Introducing the Candidates for the SPA Board of Directors

The election will be held in July 2018

Officers: President

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,
Vice-Chair for Faculty Development,
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
$(0!&(B Registrar in Anesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK
$(0!&(B Registrar in Anesthesia, Greenwich District Hospital, London, UK
$(0!&(B Registrar in Anesthesia, The Brook General Hospital, London, UK
$(0!&(B 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
$(0!&(B Senior House Officer in Anesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK
$(0!&(B Registrar in Anesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK
$(0!&(B Registrar in Anesthesia, Greenwich District Hospital, London, UK
$(0!&(B Registrar in Anesthesia, The Brook General Hospital, London, UK
$(0!&(B 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
1997 - 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
Treasurer/Secretary - 2014-2016
President-Elect- 2016-2018
Executive Committee - 2014- Current
Chair, Membership and Finance Committees- 2014-2016
Chair, Education Committee, 2016-Current
Nominations Committee- 2016- Current
Myron Yaster Lifetime Achievement Award Committee- 2016-Current

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Winter Scientific Meetings:
$(0!&(B Faculty, Difficult Airway Workshop: 2005, 2007, and 2008.
$(0!&(B Workshop Director/ Co-Director (with Dr. Nancy Glass and Dr. D. Chatterjee): How to Write and Moderate a Great PBLD: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
$(0!&(B Author/Co-author: 21 scientific abstracts accepted for poster presentations since 2003.
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Education Committee, 2010-current
$(0!&(B Reviewer for PBLD submissions for the Scientific Meetings (2010-current)
$(0!&(B Reviewer for Scientific Abstract submissions for the Scientific Meetings (2010-current)
SPA/AAP Joint Winter Scientific Meeting: Planning Committee / Program Co-Chair, 2010-2013
$(0!&(B PBLD Coordinator: SPA/AAP Joint Winter Scientific Meeting: Planning Committee, 2010-11.
$(0!&(B Workshop Coordinator and Program Co-Chair: SPA/AAP Joint Winter Scientific Meeting: Planning Committee, 2011-12.
$(0!&(B 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.
$(0!&(B Secretary/Treasurer - The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. (2014- current)
$(0!&(B Program Chair, Winter Scientific Meeting, Colorado Springs, 2015-2016 - Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
$(0!&(B 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.
SPA Board of Directors Strategic Planning Retreat, Dallas, May 2013, and Phoenix, March 2018.
$(0!&(B Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Finance Committee- Chair, 2014- Present
$(0!&(B Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Membership Committee- Chair, 2014-Present
$(0!&(B Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Executive Committee, 2014- Present
$(0!&(B Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Myron Yaster Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, 2014-16.
$(0!&(B Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Research Granting and Application Processes Committee, 2014-15.
$(0!&(B Chair, Scientific Meeting Planning Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2015-2016.
$(0!&(B Committee for Subspecialty Societies, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2014-current.
$(0!&(B Chair, Scientific Meeting Planning Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, 2012-2013
$(0!&(B 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
$(0!&(B Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) Committee, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2010 - current.
$(0!&(B Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors' Association,2010-current
$(0!&(B The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, U.K. - Fellow (since 1993).
$(0!&(B Association of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Program Directors (Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations) - Member
$(0!&(B International Anesthesia Research Society - Member
$(0!&(B Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association: Advanced Education Fellowship Taskforce, Research subgroup, 2011-12.
$(0!&(B Society for Education in Anesthesia: PBLD Workshop Director (with Dr. Sally Raty): 2011 and 2013.
$(0!&(B Chair, Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia (October 2016 - October 2017)- American Society of Anesthesiologists.
$(0!&(B Pediatric Anesthesiology Educational Sub-track Committee- 2016 - Current
Association of University Anesthesiologists - 2018

Officers: Vice President

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; type and dates of training
N/A

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc)

