizabeth A. M. Frost, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

David L. Furgiuele, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Daniel M. Gainsburg, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School
New York, New York

Jonathan S. Gal, M.D.

Medical Director, Clinical Revenue Initiatives
Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Governmental & Reimbursement Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York

Dr. Gal received his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed his anesthesiology training at The Mount Sinai Hospital in the Icahn School of Medicine. He is involved in both the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists where he serves on the ASA Committee on Economics and the ASA Committee on Governmental Affairs, as well as Chair of the NYSSA Governmental and Legal Affairs Committee. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and serves as the department’s Director of Governmental and Reimbursement Affairs. He has recently contributed to the development of cost measures to be included in the 2018 reporting year for Medicare’s Quality Payment Program. In addition to this academic appointment, Dr. Gal also has an administrative position as Medical Director, Clinical Revenue Initiatives for Mount Sinai Hospital in the Department of Clinical Business Intelligence & Implementation where his focus is overlapping mid revenue cycle analytics, business intelligence, and clinical engagement & implementation for the hospital and health system.

Joseph A. Gallombardo, M.D.

Resident Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Marcelo Gama de Abreu, M.D., Ph.D., DESA

Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy
Chair, Translational Research in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Germany

Prof. Marcelo Gama de Abreu is Director of Research, Director of the ECMO Program and Vice-Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital Dresden, Dresden University of Technology, Germany.

Tong J. Gan, M.D., MHS, FRCA

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Kishore Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., CPE

Attending Anesthesiologist
University Medical Center of Princeton
Plainsboro Township, New Jersey

Sofia Geralmou, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY - Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Clifford M. Gevirtz, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical Director
Somnia Pain Management
New York, New York

Christopher G. Gharibo, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Medical Director, Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York

Laurent G. Glance, M.D

Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology and Public Health Sciences
Senior Scientist, RAND (Adjunct)
University of Rochester School of Medicine School of Medicine and Dentistry/Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, New York

Marjorie S. Gloff, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Director, Center for Perioperative Medicine
Assistant Anesthesiology Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Andrew Goldberg, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Cheryl K. Gooden, M.D., FAAP

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Hempstead, New York

Stephanie R. Goodman, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University Medical Center
Program Director, Obstetrical Anesthesiology Fellowship
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Mikel Gorbea, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Instructor and Chief Resident of Anesthesiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

James D. Grant, M.D., M.B.A.

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak
Royal Oak, Michigan

Loretta Grecu, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Elliott S. Greene, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Karina Gritsenko, M.D.

Program Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Resident Rotations
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Family & Social Medicine, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Scott B. Groudine, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Amitabh Gulati, M.D., FIPP, CIPS

Program Director, Weill Cornell Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Attending, Director of Chronic Pain
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Ruchir Gupta, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Dr. Gupta is currently the Medical Lead for Enhanced Recovery for Colorectal, Urologic, and Surgical Oncology Patients at Stony Brook University and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Stony Brook. He is co-editor of The Anesthesia Guide by McGraw-Hill and Rapid Review for Anesthesia Orals by Cambridge University Press. He has numerous publications related to ERAS and has lectured nationally on the topic of OSA. He is currently a member of the NORA committee of SAMBA.

Marcus Gutzler, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Carin A. Hagberg, M.D., FASA

Division Head Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine Helen Shaffer Fly Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas Carin A. Hagberg, M.D. is currently the Joseph C. Gabel Professor and Chair in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, as well as Medical Director of Perioperative Services and Chief of Anesthesiology at Memorial Herman Hospital - Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston. She graduated cum laude and received her B.S. degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She received her M.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1988 and performed her residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where she served as Chief Resident from 1991-1992. Dr. Hagberg has assumed several leadership positions in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston since the inception of her career, including Program Director of Undergraduate Education, Program Director of Residency Education, Vice Chair, and now Chair of the Department. Additionally, she has served as the Director of Neurosurgical Anesthesia, Associate Medical Director of Operative Services, and presently serves as Director of Difficult Airway Management< Medical Director of Perioperative Services and Chief of Anesthesiology at Memorial Hermann Hospital – Texas Medical Center. Dr. Hagberg has been involved in many professional organizations at local, regional, national, and international levels. She has been an active member of the Society of Airway Management and has served in all of the executive positions of this society with the exception of Treasurer. She is currently in her sixth year as Executive Director and has been on the Society’s Board of Directors since 1998. Additionally, she served as President of the Texas Gulf Coast Society of Anesthesiologists. She also serves on many committees in the University of Texas Medical School, the Department of Anesthesiology, and Memorial Hermann Hospital – TMC, the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Steven G. Halle, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Mark P. Hamlin, M.D., M.S.

Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Medicine Physician
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Director, General and Subspecialty Surgery Critical Care
Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont

Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D.

Associate Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, Massachusetts

Dr. Hannenberg is a past president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and currently serves as its Chief Quality Officer. He is a founding trustee of the Lifebox Foundation US, an organization focused on improving the safety of surgery and anesthesia globally. He is senior research scientist at Ariadne Labs, an health systems innovation center at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Brigham & Women’s Hospital where he works on surgical safety programs. He serves on the board of directors of the Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety, a multi-professional collaboration and was its chair. He has previously led the development of quality performance measures in anesthesiology and critical care for Medicare’s quality reporting program.

Ronald L. Harter, M.D.

Professor and Jacoby Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Harter has served as the Jacoby Chair of Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center since 2009. I have served as an officer of ASA for the past five years, encompassing four years as Vice Speaker and am starting my second year as Speaker of the ASA House of Delegates.

Stephen C. Haskins, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

Dr. Stephen C. Haskins is a regional anesthesiology and acute pain management trained anesthesiologist practicing at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Dr. Haskins is also certified in Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE). Dr. Haskins' is a passionate advocate for and active educator in the use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) in the perioperative setting, with a particular focus on lung ultrasound and Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS).

Joshua Heller, M.D.

Resident Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Nicholas E. Heiser, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Director of Medical Student Anesthesiology Clerkship and Director of Anesthesia Services
Nebraska Medicine Fritch Surgery Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

David L. Hepner, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

David Hepner, M.D., M.P.H. is Associate Director of the Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hepner is actively involved in the perioperative management of patients. He has helped develop the perioperative guidelines that are used daily at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He strives for the betterment of perioperative medicine and is responsible for establishing a dedicated teaching curriculum for the residents rotating through the preoperative evaluation center. Dr. Hepner’s clinical and research interests in preoperative assessment and his vision of a society in the area of preoperative assessment and its impact on surgical outcomes led him to be one of the co-founders in 2005 of the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI), an international multidisciplinary society. Since then, he has been an active participant in improving surgical outcomes by sharing best practices, promoting research, and enhancing communication among health professionals across multiple disciplines. He is an Associate Faculty Member of Ariadne Labs. He is focusing his research on implementation of crisis checklists. For the past five years, he has been working on the use of checklists in the operating room.

Shanna S. Hill, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Zaharia Hillel, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai St. at Luke's
New York, New York

Joanne Hojsak, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
New York, New York

Natalie F. Holt, M.P.H., M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Medical Director, Ambulatory Procedures Unit
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven Campus
West Haven, Connecticut

Rafael Honikman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York

Terese T. Horlocker, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopedics
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota

Leila Hosseinian, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Jaime B. Hyman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Natalia S. Ivascu, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Zvi C. Jacob, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Head of Off-Site Anesthesia Section
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Kenneth H. Jacobson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Narasimhan Jagannathan, M.D.

Attending Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Associate Chairman, Academic Affairs
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Research
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Michael S. Jakubowski, M.D.

Medical Coordinator, OPMC, New York State Department of Health
Honorary Staff, Ellis Medicine
Schenectady, New York

Sudheer K. Jain, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Director, Peri-Anesthesiology Services
Tisch Hospital
New York, New York

Christina L. Jeng, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Taylor A. Johnston, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Robert E. Johnstone, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

Keith A. Jones, M.D.

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Professor and Alfred Habeeb Endowed Chair
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Vilma A. Joseph, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Benny L. Joyner, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, and Social Medicine
Director, UNC Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center (CSPSC)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Bessie Kachulis, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Brinda B. Kamdar, M.D.

Program Director, Acute Pain and Regional Fellowship
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Michelle S. Kars, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York

Daniel J. Katz, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Andrew J. Kaufman, M.D.

Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Health at Icahn School of Medicine
New York, New York

Brian S. Kaufman, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery
NYU School of Medicine
Director of NY Harbor VA Simulation Laboratory
New York, New York

Brian M. Keech, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Denver Health & Hospital Authority (DHHA)
Denver, Colorado

Eric R. Kelhoffer, M.D.

Associate Clinical Member
Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Yury Khelemsky, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

David A. Kiamanesh, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Member, Division of Critical Care Anesthesia
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Jinu Kim, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Jung H. Kim, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Division of Pain Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Jung T. Kim, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Sunmi Kim, M.D., B.S.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Meghan A. Kirksey, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

Dr. Meghan A. Kirksey is a board-certified anesthesiologist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Her clinical expertise is in the management of cardiopulmonary sequelae of acute and chronic disease. Dr. Kirksey is actively involved in clinical and database research to elucidate physiologic and clinical determinants of postoperative outcomes. She is also board-certified in critical care medicine.

