SPA Board of Directors Candidates

President

Dr. FlickRandall Flick, MD, MPH, is a consultant in the Division of Anesthesiology, with a joint appointment in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Flick is Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center and former Quality Chair for the Children’s Center and Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. He previously served as Chair of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, and as Medical Director of Mayo Eugenio Litta Children’s Hospital. He holds the academic rank of Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics.

Dr. Flick received the R.N. designation from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing and the B.A. degree in biology from Moorhead State University. He earned the M.D. degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and the M.P.H. degree from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Flick completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University; a residency in anesthesiology at the Barnes Hospital; and a fellowship in advanced specialty training in pediatric anesthesiology and intensive care at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 1995.  He is holds board certification in four specialities including pediatrics and pediatric critical care (ABP) as well as anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology (ABA).

Dr. Flick has received a number of awards and honors, including the Excellence in Teaching Recognition for both the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and the Division of Anesthesiology at Mayo Medical School. Extramurally, he is honored as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Flick is also a member and has held many committee positions with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Minnesota Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists and the National Institutes of Health. He is president-elect for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors, chairs the ASA Committee on Pediatric Anesthesiology and served as Chair of the  U.S.  Food and Drug Administation Advisory Committee on Anesthetics and Analagesic Drug Products as well as a member of their SmartTots advisory committee. He has served as president of the local Ronald McDonald House Board and is a global medical advisor to Americares International. Dr. Flick also possesses the Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow Silver Level Certification through the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy and trained as a Patient Safety Officer with the Institute for Health Improvement. 

Recognized as an international expert in his field, Dr. Flick has presented at numerous local, regional, national, and international meetings. He is a prolific publisher,with over 100 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters to his credit. Dr. Flick serves as reviewer for a number of  high-impact journals including Mayo Clinic Proceedings; New England Journal of Medicine; Pain; Journal of the American Medical Association; Anesthesiology and Pediatrics.

Dr. Flick’s research interests include outcomes in pediatric anesthesia, neurodevelopment effect of anesthetic exposure, and quality in pediatric hospital care. He is Co-PI on a federally funded study of the effects of anesthetic exposure on the developing brain (R01 HD071907-04).

vice president

Dr. LalwaniFull Name
Kirk Lalwani MB, BS, FRCA, MCR

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work.
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

Hospital/Institution Titles.
Professor, Anesthesiology and Pediatrics,
Attending Physician, Doernbecher Children's Hospital,
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.

Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program,
Chair, Resident Evaluation and Clinical Competence Committee,
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,
Oregon Health and Science University,
Portland, Oregon.

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained.
1979-1981 - Pre-University Certification, The National College, Bangalore, India
2002-2004 - Certificate in Human Investigations Program, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
2005-2008 - Master of Clinical Research (MCR), Oregon Health and Science University.
2012 - Certificate in Medical Education Research (MERC), Association of American Medical Colleges

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained.
1981-1986 - St. John’s National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB, BS), 1988.

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained.
8/86-8/87 - Transitional rotating internship (12 months)
St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B., B.S.), 1988.

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training.
1990-1991 - Senior House Officer in Anesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK

  • Registrar in Anesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK
  • Registrar in Anesthesia, Greenwich District Hospital, London, UK
  • Registrar in Anesthesia, The Brook General Hospital, London, UK
  • Acting Senior Registrar, The Brook General Hospital, London, UK

3/95- 4/95 - Registrar in Anesthesia, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
5/95-7/95 - Senior Registrar in Anesthesia, St. Andrew’s Hospital for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Essex, UK
8/95-10/95 - Senior Registrar in Anesthesia, The Royal London Hospital.
Lecturer, Academic Department of Anesthesia, Royal London Hospital
4/97-5/97 - Senior Registrar, The London Chest Hospital, Bonner Rd., London

 Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship.

11/95-10/96 - Senior Registrar / Fellow in Pediatric Anesthesia,
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training.
9/87- 5/88 - Demonstrator in Anatomy, St. John’s National Academy of Medical
Sciences, Bangalore, India
6/88-11/88 - Senior House Officer, Coronary Care Unit/Cardiology, St. John’s National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
11/88-5/89 - Senior House Officer, Intensive Care Unit/Internal Medicine, St. John’s National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India

  • Senior House Officer in Anesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK
  • Registrar in Anesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK
  • Registrar in Anesthesia, Greenwich District Hospital, London, UK
  • Registrar in Anesthesia, The Brook General Hospital, London, UK
  • Acting Senior Registrar, The Brook General Hospital, London, UK