• SPA Education Committee, 2011-present
• Reviewer on the PBLD selection committee, 2011-present
• Co-chair, Annual Meeting in New Orleans, 2014
• Chair, Annual Meeting in San Diego, 2015
• Secretary/Treasurer, 2016-present
• Finance Committee- Chair, 2016-Present
• Membership Committee- Chair, 2016-Present
• Executive Committee, 2016-Present
• Myron Yaster Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, 2016-present
• SPA Board of Directors Strategic Planning Retreat, Phoenix, 2018

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations
In 2015, I was selected as a member of the ASA Pediatric Education Track committee.  In this role, I have been tasked with the development of the clinical forum sessions for the ASA 2016 meeting in Chicago, along with two other members of the committee.  For the last two years, I have facilitated the submissions for the POCUS workshop.  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 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 have been essential in my various roles.  Both as a Program Chair and now as Secretary/Treasurer, I have the pleasure of working with a diverse and outstanding group of individuals that come together with various ideas and experiences.  I have worked with both CCAS and SSPM to update the bylaws with respect to Sections and membership tiers. I hope to continue to foster this collaboration through good communication and recognition of various individual’s strengths as I continue to serve SPA. 

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 seven 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. This year, I have been named Vice Chief of Academic Affairs for the Division of Anesthesiology at Children’s National. In this new role, I look forward to continuing this work on a larger scale.

Officers: Secretary/Treasurer

James J. Fehr, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
1984, BS Biomedical Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
1988, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
1988-1992 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
1992-1994, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
1994-1997, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Combined Pediatric Anesthesiology & Pediatric Critical Care Fellowships

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
1988 (2 months) Tropicales Infecciones,
Universidad Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc)
I was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the SPA in 2014 and will complete my 4-year term this fall. It was my pleasure to run the October 2014 meeting in New Orleans, which taught me how much effort the Education Committee and the meeting planners put into delivering a meaningful experience for the SPA membership. Following that experience, I have been provided various opportunities to contribute and to learn from fellow SPA members. I have helped organize the audiovisual capture of the meetings, have helped recruit speakers, have contributed lectures to IRPA that weren’t uniformly panned, and have developed deep and lasting friendships with other members of the SPA.

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations
I am a member of the Academy of Anesthesiology. I am also a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of IARS and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. I am not actively involved in any leadership positions in any of these organizations as I barely have time to finish my soup on any given day.

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

• I have spent the last 20 years of my life working in the domains of pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric critical care, particularly pediatric cardiac anesthesia and CICU. The challenges of working with intense and stress providers, perfectionist and abrupt caregivers, and worried and overwhelmed parents and family have taught me patients, resilience and the importance of good communication.
• I am the director of our pediatric simulation center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, where students, residents and staff learn to better communicate with others through modeled behavior, feedback and guided reflection.
• I was selected to be the Assistant Ombuds for Washington University School of Medicine, where I bear witness to the suffering of talented and stressed individuals and provide a reflective ear and supportive guidance to help them navigate their personal and professional options.
• I’ve been married to my wife Anne, a masterful child psychiatrist, for 22 years and we have learned humility together through the raising of three headstrong boys.

Leadership experience

• Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist-Intensivist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (since 1998)
• Director of Pediatric Simulation Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (2009)
• Assistant Ombuds Washington University School of Medicine (since 2016)
• Medical Officer, National Disaster Medical System
  • Served in New Orleans in 2005 following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
  • Served in Arecibo, PR following Hurricane Maria

DIRECTORS

Jennifer Aunspaugh, MD

Jennifer Aunspaugh, MD is a board certified Pediatric Anesthesiologist and Associate Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Arkansas Children’s Northwest/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Aunspaugh currently serves as the Director of Anesthesiology and Vice-Chief of Staff at the nation’s newest children’s hospital, Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW). Jennifer played a primary role in building the Division of Anesthesia at ACNW beginning in 2016. A native Arkansan who has been practicing Pediatric Anesthesia since 2006, Dr. Aunspaugh has been part of the at Arkansas Children’s system since November 2008. Prior to joining the leadership team at ACNW, Jennifer practiced pediatric anesthesiology at Arkansas Children’s in Little Rock.