Eric M. Kitain, M.D.

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk, Connecticut

Marc E. Koch, M.D.

President and CEO
Somnia, Inc.
New Rochelle, New York

Dr. Koch is a licensed physician and a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He has authored more than a dozen articles and book chapters addressing the clinical and administrative aspects of office-based and ambulatory anesthesia. Considered an authority on both topics, he has been the subject of articles in The New York Times, Money magazine and Crain’s Health Pulse. He continues to address medical audiences at home and abroad. Dr. Koch is a former surveyor for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Dr. Koch earned his undergraduate and medical degrees with honors in pharmacology, genetics and surgery from State University of New York at Stony Brook. He served his residency at the Yale University School of Medicine following an internship at Winthrop University Hospital in New York. Additionally, he holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Fordham University School of Business.

Joanna B. Koenigsberg, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Steven N. Konstadt, M.D., M.B.A., FACC

Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

David J. Kopman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Daryl J. Kor, M.D., M.Sc.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Rocheser, Minnesota

Shreyajit R. Kumar, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Robert S. Lagasse, M.D.

Professor and Vice-Chair
Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Dr. Robert Lagasse is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs for the Department of Anesthesiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. He has served as the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ (ASA) representative to The Joint Commission’s Professional Technical Advisory Committee and CMS’ Surgical Care Improvement Project. He has also developed performance measures for anesthesia providers with the ASA Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement, the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group’s Anesthesiology Performance Improvement and Reporting Exchange, and the Anesthesia Quality Institute’s Practice Quality Improvement Committee. He also currently serves on the ASA Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration, and the ASA Committee on Patient Safety and Education. He has published numerous article on quality and performance measurement, and recently authored a textbook titled ‘Regulating Quality’ in Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, edited by Ruskin, Steigler and Rosenbaum.

Yan Lai, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Theodore Lamonica, NREMT-P

Lecturer in Health Sciences
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Ryan D. Laterza, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado

Dr. Laterza is a critical care anesthesiologist at Denver Health Medical Center, an academic level one trauma hospital associated with the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has a background in electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering and studied at the University of Colorado for college and medical school. He completed my residency training at Mount Sinai and my critical care fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University. He currently holds a full time faculty position at the University of Colorado.

Malikah Latmore, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Lukes
Mount Sinai West
New York, New York

Jerome Lax, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Allison J. Lee, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Angela Lee, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

David L. Lee, M.D.

Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Mitchell Y. Lee, M.D., B.A.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Residency Director
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Jonathan D. Leff, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Andrew B. Leibowitz, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, and Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
System Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Health Systems
New York, New York

Andrew B. Leibowitz, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Currently he is the Mount Sinai System Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and a Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, and Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His past roles include Associate Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Director of the Surgical Nutrition Support Service, and Director of the Bio-containment Unit.

Christine Lennon, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Jerrold Lerman, M.D., FRCPC, FANZCA

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Dr. Lerman is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Women and Children’s Hospital in Buffalo and holds the position of Clinical Professor of Anesthesia at SUNY at Buffalo, NY. Dr. Lerman has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, edited/authored three textbooks (the latest “Neonatal Anesthesia” in 2015), 100 review articles, chapters and editorials, numerous grants and 2 patents. He has delivered more than 300 lectures in over 30 countries. He is currently an editor at Pediatric Anesthesia and a former editor at Anesthesiology and Canadian Journal of Anesthesia as well as former associate editor at Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Matthew A. Levin, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Dr. Levin is an Assistant Professor of Cardiac Anesthesiology and the Director of Research for the Division of Informatics in the Department of Anesthesiology. His research interest lies in leveraging large data sets of intraoperative physiological data to reduce morbidity and mortality and enhance patient safety during the perioperative period. In addition to being board certified in Advanced Perioperative Ultrasound, he is also board certified in Clinical Informatics.

Adam I. Levine, M.D., FASE

Professor of Anesthesiology, Otolaryngology, Structural and Chemical Biology
Vice-Chair, Education
Program Director, Residency Training
Program Director, ASA Endorsed HELPS Simulation Program
Department of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Matthew T. Levine, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Rhoda D. Levine, M.D.

Retired, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Attending Anesthesiologist
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Ronald S. Levy, M.D.

Susan Brown Logan Distinguished Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas System
Director, Patient Simulation Center
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

Galina Leyvi, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Alexandra L. Lewis, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Fenghua Li, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

Jinlei Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Program Director and Director of Education
Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Director of Regional Anesthesiology for YNHH Saint Raphael Campus and Center for Musculoskeletal Disease
Department of Anesthesia
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

Lei Li, M.D.

Associate, Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, Pennsylvania

Lauren Licatino, M.D.