3/95- 4/95 - Registrar in Anesthesia, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
5/95-7/95 - Senior Registrar in Anesthesia, St. Andrew’s Hospital for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Essex, UK
8/95-10/95 - Senior Registrar in Anesthesia, The Royal London Hospital.
11/95-10/96 - Senior Registrar / Fellow in Pediatric Anesthesia, Great Ormond Street
Hospital for Children, London, UK
11/96-3/97 - Lecturer, Academic Department of Anesthesia, Royal London Hospital
4/97-5/97 - Senior Registrar, The London Chest Hospital, Bonner Rd., London
1992 - Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider Course, Tunbridge Wells, UK
1993 - General Medical Council, United Kingdom, Full Registration
1993 - Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists of the United Kingdom (FRCA)
1996 - USMLE Parts 1& 2
USMLE Part 3
1997 - Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Anaesthesia, U.K.
2003 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course, OHSU
2004 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Course, OHSU
2005 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course, OHSU
2007 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course, OHSU
2009 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course, OHSU
2011 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Course, OHSU
2013 - Diplomate, Anesthesiology: The American Board of Anesthesiology: Certificate #50295
2013 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Course, OHSU
2014 - Diplomate, Pediatric Anesthesiology: The American Board of Anesthesiology: Certificate #50295
2015 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Course, OHSU

Prior involvement with SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities.
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Winter Scientific Meetings:

  • Faculty, Difficult Airway Workshop: 2005, 2007, and 2008.
  • Workshop Director/ Co-Director (with Dr. Nancy Glass): How to Write and Moderate a Great PBLD: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
  • Author/Co-author: 21 scientific abstracts accepted for poster presentations since 2003.

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Education Committee, 2010-current

  • Reviewer for PBLD submissions for the Scientific Meetings (2010-current)
  • Reviewer for Scientific Abstract submissions for the Scientific Meetings (2010-current)

SPA/AAP Joint Winter Scientific Meeting: Planning Committee / Program Co-Chair, 2010-2013

  • PBLD Coordinator: SPA/AAP Joint Winter Scientific Meeting: Planning Committee, 2010-11.
  • Workshop Coordinator and Program Co-Chair: SPA/AAP Joint Winter Scientific Meeting: Planning Committee, 2011-12.
  • Chair and Co-Chair, Scientific Meeting Program, 2010-2013 –Appointed and served a 3 year term (co-chair PBLDs, co-chair Workshops, and Chair) as Winter Scientific Meeting Program Chair of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
  • Secretary/Treasurer - The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.  (2014- current)
  • Program Chair, Winter Scientific Meeting, Colorado Springs, 2015-2016 - Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
  • I was elected to a 3-year term on the planning committee, commencing 2010. I was responsible for coordinating the submission, review, and selection of PBLDs for the annual meeting in my first year. I made changes to the submission criteria that added clarity to the content and quality of the submissions. The second year I was responsible for coordinating the selection of the workshops.

Program Chair, SPA/AAP Joint Winter Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, 2013.

  • As Program Chair, my responsibilities included liaising with the AAP President and AAP Education Committee Chair for the AAP sections of the program, overseeing the efforts of the PBLD Coordinator and Program Co-Chair in arranging the PBLDs and Workshops, and finalizing the program for the meeting with the assistance of the other members of the planning committee. The meeting was very successful, with the highest attendance recorded for a SPA meeting.

SPA Board of Directors Strategic Planning Retreat, Dallas, May 2013.

  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Finance Committee- Chair, 2014- Present
  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Membership Committee- Chair, 2014-Present
  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Executive Committee, 2014- Present
  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Myron Yaster Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, 2014-16.
  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Research Granting and Application Processes Committee, 2014-15.
  • Chair, Scientific Meeting Planning Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2015-2016.
  • Committee for Subspecialty Societies, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2014-current.
  • Chair, Scientific Meeting Planning Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2012-2013
  • Co-Chair, Scientific Meeting Planning Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2010-2012.

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.

  • Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) Committee, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2010 –current.
  •  Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors’ Association,2010-current
  • The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, U.K. – Fellow (since 1993).
  • Association of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Program Directors (Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations) - Member
  • International Anesthesia Research Society - Member
  • Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association: Advanced Education Fellowship Taskforce, Research subgroup, 2011-12.
  • Society for Education in Anesthesia: PBLD Workshop Director (with Dr. Sally Raty): 2011 and 2013.
  • Chair, Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia (October 2016 onwards)- American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Secretary/treasurer

Dr. DeutschFull Name
Nina Deutsch, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Director, Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, 1995

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
University of Texas-Houston
MD, 1999

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained      
Mercy Medical Center, University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Internship in Internal Medicine, July 1999-June 2000

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Baltimore, MD
July 2000- June 2003

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Children’s National Medical Center
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, July 2003-July 2004

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
N/A

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities
I have been a member of the SPA Education Committee since 2011.  In addition to attending the committee meetings in the Spring and the Fall, I have been a reviewer on the PBLD selection committee for each meeting since then.  In 2013, I had the honor to shadow Dr. Eugenie Heitmiller as she organized the Winter 2014 meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL.   In this role, I helped to produce the first SPA application for ABA Patient Safety credits as well as participated in many of the organizational conference calls that went into the planning of this meeting.  This entire process was an invaluable learning experience for me.