Arkansas State University is where Dr. Aunspaugh completed her undergraduate education receiving a B.S. in Zoology in 1994 and she received her medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean in 2000. Dr. Aunspaugh completed her anesthesiology residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock in 2005 and her Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship at the Monroe Carell Hospital for Children at Vanderbilt in 2006.

In 2009, Jennifer became the program director for the pediatric anesthesia fellowship program at Arkansas Children’s in Little Rock. In this leadership role, she built a robust program clinically and academically, being recognized in the pediatric anesthesia literature for the many fellows who have presented their Quality Improvement project outcomes at SPA meetings under her direction. During her tenure as the program director, Dr. Aunspaugh was able to recruit each year to full capacity (4 positions), retain some of those fellows as faculty at Arkansas Children’s, and was approved for two additional positions for a total of 6 fellows beginning in August of 2018.

Dr. Aunspaugh is a Part 2 Oral Board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) and is active in the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia as well as the Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council. Her passion for education in pediatric anesthesiology has been a driving force for her involvement with the Education Committee for the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia and she was a member of the task force within the Pediatric Anesthesia Program Director Association who wrote the Goals and Objectives for fellowship programs to utilize nationally. In March 2015, Jennifer was honored to be asked to be a member of the Professional Panel and give a talk entitled “Goals for the First Ten Years of Practice” at the SPA meeting in Phoenix.

Dr. Aunspaugh is a graduate of the Executive Physician Leadership Program at the Kellogg College of Management at Northwestern University and a graduate of the American Association for Physician Leadership Development Program. These leadership programs have provided the skills required to hold various leadership roles at Arkansas Children’s Little Rock and now the Northwest Campus. In Little Rock, Jennifer not only served as a program director, but was also the medical director of the Ambulatory Surgery Center and Perioperative Services. In June 2017, she was appointed the Interim Division Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia in Little Rock until she transitioned in to her current leadership roles at Arkansas Children’s Northwest- Vice Chief of Staff and Director of Anesthesiology.

As of July 2017, Dr. Aunspaugh transitioned out of her role as the program director and changed her focus to quality/process Improvement and standardization of anesthetic practices. She has been instrumental in developing practice guidelines to standardize each pediatric patient’s care and provide a positive experience for the families of her patients. Two of those guidelines--Management of Pyloromytomies and PONV Prophyaxis-- have been presented as abstracts/posters at Society of Pediatric Anesthesia meetings.

Arkansas Children’s Northwest takes Dr. Aunspaugh’s career in a new direction with focus on efficiency, patient safety, and parent/patient satisfaction. ACNW is one of few centers in the nation with dual induction rooms in the operating room suite, therefore, parent present induction and family involvement in care of the patient pre-and post op is top priority for Jennifer. Impacting children’s lives any way she can remains at the core of Dr. Aunspaugh’s love of pediatric anesthesia. Being part of a new children’s hospital in an area where specialized pediatric surgical care was previously absent, is an honor and privilege and each day brings new challenges and revelations of how pediatric anesthesia has such an impact on children’s lives.

Dr. Jennifer Aunspaugh considers it honor to serve on the board of Society of Pediatric Anesthesia and will continue to dedicate her time to the education of our junior colleagues and development of practices that will enhance the care of children for years to come.

Tarun Bhalla, MD, MBA, 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, Department of Anesthesiology and Comprehensive Pain Services
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio
Bachelors- 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

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 Hosp, 2009-2010
Chicago, Illinois
Chief Fellow 2009-10

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed
University of Massachusetts, 2015-2017, Masters in Business Administration

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc)

• SPA Planning Committee, Program Chair 2020 Winter Meeting
• SPA Planning Committee, Program Co-Chair 2019, Workshop Coordinator
• SPA Planning Committee, Program Co-Chair 2018, PBLD Coordinator
• SPA Planning Committee (shadow) for Workshops, 2015
• SPA Education Committee 2014-present
• SPA Regional Workshop Faculty Teacher 2010-present
• SPA Difficult Airway Task Force 2012-present
• PRAN: Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network 2011-2015