Instructor of Anesthesiology
Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Adam D. Lichtman, M.D.

Captain, Medical Corps United States Navy
Director, Surgical Services, Operational Health Support Unit Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Janine Limoncelli, M.D.

Medical Director, Gibson Perioperative Surgical Home (GPS Home) | Danbury Hospital
Malignant Hyperthermia Clinical Leader/Educator | Danbury Hospital
Malignant Hyperthermia Association United States Discussion/Consultant Group
Assistant Professor Clinical Anesthesia | New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center
Attending Anesthesiologist | Danbury Hospital/Western Connecticut Health Network | Danbury, Connecticut

Emily Lin, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA)
New York, New York

Scott D. Lipson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Nathan Liu

Instructor in Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York

Todd J. Liu, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Katherine M. Loftus, M.D.

Instructor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Dan Longrois, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital
Paris, France

Dan Longrois is Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, in Paris, France. He obtained his MD and PhD degrees in Paris 6 University and was a fellow in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) since 2014. His research interests are related to the pathophysiology of shock states and their relationship with inflammation.

Carlos J. Lopez, III, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Residency Program Director
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

Danielle B. Ludwin, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

G. Burkhard Mackensen, M.D., Ph.D., FASE

Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
UW Medicine Research & Education
Endowed Professor in Anesthesiology and Adjunct Professor of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Bryan P. Mahoney, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Residency Training Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Mount Sinai West
New York, New York

Vinod Malhotra, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology in Clinical Urology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology
Clinical Director, Operating Rooms
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Jaideep K. Malhotra, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Anuj Malhotra, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Sandhya Malhotra, M.D.

Retired Anesthesiologist
Forest Hills, New York

Sandhya Malhotra, MD is an educator and an attending anesthesiologist who has taught and worked at major university hospitals in New York. She is a Trustee and Past President of the Medical Society for the County of Queens and the Academy of Queens County. Dr. Malhotra has a passion for community service, education and the arts. She has been instrumental in developing educational programs to address the needs of physicians, healthcare professionals and the community. She serves on the board of several organizations including ACCME and also represents the NYC Council Speaker on the board of the Center for Arts Education. For nearly a decade, she served on the Board of Directors for World Music Institute. She co-founded and chairs the not-for-profit Global Physicians Network Foundation through which she has launched innovative programs of service and education for the community. She created the 'Ask the Doc' series of Health talks and her programs are aired on Queens Public Television. Dr. Malhotra graduated with honors from Barnard College, Columbia University and received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) from New York Medical College. She feels blessed to call Queens, the world's borough, her home.

Glenn E. Mann, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Mitchell H. Marshall, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Department of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York

Keira P. Mason, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital Boston | Boston, Massachusetts

Linda J. Mason, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California

Leena Mathew, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Director Pain Fellowship
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Edward R. Mathney, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Patrick J. McCormick, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Marisa McSwain, M.D.

Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Marie-Louise Meng, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic and Obstetric Anesthesiology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Dr. Meng is an obstetric and cardiothoracic anesthesiologist at CUMC. Her research focuses on pregnant patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Timothy E. Miller, M.B.,Ch.B., FRCA

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of General, Vascular and Transplant Anesthesia
Director, Perioperative Medicine Fellowship
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Joshua S. Mincer, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York
Section Chief, Thoracic Anesthesia
James J. Peter VA Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Anushirvan Minokadeh, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Critical Care Medicine
UC San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, California

Alexander J. C. Mittnacht, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Vivek K. Moitra, M.D., FCCM

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Medicine
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

L. Sylvia Munoz-Price, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine – Division of Infectious Diseases
Enterprise Epidemiologist
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Dr. Munoz-Price is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and a PhD in Epidemiology with over a decade of experience managing and studying hospital outbreaks caused by enteric organisms. Until 2014, she was the Hospital Epidemiologist for Jackson Memorial Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in the US. Currently she is the Enterprise Epidemiologist at the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, in charge of coordinating Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship efforts throughout the Enterprise. With over 70 peer review publications, Dr. Munoz-Price’s work has been published in prestigious academic journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet Infectious Diseases. Additionally, Dr. Munoz-Price is a reviewer for over a dozen journals including JAMA and Lancet Infectious Diseases. She is a Board member of the Society of Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA), serving in many of its committees, and was the Co-Chair for SHEA’s 2016 Spring Meeting. Additionally, Dr. Munoz-Price has served as a liaison for the prestigious Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)-CDC and was recently an advisor for the Food and Drug Administration. She is also a member of the newly formed Council of Microbial Sciences (COMS) and the Division L Chair of the American Society of Microbiology.