In October 2013, I was selected to serve as co-chair of the 2014 Fall Meeting in New Orleans.  Under Dr. James Fehr’s leadership, I participated in all of the planning and organization of this meeting.  Specifically, I was tasked with the selection of the PBLD sessions for the meeting and the production of the Patient Safety credit application for the ABA.

It was an extreme honor to be the chair of the Fall SPA meeting in San Diego in 2015.  My prior experiences prepared me to organize and plan this meeting.  With the assistance of an outstanding planning committee, I oversaw the selection of the meeting topics, speakers, and sessions.  I feel that this meeting was a great success, and it only heightened my desire to take a larger role in the SPA community.

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates
In 2015, I was selected as a member of the ASA Pediatric Education Track committee.  In this role, I was tasked with the development of the clinical forum sessions for the ASA 2016 meeting in Chicago, along with two other members of the committee.  Our work resulted in the acceptance of three clinical form sessions, one of which I will be moderating.  My membership on this committee is ongoing, and I look forward to expanding my role in the future.

I have been a member of the Society of Education in Anesthesia since 2007, and served as the Associate Chair of its Research in Education Committee from 2013-15.  In 2015, I assumed the chair position, a leadership role that I will hold for 5 years.  In this role, I am tasked with overseeing the review and selection of the research and curriculum abstracts to be presented at the annual meeting, as well as the selection of the best abstract awards.  I am also a member of the selection committee for the newly developed SEAd Grant, a monetary grant supported by SEA that aims to support anesthesiology education projects.

Since 2011, I have been a member of the ABA Pediatric Boards Committee as a question writer.  In 2014, I also became an examiner for the ABA Part II Oral Board Exam.  Both of these positions will continue for the foreseeable future.

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
Daily, in both my clinical and academic work, I demonstrate strong interpersonal and collaborative skills. Currently, I am the Director of Cardiac Anesthesiology, which requires me to represent my clinical team in the Children’s National Heart Institute (CHNI).  In this center, I work continuously with the chiefs of cardiac surgery, intensive care, and cardiology to improve upon and further develop an outstanding care model within our hospital.  Representing my division amongst this group, I have a strong working relationship with the other leaders.  This role has often required me to both negotiate for my team and compromise with others to achieve our goals. 

Within my own division, I have developed several strong academic collaborations.  My ability to work with others, understand their needs, and support their academic goals has resulted in several successes for the team, including publications and clinical recognition.

Within SPA, I feel that my strong interpersonal skills were essential in my role as the program director for the Fall 2015 Annual Meeting.  To make the meeting a success, several people came together with various ideas and experiences.  As the program chair, I feel that I was able to help foster this collaboration through good communication and recognition of various individual’s strengths.  I was able to delegate tasks appropriately as well as take on my own responsibilities to keep us on task.  Ultimately, this collaboration produced a very well received meeting program that met the goals of SPA.  While I feel that I played a key role in this success, the skills that I further developed in the process were priceless.

Leadership experience
Currently, I am the Director of Cardiac Anesthesiology at Children’s National Medical Center.  In addition to my clinical work, this leadership role requires me to oversee a team of six anesthesiologists that have subspecialized in the care of children with congenital heart disease.  Since assuming this role, our clinical service has continued to expand to include not only cardiac surgical cases but also the care of these children in cardiac catheterization, combined MRI/catheterization, and non-cardiac surgeries. As stated above, my role as a leader continues to grow within the CHNI, as I represent and lead a larger clinical care group beyond my own division.  

Furthermore, I am an academic mentor to my team.  In this leadership role, I have been able to identify the strengths of various individuals and foster these to help them build an academic career outside of the clinical work that they do.  This has resulted in several clinical studies and publications.

As described above, I have had the honor to play a leadership role in both SPA, as a program chair for an annual meeting, and in SEA as the chair of the Research in Education Committee.  Directing a team and taking responsibility to ensure its success has been an outstanding experience for me that I hope to continue in the future.

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks
Even with numerous responsibilities, I am a very organized person that is able to complete the tasks to which I am assigned.   I have several examples of this.  As I shadowed Dr. Heitmiller in her meeting preparations, the option of obtaining ABA approval for patient safety credits was discussed for the first time.  I volunteered to put together SPA’s first application, and it was approved without issue.  Since then, I have helped put together this application for several subsequent meetings.

As the program chair for the annual meeting, I was tasked with organizing an informative and entertaining meeting that would appeal to the wide membership of SPA.  I was able to lead the planning committee to accomplish this.  This involved taking the ideas from the education committee, expanding on them and finding appropriate speakers, writing learning objectives, obtaining patient safety approval from the ABA, and flexing with last minute issues, just to name a few of my tasks.  Although there was considerable work involved, I greatly enjoyed the responsibility and was extremely proud of the meeting that we produced.