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations

• American Association of Pediatrics- Section of Anesthesia and Pain
  • AAP Newsletter Author (3 articles based on Ultrasonography)
  • Faculty Lecturer, November 2018 AAP Meeting, Orlando, FL
• American Society of Anesthesiology
  • Pediatric Education Committee
• Executive Board Member, Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care Technology (PAICSAT), 2013- present
• Executive Board Member, EC Paediatrics, 2014 - present
• Executive Board Member, Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management 2014 - present
• Executive Board Member, Society Italian Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Therapy Pediatric (SIAATIP) 2017- present
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Executive Search Committee- 2012 Chief of Surgery
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Medical Executive Committee- 2015-2016 (2 year term)
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Management Committee - 2016-present
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Human Factor’s Engineering Task Force - 2017-present
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Safety II Committee - 2018 - present
• Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network (PRAN), 2012-2016 Committee member, Hospital Representative
• Pediatric Difficult Airway Task Force, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Committee member, 2012-present

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills

• As an active member of SPA Education Committee and Planning Committees, I have served as a Program Chair shadow, Program Co-Chair (PBLD coordinator) and will serve as Program Co-Chair (Workshop coordinator) and Program Chair.
• 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.
• American Board of Anesthesiology Pediatric Board Exam, Question Writer
• Continued to collaborate throughout ongoing research, publications and as a chapter author
• 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
• RECOGNITION:
• 2012-2013 Award for Excellence in Clinical Care, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• 2012-2016 Fellowship Director, Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Fellowship
• 2013 Recognition for Outstanding Teaching (Top 3 scores), Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• 2014 Recognition for Outstanding Teaching (Top 3 scores), Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• 2015 Recognition for Outstanding Teaching (Top 3 scores), Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• 2016 Recognition for Outstanding Teaching (Top 3 scores), Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Leadership experience
Local

• Director, Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia, 2012-2015, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Vice Chairman, Comprehensive Pain Services, 2015-present, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Associate Professor, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
• Certification, Quality Improvement Essentials, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

National

• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, 2010. San Antonio, TX
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop. Advanced Regional Anesthesia, Invasive Pain Management Techniques and Regional Anesthesia Hands-on Workshop, 2010. Detroit,
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, 2011. San Diego, CA
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia 2012. Tampa, FL
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, International Assembly for Pediatric Anesthesia 2012. Washington D.C.
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, American Society of Anesthesiologists 2012. Washington D.C.
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologist 2013. Las Vegas, NV
• Faculty Moderator for poster session, American Society of Anesthesiologists 2013. San Francisco, CA
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologist 2014. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, American Society of Anesthesiologists 2014. New Orleans, LA
• Faculty Moderator for poster session, American Society of Anesthesiologists 2014. New Orleans, LA
• Faculty Moderator/Lead for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, American Society of Anesthesiology 2015. San Diego, CA
• Faculty Instructor for Lurie Children’s Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Conference, 2015. Chicago, IL
• Faculty Instructor for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Society of Pediatric Pain Management, 2016, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Problem Based Learning Discussion Abstract Reviewer. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Colorado Springs, CO
• Faculty Instructor for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2016
• Faculty Moderator/Lead for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, American Society of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL 2016
• Faculty Instructor for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Society of Pediatric Pain Management, Austin, TX, 2017
• Faculty Instructor for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Austin, TX, 2017
• Faculty Moderator/Lead/Organizer for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, American Society of Anesthesiology Boston, 2017
• Faculty Instructor for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Society of Pediatric Pain Management, Phoenix, AZ, 2018 (scheduled)
• Faculty Instructor for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Phoenix, AZ, 2018 (scheduled)
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, American Society of Regional Anesthesia World Congress, New York, NY, 2018 (scheduled)
• Faculty Moderator/Lead/Organizer for Ultrasound Guided Advanced Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, American Society of Anesthesiology, San Francisco, CA, 2018 (scheduled)