Igor Muntyan, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Sridhar Musuku, M.D., FRCA

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Robert G. Nampiaparampil, M .D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Jolie Narang, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Dominic J. Nardi, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Director of Neuroanesthesia
Northwell Health
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York

Bradly J. Narr, M.D.

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

Dr. Narr received his Doctor of Medicine from University of Minnesota Medical School, and completed residencies in internal medicine and anesthesiology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. He has divided his clinical efforts between Surgical Critical Care and operating room anesthesia. Dr. Narr is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He currently is the Chair of the three (Rochester, Mayo Clinic Health System, and Enterprise) Mayo Surgical and Procedural Committees which facilitate management, quality initiatives and practice change between nursing, surgeons, proceduralists, and anesthesiology. Dr. Narr recently transitioned after 10 years as the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. He started the Mayo Preoperative Evaluation Clinic and serves on the Mayo Midwest Executive Operations Team.

Joseph M. Neal, M.D.

Anesthesia Faculty
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Peter J. Neuburger, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
New York, New York

Krystof J. Neumann, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Director, Regional Anesthesia
University of Rochester Medical Center
Medical Director and Chief of Anesthesia
Strong West Ambulatory Surgery Center
Rochester, New York

Steven M. Neustein, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Kenneth B. Newman, M.D.

Chairman and Medical Director
Department of Anesthesiology
Cortland Regional Medical Center
Cortland, New York
Premier Anesthesia
Voluntary Professor and Faculty of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

Jennie Y. Ngai, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Mark E. Nunnally, M.D., FCCM

Director, Adult Critical Care Services
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Michael F. O'Connor, M.D., FCCM

Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Section Head, Critical Care Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

John M. Oehler, M.D.

Resident
SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse, New York

Slawomir P. Oleszak, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Daniel K. O'Neill, M.D.

Associate Director, Adult Offsite Anesthesiology Services
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Barbara Orlando, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Roosevelt
New York, New York

Currently on staff as an OB anesthesiologist at Mount Sinai West. Also clinical base year director and in charge of the research on the OB floor

Irene P. Osborn, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Division of Neuroanesthesia
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

James A. Osorio, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Kristoffer Padjen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Oliver P. F. Panzer, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Perioperative Ultrasound Education
Division of Critical Care & Regional Anesthesia
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Peter J. Panzica, M.D.

Vice Chairman, Clinical Anesthesia
Director of Anesthesia Network Operations
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management
Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Anil Patel, M.B., B.S., FRCA

Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia
Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital
Honorary Senior Lecturer
University College Hospital-London
London, United Kingdom
President Difficult Airway Society

Michael B. Pesce, M.D., J.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Kaweah Delta Health Care District
Vasalia, California

Seth I. Perelman, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
NYU-School of Medicine
New York, New York

Mary Dale Peterson, M.D.

CEO, Driscoll Children's Health Plan
VP, Driscoll Children's Hospital
Corpus Christi, Texas

Beverly K. Philip, M.D.

Vice-President for Scientific Affairs
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Founding Director, Day Surgery Unit
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Beverly Khnie Philip, MD is Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard University and Founding Director of the Day Surgery Unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. Dr. Philip’s subspecialty focus is ambulatory anesthesia. She has published numerous research papers, review articles and book chapters on various aspects of ambulatory anesthesia science and practice, and she has spoken widely, nationally and internationally. Dr. Philip is Vice President for Scientific Affairs of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), with responsibility for all of the society’s educational and scientific activities. Dr. Philip also has a strong interest and ongoing contribution to national anesthesiology policy, particularly related to quality and regulatory issues. Her service in ASA has also included the ASA Board of Directors representing Massachusetts, Chair of the ASA Quality Management and Departmental Administration Committee, Chair of the ASA Ambulatory Surgical Care Committee, and she was Chair of the ASA Annual Meeting for 2009. Dr. Philip is a founding member and Past President of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. She has served as the Chair of the Joint Commission’s Ambulatory Health Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee, and on the Board of Directors and Standards Committee of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Dr. Philip was a founding participant of the CMS Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups, and served 2 three-year terms. Dr. Philip is current President of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery, and is the immediate past Editor-in-Chief of the international journal “Ambulatory Surgery”.

Mohammad Piracha, M.D.

Instructor in Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Sergey V. Pisklakov, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Neuroanesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Dr. Sergey V Pisklakov , MD is an outstanding clinician and educator. He is a Associate Professor & Neuroanesthesia Fellowship Director at Montefiore Medical Center. His clinical activities focused in Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Professional Issues. The trajectory of his academic career in research and education has been quite remarkable. Dr. Pisklakov authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, abstracts, reviews, Problem-Based Learning Discussions and presentations. The results of his work have been presented at National and International Conferences. Dr. Pisklakov is frequently invited to present lectures to neurosurgical residents, students, and the faculty in various university medical centers. He is also a reviewer and an editorial board member for a number of medical journals.