Furthermore, in my daily life at work, I am able to balance my clinical workload with the responsibilities that I have as the director of a division and my role as a clinical scientist.  My strong work ethic, organization, and ability to multitask have allowed me to be successful.

Director

Dr. BhallaFull Name
Tarun Bhalla, MD, FAAP

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

Hospital/Institutional Titles.
Vice Chairman, Comprehensive Pain Services
Program Director, Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Fellowship
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained.
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio
BA - Chemistry (with Honors) 2000

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained.
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (MD), 2005

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained.          
SUMMA/Akron City Hospital, 2005-2006
Transitional Year
(Matched here due to wife finishing her PhD at Kent State University)

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 2006-2009
Chicago, Illinois
Chief Resident 2008-9

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship.
Children’s Memorial Hospital (now Lurie Children’s)/Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 2009-2010
Chicago, Illinois
Chief Fellow 2009-2010

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training.
N/A

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities.

  • SPA Planning Committee (shadow) for Workshops, 2015
  • SPA Education Committee 2014-present
  • SPA Regional Workshop Faculty Member 2010-present
  • SPA Difficult Airway Task Force 2012-2014
  • PRAN: Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network 2011-2015

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates.

  • American Association of Pediatrics- Section of Anesthesia and Pain
    - AAP Newsletter Author (3 articles based on Ultrasonography)
  • American Society of Anesthesiology 
    - Pediatric Education Committee
    - PAICSAT- Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care Society and Applied Technology, Executive Board Member  2012-present

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

  • As an active member of the ASA Pediatric Education Committee, we have collaborative conference calls to appropriately plan and foster lectures/workshops, to ensure pediatric topics are well represented at the annual ASA meeting.
  • Currently undergoing a MBA program through University of Massachusetts, in which collaboration, team work and group oriented tasks are essential.  Currently maintain a 4.0GPA and will graduate summer 2016.
  • Continued to collaborate throughout ongoing research, publications and as a chapter author (please see attached CV).
  • Interpersonal skills have been essential during teaching and organizing at numerous regional workshops, both nationally and internationally.
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital Neonatal Pain Care Committee 2011-2015
  • Pediatric Surgery Chief Executive Search Committee 2012

Leadership experience

  • Medical Executive Committee for Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Moderator for Ultrasound Guided Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop
  • Faculty Moderator ASA 2013/2014, Poster Sessions
  • Faculty Moderator/Lead/Organizer 2015/2016 ASA Ultrasound Guided Pediatric Regional Workshop
  • Faculty Lead/Organizer 2011 PACSA Pediatric Regional Workshop, Cape Town South Africa
  • Faculty Lead/Organizer 2013 COTWAF Pediatric Regional Workshop, Barranquilla Columbia
  • Faculty Lead/Organizer 2015 PACOI Pediatric Regional Workshop, Chandigarh India
  • Faculty Lead/Organizer 2015 COTWAF Pediatric Regional Workshop, San Jose Costa Rica
  • Faculty Lead/Organizer 2015 COTWAF Pediatric Regional Workshop, Puerto Varas Chile

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks

  • Question author for the Pediatric Anesthesia Examination Board
  • Continuously meet deadlines and complete tasks for research, publication and teaching efforts.

Dr. BinstockFull Name
Wendy Beth Binstock, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work.
University of Chicago Medicine
Comer Children’s Hospital
Chicago, IL

Hospital/Institutional Titles.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Department of Pediatrics

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained.
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
BA in Economics 1983

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained.
University of Health Sciences the Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, IL
MD 1987

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Rotating medical internship 1987-88         

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
1988-1991

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship.
None, however CA3 year was at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 1990-1991

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training.

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities.
I became a member of SPA in 1991, and in 1998 I had my first committee appointment. I served on both the Membership and Finance committees for one year. In 1999 I became an active member of the Education Committee and was Program Chair for the 25th Annual Meeting in Chicago in 2011. Since that time I have continued my involvement in the education committee and participation in planning of the annual and winter meetings. I have also served as an abstract and PBLD reviewer for the meetings. I have been an active at large BOD member since 2014.         

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates.

I have been actively involved in medical society politics for almost 20 years. I first became an alternate delegate with the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists in 1996, since then my commitment and involvement with that society has been continuous. I was assistant secretary from 1999-2002, secretary from 2002-2006; then from 2007-2010 I was 1st vice president, president-elect, president and immediate past president (all one year terms). In addition, I have served on a variety of committees throughout the years for the ISA.  As a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologist, I have been either an alternate delegate or delegate from the ISA since 1998, and I have served on multiple committees including: Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia Abstract Review, Pediatric Anesthesia Educational Tract, Professional Liabilities and Physician Resources.