INTERNATIONAL

• Faculty Lead/Organizer for Pediatric Regional Workshop, PACSA 2011. Capetown, South Africa
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, European Society of Pediatric Anesthesia 2013. Geneva, Switzerland
• Faculty Lead/Organizer for Pediatric Regional Workshop, Children of the World Anesthesia Foundation 2013. Baranquilla, Columbia.
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Hands-on Demonstration, Children of The World Anesthesia Foundation 2014. San Jose, Costa Rica
• Faculty Instructor for Pediatric Regional Workshop, European Society of Pediatric Anesthesia 2014. Prague, Czech Republic
• Faculty Organizer/Lead for Pediatric Regional Workshop, Pediatric Anesthesia Conference of India, Chandigarh India 2015
• Faculty Instructor/Lead/Organizer for Ultrasound Guided Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Children of the World Anesthesia Foundation (COTWAF), 2015, San Jose Costa Rica
• Faculty Instructor/Lead/Organizer for Ultrasound Guided Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Workshop, Chilean Society of Anesthesiology, 2015, Puerto Varas, Chile
• Faculty Instructor for Lower Extremity Regional Anesthesia Ultrasound Workshop, European Society of Anesthesiology, World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018 (scheduled)

Additional:
JOURNAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

• Journal of Medical Cases, 2017 - present

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD

• Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal, 2013 - present
• Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 2017- present

EXECUTIVE/EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

• Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care Technology (PAICSAT), 2013 - present
• EC Paediatrics, 2014 - present
• Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management 2014 - present
• Society Italian Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Therapy Pediatric (SIAATIP) 2017- present

Priti Gaurang Dalal, MBBS, DA, MD, FRCA

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Penn State Health Children’s Hospital, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Division Chief, Director of Pediatric Anesthesia

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Parle College, Mumbai, India 1982-1984, Higher Secondary School Certificate

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India, 1984-1988

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained.
One year rotating internship, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, 01/1989-01/1990
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) degree awarded in 1991 following completion of internship

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training

• 1990-1993 Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India. Awarded MD (Doctor of Medicine) degree
• 01/1997 - 08/1999 Senior House Officer at Havering Hospital, Warrington Hospitals, and locum Specialist Registrar at Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
• 08/1999-08/2004 Special Registrar, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, rotations included Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital as base hospital, Bromley Hospital (Bromley), William Harvey Hospital (Ashford), Queen Victoria Hospital (East Grinstead), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square)

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed
Guy’s Hospital (Evelina Children’s Hospital), London, UK, 02/2003 - 08/2004

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed

• 1999 - Awarded Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA)
• 08/1999-08/2004 - Special Registrar (Type 1), Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, South East Thames Deanery, London, UK
• 08/2004 - Completed Specialist training in Anaesthesia, accredited by Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK
• 08/2004-08/2006 Clinical Instructor, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc.)

• Special interest group for Simulation in Pediatric Anesthesia, 2009 - present
• Special interest group for Pediatric Pain Management, 2012 - 2014
• Quality and Safety Committee - member since 2016
  • Checklist subcommittee - in this role, I review, edit, and update the critical event checklists that are widely used by anesthesia providers globally. I also participate in the development of simulation scenarios for the crisis events.
  • Subcommittee on developing guidelines for apnea monitoring in infants - under my leadership, our group has obtained funding from SPA, involved a librarian, and began work on a systematic review of the relevant literature with the objective of developing evidence-based guidelines
• Research Committee, member 2016-present - in this role I review and score scientific abstract submissions for meetings
  • Research Subcommittee for survey reviews, member 2017 -- present - in this role, I review and score surveys
• Education Committee, member 2016 - present - in this role I review and score PBLD submissions for meetings

Participation as reviewer:
Abstract and PBLD reviewer

• 12/2016 Abstract reviewer for SPA spring meeting 2017
• 01/2017 PBLD reviewer for SPA annual meeting 2017
• 07/2017 PBLD reviewer for SPA spring meeting 2018
• 01/2018 PBLD reviewer for SPA annual meeting 2018
• 10/2017 Survey reviewer for SPA Research committee, survey subcommittee
• 12/2017 Abstract reviewer for the SPA spring meeting 2018
• 2018 Reviewed guidelines for SPA - Fluid therapy in children AAP guidelines