Joseph J. Poli, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Shaji P. Poovathoor, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Jovan Popovic, M.D., FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Medical Director, NYU-Langone Outpatient Surgery
New York, New York

Ryan Potosky, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Richard C. Prielipp, M.D., M.B.A.

Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Richard C. Prielipp, M.D., MBA, FCCM Dr. Prielipp is Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, where he was Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology from 2005 to 2013. He completed nine years on the Editorial Board of Anesthesia and Analgesia, and is now the Executive Section Editor for Patient Safety for that Journal. He is an active member of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) as a Board Director, member of the Executive Committee, and Chairman of the APSF Committee on Education and Training. His clinical interests are cardiac anesthesiology, risk management, and perioperative patient safety, including evolving recognition of infectious risks embedded within our routine anesthesia practices while in the operating theatre.

Stephen A. Probst, M.D.

SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Stony Brook, New York

David A. Provenzano, M.D.

President, Pain Diagnostics & Interventional Care
Sewickley, Pennsylvania

Dr. David Provenzano is the President of Pain Diagnostics and Interventional Care. Dr. Provenzano has served as a principal investigator on multiple research studies and published numerous scientific articles. His research interests include neuromodulation and the effects of preinjected fluid on monopolar and bipolar radiofrequency lesioning. He has lectured at numerous international and national meetings on the management of acute and chronic pain. Furthermore, he serves as an external member of the Robert Morris University IRB, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duquesne University Department of Pharmacology, and Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Department of Physician Assistants Studies at the Duquesne University Rangos School of Health Sciences. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the North American Neuromodulation Society. He is the Vice Chair for the ASRA Neuromodulation Special Interest Group. Dr. Provenzano previously served as the Vice Chair for the Continuing Medical Education Committee for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. In addition, he serves on the Educational Track Subcommittee on Pain Medicine for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He has extensive interests and expertise in the conservative treatment of pain originating from the cervical and lumbar spine, neuromodulation and in the utilization of ultrasound for interventional pain management procedures.

Kane O. Pryor, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Vinay G. Puttanniah, M.D.

Director, Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Pain Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Dr. Puttanniah is a board-certified anesthesiologist with additional expertise and training in pain medicine. As a member of both the Anesthesiology Service and the Pain Service in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, my clinical work involves delivering anesthesia as well as treating postoperative pain. I also treat cancer pain using medications, nerve blocks, intrathecal drug delivery systems, radiofrequency techniques, and neurolytic blocks. I regularly supervise and teach clinical fellows.

Aliaksei Pustavoitau, M.D., M.H.S.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Perioperative Ultrasound Program
Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services
Co-director, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Sonia G. Pyne, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Davinder S. Ramsingh, M.D.

Director of Clinical Research and Perioperative Ultrasound
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California

Dr. Ramsingh received his M.D. from Medical College of Georgia. He completed his Anesthesiology residency at Loma Linda University where he served as chief resident. He completed a Cardiac Anesthesiology fellowship at UCLA. He joined the faculty at the University of California at Irvine were he served as Director of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Director of Perioperative Ultrasound. While at UCI, Dr. Ramsingh developed an innovative teaching program for Anesthesiologists to apply a whole-body point-of-care ultrasound examination. He recently joined Loma Linda University as the Director of Clinical Research and Perioperative Ultrasound. His research interests include the use of ultrasound and technology to improve perioperative care. He has co-directed national sessions and has published several articles on the topic of perioperative point of care ultrasound.

Richard L. Rauck, M.D., FIPP

Carolinas Pain Institute
Pain Fellowship Director
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Shamantha G. Reddy, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Co-Director, Quality improvement and Patient Safety
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Allan P. Reed, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

David L. Reich, M.D.

President and COO
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Amanda J. Rhee, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Director, Special Operations Quality Improvement
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York

Dr. Rhee is the Medical Director of Patient Safety in the Office for Excellence in Patient Care under the auspices of the Chief Medical Officer and manages various complex large-scale quality improvement projects for the hospital such as CABG surgical site infection reduction, TeamSTEPPS and the surgical safety checklist, and the creation of a preoperative testing center. She is also the Director of Special Operations Quality Improvement for the Department of Anesthesiology, manages quality improvement for the division of cardiothoracic anesthesiology, and is involved in various process and quality developments strategies for the department. Dr. Rhee has authored or coauthored numerous publications in the realm of cardiothoracic anesthesiology and has contributed numerous chapters to textbooks of anesthesiology. These include a manuscript on the subject of team training and chapters in three major anesthesiology textbooks. She has spoken in multiple venues on an international scope on teamwork and safety conversations as well as the anesthesiologist’s role in infection prevention.