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

Service on multiple committees in many organizations: ASA, ISA and University of Chicago
PI and investigator on multiple clinical studies

Leadership experience

  • Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists board of directors 1999-2010 multiple positions including president
  • Program director 25th annual meeting SPA 2011
  • Medical Director DCAM Operating Rooms (University of Chicago) 2002-2005
  • SPA at-large BOD member 2014-16

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks

  • Successful 25th SPA Annual Meeting in 2011
  • On time completion of abstract reviews and PBLD reviews for both SPA and ASA
  • Active instructor in workshops for ASA and University of Chicago meetings
  • Repeated PBLD presenter at ASA

Dr. DiazFull Name      
Christina D. Diaz, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin / Medical College of Wisconsin –
Milwaukee, WI

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Associate Professor Anesthesiology in Academic Track (as of July 1, 2016)
Assistant Program Director – Children’s site director
Chair Housestaff Health & Welfare Committee
Assistant Coordinator Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference – MCW Residents
Pediatric Anesthesia Resident and Fellow Elective Rotation Director
Co-director Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Simulation Program

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
University of Denver – Denver, CO; BA English Lit. & Biological Sc. 1998

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, TX, MD, 2003

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained         
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) - Milwaukee, WI – Internal Medicine Internship – 2003-2004

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
MCWAH – Milwaukee, WI – Anesthesiology – 2004-2007

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
MCWAH – Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship – 2007-2008

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities

  • SPA Education Committee 2010 – present
  • PBLD Reviewer 2012 – present
  • PBLD Shadow/Young Turk for Spring SPA 2015 Phoenix Meeting
  • IRPA (Intensive Review Pediatric Anesthesia) Co-chair Online Course 2014-2015
  • Program Chair Annual Meeting Oct. 2016 Chicago

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates

  • Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists District 1 Director 2013 – 2016:  Represent the large number of Anesthesiologists in the Milwaukee County Area.
  • Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists Board Member 2012 – present:  quarterly meeting
  • ASA Delegate for Wisconsin 2012 – present: participate in the House of Delegates/ Caucus

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

Chairing the Housestaff  Health and Welfare Committee for all the residencies at my institution.
Director of Teaching Residents to Teach Workshop with multiple different in instructors from different hospitals.
Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Elective Rotation – coordinate with multiple different departments to create expectations, evaluations, develop the logistics necessary.
MOCA Simulation Instructor

Leadership experience

  • SPA Program Chair, Annual Meeting 2016 – Chicago
  • Co-Chair, Intensive Review Pediatric Anesthesia Online Course
  • Chair – Housestaff Health & Welfare Committee for MCWAH GMEC
  • Co- Chair Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, 2014

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks

  • PBLD Reviewer & Spring Meeting Shadow
  • Co-chair Intensive Review for Pediatric Anesthesia Online
  • Chair SPA Annual Meeting 2016 - always meet my deadlines

Dr. FiadjoeFull Name      
John Fiadjoe, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; B.Sc. Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, 1995

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago IL, MD 1999

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Northwestern Memorial Hospital; General Surgery; 1999-2000

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY  2001-2004

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; 2005-2006

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training.

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities.
I remember my first SPA meeting like yesterday, it was a joint meeting in 2003 with JSPA, I remember feeling lost and alone, not knowing anyone but remember I was impressed by the meeting content and the camraderie of the people. I learned a ton at that meeting and that inspired me to commit to become active in the organization.

I have been fortunate enough to become more involved in this wonderful organization over the years and with the help of many we established a special interest group in airway management that started with a handful of people. Some of our members were skeptical about what we could achieve with our small collaborative. I crafted a vision that many bought into and we grew that group to a large collaborative of now 25 centers across the globe. We have published important findings in this population and are working on addressing our care models. We are actively working on obtaining funding to carry on our work.

I have also had the privilege of serving on the SPA meeting planning committee for the past two years and I’m excited to be chairing the 2017 meeting. I organized the PBLDs two years ago and the workshops this past year. We grew the workshops and added the QI and PSH workshops which were extremely well received. Our meeting content and our organization changes lives, it informs and transforms the audience who in turn carry back new knowledge home which inevitably transforms patient care for the better. I look forward to contributing in a small way to this process. I am thankful to this wonderful organization and look forward to participating further in the future.

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates.
I am a member of the Society for Airway Management and the ASA.

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
I believe success is built on collaboration and selflessness, I have made this my personal mission and have collaborated with colleagues from various specialties on research publications including plastic surgeons, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, ENT surgeons, psychologists and economists. In addition I am leading a movement at my home institution to use behavioral economic principles to improve patient care. I am working with internist from Penn and psychologists from Tulane to create a hospital nudge unit to drive best practices.