Moderator at SPA:

• Walk around poster session - 03/2017 SPA meeting Austin, Texas, 03/2018 SPA meeting, Phoenix
• PBLD Moderator 2008 - 2018 - 11 PBLDs moderated at SPA meetings

Workshop instructor at SPA

• 02/2006 Difficult airway workshop
• 03/2018 Simulation workshop part 1 sponsored by Simulation interest group
• 03/2018 Simulation workshop part 2 - same as above

Scientific Abstract presentations

• More than 30 abstracts presented at SPA meetings from 2006 to date.
• 02/2006 First prize Recipient of SPA Young Investigator award for junior faculty

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations
I have collaborated with Managing Emergencies in Pediatric Anaesthesia (MEPA), UK to organize the MEPA simulation course at Hershey.

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
In my leadership roles at my institution, I have been involved with multiple collaborative quality and safety projects with inter-professional teams including surgeons, anesthesiologists, nursing staff, respiratory therapists, pediatricians, and NICU and PICU teams.

• At the SPA, I am actively involved in multiple committees. My collaborative and interpersonal skills have helped me become a link between committees/subcommittees and improve communication. I am also currently and actively working with a special group that is developing guidelines for monitoring ex-premature infants for postoperative apnea. As a member of the Quality committee at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, I participate in reviewing checklists and hope to continue my active involvement in developing protocols and guidelines established by SPA. I am also contributing author to the Pediatric Anesthesia Problem based learning approach (edited by Lalwani ,Choi, Raman, Cohen) - proceeds of which will be donated to the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Patient Safety Education Research Fund.
• In my past role as Director for Pediatric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Alternate Site Anesthesia, I was responsible for several significant changes on the functioning and logistics in this area. These significant changes included dedicating an additional day for pediatric general anesthesia MRI cases, obtaining a major CMN (Children’s Miracle Network) clinical grant ($128,000) for an MRI compatible anesthesia machine and monitor, CMN clinical grant for glidescope ($15,000), and collaborating with Radiology leadership for the smoother functioning of anesthesia-radiology services in these areas. Of note, when collaboratively working with Radiology leadership, we were able to bring down the wait times for Pediatric general anesthesia appointments from 90 days to less than one week.
• It was brought to my attention that some of the babies from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) who had MRI studies developed hypothermia after undergoing an MRI under anesthesia. I took the lead in solving this problem by developing a protocol, raising awareness, doing an audit of pre- and post-MRI temperature in infants, and working with NICU to obtain a vacuum blanket with help of funding from CMN. This inter-disciplinary quality improvement process, demonstrating completion of the PDSA cycle, was recently published in a peer-reviewed journal.
• I feel very strongly about Quality and Safety at the hospital level and regularly report pediatric anesthesia quality data at the Children’s Surgical Center program at the Penn State Children’s Hospital. In order to improve quality of care for children on the autism disorder spectrum who are present for anesthesia, I am currently collaborating with our autism specialist to develop the Autism Ambassador Program involving medical students. This will be a unique family-centered program enhancing parental and child satisfaction.
• Poor communication can lead to fatal outcomes. To that extent, I have actively led a standardized sign-out process (Time out for sign out initiative) between anesthesia and intensive care providers in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. My collaborative efforts have got various pediatric care teams talking and working together, striving for a change for quality improvement.
• I am also collaborating with Pediatric teams to reduce unplanned extubation rates across operating rooms and NICU and PICU departments as part of a solution for patient safety (SPS) database.
• In my role as Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia, I sponsored, supported, advised, and collaboratively worked with my junior faculty and nursing to improve parental and patient satisfaction when establishing intravenous access in older children at Penn State Children’s Hospital. This project (Lion’s pledge initiative) was well received and has been implemented and expanded to the entire Children’s Hospital.
• Some of my work and opportunities have garnered interest from the media and lay press:
• I gave a personal interview for being awarded the 8000th member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (2001, Anaesthesia news, AAGBI, UK)).
• I was also interviewed by the 105FM radio station for raising funds for an MRI compatible anesthesia machine and monitor (2010).
• I was invited by Penn State leadership for a live on-stage interview to present the challenges with implementation of the standardized sign-out process in the ICU at the Inspired Together event at Penn State Health (2016).
• I have been collaboratively working on multiple research projects on an inter-departmental and multi-institutional levels and continue my ongoing research in this direction.
• I was recipient of the Dean’s award for Excellence in teaching at Penn State College of Medicine (2015).