Christopher B. Robards, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

J. David Roccaforte, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Bellevue Hospital
New York, New York

Cesar Rodriguez-Diaz, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Lisa Q. Rong, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Andrew D. Rosenberg, M.D.

Dorothy Reaves Spatz, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Meg A. Rosenblatt, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
Mount Sinai West
New York, New York

William Rosenblatt, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Anesthesia for Otolaryngology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Dr. Rosenblatt is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Yale University School of Medicine, where he completed his residency in 1991. Prior to this he completed a residency in Pediatrics at Stanford University Hospital. He is past president of the Society for Airway Management and founder and president of REMEDY: recovered medical equipment for the developing world. Dr. Rosenblatt's current practice is primarily in the anesthetic care of patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery. His current research and teaching interests are in the preoperative imaging of patient airways, and online video resources for clinicians caring for patients with airway pathology.

Kenneth I. Rosenfeld, M.D.

Vice Chair, Clinical Activities
Director, Perioperative Services
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Ram Roth, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Michael K. Rufino, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Keith J. Ruskin, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Cortessa L. Russell, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

A Texas native, Tess completed medical school at the University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, then post-graduate training in Anesthesiology at St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center and stayed on as faculty for 7 years serving as the Director of Simulation Education and Associate Program Director. In a moment of brilliance/insanity decided to reinvent herself and returned to training in Critical Care at the Mount Sinai Hospital saddled with 3 children and an aging brain. She has been at Columbia University Irving Medical Center for 2 years where her academic interest centers on physician flourishing and trying to ameliorate the mismatch between the modern workplace and the modern workforce.

Radwan N. Safa, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York

Guy Salomon, M.D.

Attending Anesthesiologist
Good Samaritan Hospital
Suffern, New York

Benjamin S. Salter, D.O.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Charles Marc Samama, M.D., Ph.D., FCCP

Professor and Chair
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Cochin University Hospital
Paris, France

Charles Marc Samama is 60 yo. He is currently Professor in the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care of Cochin University Hospital in Paris, France. He also heads a laboratory in the INSERM UMR_S1140 research unit and for many years, he has developed an experimental model of arterial thrombosis and bleeding in the rabbit. Professor Samama is the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). He is now chairing the new Scientific Subcommittee on Perioperative Management of Thrombosis and Hemostasis of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and reviews (H index = 36) He has co-authored the Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention section of Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines 8th edition (“Prevention of venous thromboembolism”) and 9th edition (“Prevention in VTE in non-orthopaedic surgical patients”). He has just started to collaborate in the 10th edition. He has co-authored the 2013 ESA Guidelines on Management of severe perioperative bleeding and the 2017 update. He chairs the ESA Task Force for the prevention on perioperative venous thromboembolism (guidelines to be published end 2017).

Jon D. Samuels, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Weill Cornell University
New York, New York

Jon D. Samuels, MD is a Board Certified anesthesiologist who specializes in perioperative management of adult patients with morbid obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, bariatric anesthesia, high-risk obstetric anesthesia, difficult airway management, and anesthetic equipment. Dr. Samuels grew up in the northeastern United States in the city of New York, New York and completed his undergraduate studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” School of Medicine and Surgery, in Rome, Italy and completed his anesthesiology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Samuels is on numerous committees in New York, both on a local and state level, and is a frequent lecturer on obstructive sleep apnea, difficult airways and airway devices. He has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on numerous topics related to perioperative care. Dr. Samuels is currently on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College, as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, and New York Presbyterian Hospital as an Assistant Attending Physician. He lives and works in New York City.

John J. Schaefer, III, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Lewis W. Haskell Blackman Endowed Chair
Director, Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety Center of Excellence
HealthCare Simulation of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

John M. Sconzo, M.D.

Senior Anesthesiologist
Warren Anesthesiologists, P.C
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls, New York

Andrew D. Schwartz, M.D.

Instructor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Staff Anesthesiologist, James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Education Director, HELPS Simulation Center Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Eric S. Schwenk, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Schwenk is a fellowship-trained regional anesthesiologist and acute pain physician working at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. His clinical and research interests involve alternatives to opioids, especially ketamine; outcomes after regional anesthesia; and the use of social media in anesthesiology. He is very active with the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA). He is a percussionist for a local orchestra as well as drummer for a punk band in his spare time.

David Seligsohn, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director, Regional Anesthesiology
NYU Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Patricia M. Sequeira, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Stelian I. Serban, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Daniel I. Sessler, M.D.