I personally discovered mindfulness meditation as a practice after a personal tragedy and have been an advocate for this practice in our department. It is essentially attention training for the brain, just like one can lift weights and get stronger muscles the exercise of meditation strengthens the brain's attentive capabilities and is an essential skill for our line of work. I have been able to garner interest in this practice in our department and have started leading sessions prior to the start of the clinical day in the OR. In addition I was able to get buy-in from our hospital CEO to support a hospital wide talk on the topic by Richard Davidson the leading neuroscientist in this area and one of Times top 100 scientists.

As to interpersonal skills, I have been fortunate enough to have undergone several 360 evaluations, I am happy to share them. I am generally easy going and friendly, I deal with conflict by having a frank conversation with the other party. I have a keen sense of the emotions of others and try always to see things from their perspective. I am not perfect by any means, but one can be assured that i will always be frank, kind and empathetic.

Leadership experience
I just completed a year long leadership development course at CHOP led by the Wharton School of Business. I have learnt a lot about leadership, negotiation, emotional intelligence, inspiring organizations etc. I ascribe to the leadership philosophy of Simon Sinek (author of several leadership books) “leaders eat last”. Often leaders focus on external goals, production targets, patient safety etc but sometimes lose sight of the importance of caring for their people/ employees. I believe that all those external goals are achieved when the people/employees in an organization are cared for, feel valued and are empowered to action. I credit my successes to valuing and sacrificing for others, the times i have failed it has been because i was focusing on myself and that’s why my leadership philosophy is simply “leaders eat last”. I have gained leadership experience running several difficult airway workshops, developing the PeDI registry collaborative group, Participating in organizing the SPA meetings. I currently Co-Chair the hospital wide airway committee at CHOP.

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks
Please see prior questions, also I think it's important not only to complete assigned tasks but to go beyond assigned tasks and generate new ideas and inspire change. I am committed to making things better in whatever i do. Whether it’s riding bicycles and unicycles, doing challenging cases in the OR, creating new initiatives in our department or introducing meditation to physicians. My satisfaction comes from inspiring a team to achieve goals that they thought were impossible, my life has been littered with many seemingly insurmountable obstacles that are now in the rear view mirror.

Dr. FlackFull Name
Sean Hugh Flack, MBChB, FCA, DA

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Associate Professor
Acting Director, Clinical Anesthesia Services and Director, Regional Anesthesia Division

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
N/A

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; MBChB 1992

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained  
Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; January-December 1993

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 1999-2002

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK; 2003

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
N/A

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities

  • Education Committee: Member from 2010 to present
  • Communications Committee member from 2007 to present; Committee chair since 2014
  • SPANews: Contributing editor from 2007-2012; Editor from 2012-present

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates
Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network: Principal Site investigator from 2007-present; Steering Committee Member from 2014-present

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

As chair of SPA’s communication committee, I have increased attendance at committee meetings and engaged fellow members in assuming content expert and coordination roles within the committee. This has resulted in an increased frequency of newsletter publications. We are now working to establish a more visible presence on social media through the use of “twitter ambassadors” to best leverage the opportunities these platforms provide.

I lead establishment of the regional anesthesia service as a new division in my department and continue to service as division chief. Obtaining and maintaining buy-in from surgeons, fellow anesthesia providers and nursing staff has required strong collaborative and interpersonal skills.

Leadership experience

I hold a number of leadership positions within my department including:

  • Acting Director, clinical anesthesia services
  • Director, regional anesthesia
  • Service Line Lead, orthopedics/spine/urology
  • Past Chair, hospital sedation committee

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks

  • Timely submission and publication of SPA newsletters
  • Regular attendance for monthly PRAN steering committee conference calls
  • Ad-hoc reviewer for numerous journals including Anesthesia and Analgesia and Paediatric Anaesthesia

Dr. LeeFull Name
Jennifer Kim Lee, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Bloomberg Children’s Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Universit

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; BA; 1998

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD; MD; 2002

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained

  • Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD;
  • Internship and Residency in General Pediatrics: 2003–2005     

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD;
Residency in Anesthesiology: 2005–2007

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship.
Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD;
Combined Fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: 2007–2009

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
N/A

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities.