Michael Cudahy Professor and Chair
Department of Outcomes Research
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Dr. Sessler is the Michael Cudahy Professor and Chair of the Department of Outcomes Research at the Cleveland Clinic. He is also Director of the Outcomes Research Consortium: the Consortium is the world’s largest clinical anesthesia research group and publishes a full paper every 3.5 days. He is an editor for Anesthesiology and serves as a reviewer for more than 50 journals. His grants exceed $40 million. Dr. Sessler has published more than 675 full research papers which have been cited more than 28,000 times — making him the world’s most published and cited anesthesiologist. His awards include a Fulbright Fellowship and the ASA Excellence in Research prize.

Anjan S. Shah, M.D.

Fellow, Simulation Education Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Syed Shah, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

Jack S. Shanewise, M.D.

Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Janine R. Shapiro, M.D.

Associate Dean for Faculty Development Medical
Director for Continuing Medical Education
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Ali N. Shariat, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
New York, New York

Aarti Sharma, M.D.

Associate Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Pediatric Anesthesia
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Vandana Sharma, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

Andrew Shaw, M.B., B.S., FRCA, FFICM, FCCM

Professor and Chief
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Dr Shaw is Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK), a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (UK). He has practiced cardiothoracic anesthesiology and critical care medicine for more than 20 years in the UK and USA, has authored 3 textbooks and more than 150 original publications. His clinical practice is cardiothoracic anesthesia and perioperative medicine. His translational research interests include the use of metabolomics, proteomics and genomics for biomarker discovery in acute illness and injury. His clinical research interests include observational and interventional trials of candidate interventions to prevent and treat adverse outcomes following surgery, in particular the role of intravenous fluid therapy in acute kidney injury. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Defense, private philanthropy and by industry.

Jay R. Shayevitz, M.D., M.S., FAAP

Attending Anesthesiologist
Director, Non-OR Anesthesia
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Jodi D. Sherman, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Environmental Compliance Officer
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Dr. Sherman is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the emerging field of sustainability in anesthesia. Her research interest is in life cycle assessment (LCA) of anesthetic practice, quantifying energy, greenhouse gas emissions, human health impacts, and economic densities of anesthetic drugs, OR devices, and perioperative behaviors to help guide clinical decision making toward more ecologically sustainable practices. Dr. Sherman collaborates with environmental engineers, epidemiologists and health economists towards this goal, and also serves on the Environmental Task Force of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Sherman is the recipient of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation award for her work, "Environmental and public health impacts of anesthesia alternatives."

Ketan Shevde, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Linda J. Shore-Lesserson, M.D., FAHA, FASE

Professor of Anesthesiology
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Northwell Health System
Manhasset, New York

George Silvay, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Eric R. Silverman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York

Alan J. Sim, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Program Director for Clinical Affairs, Resident Training Program
Division of Liver Transplantation
Mount Sinai HELPS Simulation Center
New York, New York

Michael B. Simon, M.D., M.B.A.

Transitional Lead, Sheridan Healthcare, Inc.
Sunrise, Florida

Prithi P. Singh, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Daniel F. Sisto, NYSP

Former 2nd Vice President New York State Troopers
Police Benevolent Association
Retired Trooper & Senior Firearms Instructor
Albany, New York

Nikolaos J. Skubas, M.D., FACC, FASE, D.Sc.

Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Chairman, CT Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Section Editor: Perioperative TEE and CV Educatuon, Anesthesia and Analgesia Editor, Anesthesiology Chair: FASE Committee, ASE

Ralph L. Slepian, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
VP of Medical Affairs and Associate Chief Medical Officer
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Peter Slinger, M.D., FRCPC

Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Canada

Dr. Slinger is a Professor of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, member of the Anesthesia Staff Toronto General Hospital. Area of interest: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery, with specific interests in pre-operative assessment, management of one-lung anesthesia, peri-operative lung injury and trans-esophageal echocardiography. Has edited, authored and co-authored numerous texts, articles and chapters relating to Thoracic Anesthesia. Associate Editor for Thoracic Anesthesia, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Chair CPD Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

Bettina Smallman, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York

Richard M. Smiley, M.D., Ph.D.

Virginia Apgar MD Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Michael P. Smith, M.D., M.S., Ed.

Past President, Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors
Partner, Professional Anesthesia Services
TeamHealth Anesthesia
Summa Health Systems
Akron, Ohio

Mary So, M.D.

Instructor in Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Julia B. Sobol, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York

Richard M. Sommer, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair, Clinical Operations
Department of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Jing Song, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of International Resident & Fellow Exchange Program
Montefiore Medical Center
Director, Research & Clinical Fellowship Program, China Division of Einstein Global Health Institute
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Jessica L. Spellman, M.D.

Dr.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
Division, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York