  • SPA Research Committee member
  • October 2012, International Assembly for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA/IAPA) in Washington DC: reviewed and scored abstracts; moderated the “Neurosciences” poster session
  • March 2012, SPA conference in Las Vegas, NV: reviewed and scored abstracts
  • March 2014, SPA conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL: reviewed and scored abstracts; moderated the “Anesthesia Outcomes and Safety” poster session
  • 2010 SPA Young Investigator Award second place
  • March 21, 2009, SPA conference in Jacksonville, FL: PBLD “Opiate and benzodiazepine withdrawal in an infant with apnea and renal hypertension”
  • April 17, 2010, SPA conference in San Antonio, TX: invited research talk “Cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular autoregulation after pediatric cardiac arrest and hypothermia” for Young Investigator Award
  • October 12, 2011, SPA conference in Chicago, IL: PBLD “Intracranial hypertension, cardiovascular compromise, and anesthesia”
  • March 9, 2014, SPA conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL: invited talk “Resuscitation science update”
  • October 22, 2015, SPA conference in San Diego, CA: invited talk “Trauma and traumatic brain injury: when trauma is no accident” (This presentation was selected as the basis for an invited review article for Anesthesia and Analgesia [in press])
  • April 1, 2016, SPA conference in Colorado Springs, CO: invited talk (refresher course) “The ABC of CAB-Circulation, Airway, Breathing: PALS Resuscitation Update”     

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates.

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

  • I regularly work with and teach medical students, residents, and fellows in the operating room. I get along well with my colleagues at work.
  • I collaborate on several research projects focused on treatment of pediatric brain injuries. Mentees at all levels of training are involved in these projects (pre-medical students through junior faculty). Examples of these projects include:
    • Neonatal piglet model of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury: I collaborate with pathologists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and other neuroscientists
    • Cerebral autoregulation, neurologic outcomes, and non-brain co-morbidities in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: I collaborate with neonatologists, neuroradiologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, biostatisticians, and an epidemiologist
    • Cerebral autoregulation and neurologic outcomes after pediatric cardiac arrest: I collaborate with pediatric intensivists
    • Cerebral autoregulation in pediatric moyamoya disease: I collaborate with neurosurgeons, pediatric intensivists, and other anesthesiologists
    • Cerebral autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass: I collaborate with cardiac surgeons, pediatric intensivists, and other anesthesiologists
    • Stem cell therapy in brain injury models: I collaborate with scientists from the Applied Physics Laboratory, neurosurgeons, and other neuroscientists
  • I developed a program to improve work-life balance for pediatric anesthesiologists at Johns Hopkins (co-Chair of the Points Bank on the Job program)
  • I have mentored more than 14 mentees in activities that include shadowing in the operating room, presenting at national academic forums, publishing manuscripts, and proposing research grants.
  • As a working mother, I frequently advise other working parents and young faculty on how to be productive in the work place while still raising a family.

Leadership experience

  • I developed the Pediatric Neuroprotection Research Program at Johns Hopkins. This program is for medical trainees who want to become clinician-scientists. I help mentor trainees in the laboratory with a piglet model of brain injury in addition to clinical studies about cerebral autoregulation. We teach young clinician-scientists how to conduct translational research. Many neuroscientists and clinician-scientists at Johns Hopkins work with me on this program.
  • Co-leader of the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Research Investment Committee.
  • Co-leader to develop an internal research grant system at Johns Hopkins (awarded approximately $4 million over 5 years to fund research grants).
  • Co-Chair of a work-life balance project. We developed the Points Bank on the Job to give faculty “points” for doing jobs that are not typically compensated, such as serving on divisional committees, mentoring, etc. The points can be exchanged for housecleaning services, free meal delivery, groceries, etc.

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks

  • I was promoted to Associate Professor within 5 years of my faculty appointment at Johns Hopkins – this is very rapid promotion at my institution.
  • The research projects I have led resulted in extramural funding. My current research funding includes NIH K08, NIH R21, Johns Hopkins Clinician Scientist Award, and Medtronic funding. I have led research projects since 2006, and I have had continuous research funding since 2007. I am regularly the Principal Investigator on these projects, and I coordinate research collaborations across many disciplines (neuroscientists, pathologists, neonatologists, pediatric intensivists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, cardiac surgeons, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, anesthesiologists, etc.).
  • I supervise and ensure completion of many mentees’ research projects. My mentees routinely publish original research manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals in addition to presenting their research as abstracts and posters at national academic meetings. Several of my mentees have won research awards.
  • We recently launched the above mentioned “Points Bank on the Job” program in the Johns Hopkins Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology using pilot funding. The program has been successful thus far.

Dr. McNaullFull Name
Peggy Penny McNaull, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
North Carolina Children’s Hospital
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
UNC Department of Anesthesiology, Vice Chair, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
UNC Department of Anesthesiology, Division Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology
North Carolina Children’s Hospital, Physician Director, Children's Operating Rooms             

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Georgia Baptist College of Nursing
Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Science of Nursing, 06/1996

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
MD, 05/2003
Louisiana State University, School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Clinical Base Year, 06/2003 - 06/2004
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
06/2004 - 06/2007

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
06/2007 - 06/2008

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, 07/2008 - 12/2008

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities

  • SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, March 2017, Co-chair – Workshop Coordinator
  • SPA 29th Annual Meeting, Fall 2015, Co-chair – PBLD Coordinator
  • SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Meeting, March 2015, Invited Session Moderator
  • SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Meeting, March 2013, Junior member of planning committee
  • Education Committee, 2012 - present
  • Problem Based Learning Discussions Submission Reviewer, 2012 - present
  • The Myth of the Third Space (Invited/Oral Presentation).  Given at SPA spring meeting, 04/2011

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates

  • Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council (PALC), 2010 - present
  • CCAS, Meeting 2015, Invited Session Moderator
  • Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in a 3-month-old s/p Norwood Procedure (Invited/Oral Presentation).  Given at Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society meeting, 02/2012

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
I am known as a “people person” and I strive to treat every person with whom I interact with the utmost respect.  These two traits have served me well in my leadership roles here at UNC.  Since assuming the role of Division Chief for Pediatric Anesthesiology, in coordination with our Chief of Pediatric Surgery, I facilitated the transformation of our operating rooms from an area that served both women and children to one that now serves only children.  Additionally, in conjunction with the medical director of our pediatric sedation service, I worked with nursing, radiology, and hospital leadership to help create the only anesthesia run pediatric sedation service in the state of North Carolina.  Our service supervises every pediatric sedation in the NC Children’s Hospital, whether a deep or moderate sedation.  Both of the above initiatives were very successful and required strong interpersonal skills.   I helped lead multi-disciplinary groups to collaborate and make changes in our process that were at times challenging the status quo.

Leadership experience
I have served as division chief for pediatric anesthesiology and physician director of the children’s operating rooms here at UNC for almost 8 years.  In addition to the above examples of my leadership experience, I have grown our division from a group of 7 to a current division of 14 pediatric anesthesiologists.  I have served as Vice Chair of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement for 2 years.  In this position, I manage the quality improvement efforts for our department of over 70 faculty, 70 CRNAs, and 60 residents and fellows.  In this role, I have recruited and hired 2 departmental improvement coaches who under my direction and leadership are improving the anesthesia care for patients cared for at UNC hospitals.  I have had formal leadership training in the form of an annual UNC School of Medicine (SOM) Program in which a select group of UNC SOM faculty are chosen to participate in a program entitled, ACCLAIM - Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine.  This year long program was invaluable to my leadership development.  Based upon my demonstrated leadership skills, I have just recently been asked by the UNC Interim Chair of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief to serve on the Executive Leadership Council for North Carolina Children’s Hospitals.

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks
All of the above mentioned activities have required both attention to detail and respect for deadlines.  I have done both well.  In addition to making all responsibilities assigned to me by the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia of utmost priority, I have also been honored to serve a professional society that contributes so much to the advancement of our specialty. 

Dr. YanofskyFull Name
Samuel David Yanofsky, MD, MSEd

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Director of Medical Education and Faculty Development
Director for Clinical Operations of Anesthesia services for Radiology
Program Fellowship Director

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Marianopolis College, Quebec, Canada, D.C.S., 1984
McGill University, Quebec, Canada, B.Sc., 1987

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO., MD, 1991        

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained  
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, Surgery, 1991-1992
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, Otolaryngology, 1992-1994

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, Anesthesiology, 1994-1997

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Anesthesiology & Critical Care, 1997-1999

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
Master of Science in Medical Education, University of Southern California, 2002-2004

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities

  • Education Committee
  • President of PAPDA, now past president  

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.  Please include past, present, and anticipated future leadership roles, with effective dates.

  • President of PAPDA, now past president
  • Past BOD member for the Society for Education in Anesthesia

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

  • Multitude of national workshops in professionalism and career development
  • ACGME task force for pediatric anesthesiology milestones

Leadership experience

  • Board member, Board of Directors, Society for Education in Anesthesia, 2008- 2009
  • Chair, Research Education Committee, Society for Education in Anesthesia, 2006-2008
  • Chair, Education Meetings Committee, Society for Education in Anesthesia, 2011-2013
  • Chair, Subcommittee of Enduring Materials, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2009-2011
  • Secretary, Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2011-2012
  • President-Elect, Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2012-2014
  • President, Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2014-2016
  • Past President, Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2016-present
  • Program Director-Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 2000-present
  • Director, Medical Education and Faculty Development, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Los Angeles, California, 2006-present
  • Director of Clinical Operations of Anesthesiology for Radiology Services, USC Keck School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2011-present
  • Co-chair of steering committee for curriculum design of the anesthesia toolbox, PAPDA, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, 2015-present

Evidence of your Responsibility for assigned tasks

  • Completion of workshops in faculty development
  • Redesign of application process pediatric anesthesia fellow candidates
  • Performance improvement patient/work flow changes in department of radiology at CHLA
  • National Goal and Objectives for pediatric anesthesiology
  • Designing/completion of education meetings for SEA
  • Completion of enduring material for SPA-website

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