Leadership experience

• At the SPA, I am currently leading the development of guidelines for post-operative apnea monitoring in infants. I have led multiple similar projects but this one is particularly gratifying because it gives our group the opportunity to standardize the process of monitoring infants at risk for apnea following surgery thereby improving their safety in the perioperative period.
• At the Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Children’s Hospital, I have held leadership positions of Director for Pediatric MRI and Alternate Site Anesthesia (2009-2016), Associate Director for Pediatric Anesthesia (2015-16) and Division Chief for Pediatric Anesthesia (2016 to present).
• I have attended the Penn State Leadership academy for Excellence in Academic Medicine course at Penn State University, 10/2015.
• I have been awarded two significant endowments - the Faculty Career Development Endowed Professorship (2011) and the Julien F. Biebuyck Endowed Professorship in Anesthesia (2017)
• In my role as Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia, I represented our Pediatric Anesthesia division and was actively involved with our institute’s application for the Children’s Surgical Center Level I verification (American College of Surgeons) which was successful. This process gave me valuable experience in collaborating with multiple stakeholders in my institution while working toward a common goal, which helped me further hone my leadership skills.
• I am involved with various departmental and hospital committees - including the Promotion and Tenure Committee, Anesthesia Executive Committee, Anesthesia Quality Improvement Committee, Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, Children’s Miracle Network resource allocation panel etc. (9 committees within the department and 10 at the institutional level)
• I have been the director for PALS courses and recently directed a course for our residents titled Managing Emergencies in Pediatric Anesthesia (MEPA, UK) at Hershey.

Faye Mazo Evans, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia/Assistant Professor in Anaesthesia

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Boston University, Boston, MA; BS Business Administration, 1990

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, MD, 1998

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Emory University School of Medicine; General Surgery, Atlanta, GA; 07/98 - 07/99

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; 07/01 - 06/04

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship; 02/07 - 08/08

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed
Emory University School of Medicine; General Surgery, Atlanta, GA; 07/99 - 06/01

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

• SPA Committee on International Service and Education (SPACIES); member since 2009; Chair since 2013
• Frequent contributor to SPA Newsletter
• SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Meeting, March 2018, Invited Session Organizer/Moderator

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations

• ASA member since 2001.
  • I have served on the ASA Global Humanitarian Outreach committee (ASA-GHO) since 2011, and as its Vice-Chair since 2016
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
  • Currently the Anesthesia section representative for the Section on International Child Health
• World Federations of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA)
  • 2014 appointed liaison with University of Nairobi Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Education Committee
  • 2016 appointed to the Education committee
  • 2018 appointed as ad hoc member of Pediatric Committee
• Global Initiative in Children’s Surgery, is a non-profit dedicated to improving access to, and quality of, surgical care for children around the world.
  • Joined in 2016, Member of anesthesia subcommittee and have led the anesthesia section on the development of the Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgery (OReCs) guidelines.
• Lifebox, a non-profit Foundation dedicated to improving the quality and safety of surgery worldwide. While involved with this organization since 2011, I was appointed a clinical advisor in 2014.
  • I co-led the revision of their international Pulse Oximetry Education Program and have led pulse oximetry distributions countrywide in both Rwanda and Niger.
• Smile Train, an international charity committed to local surgical care of patients with cleft lips and palates in middle- and low- resource countries.
  • Appointed clinical advisor in 2016 and joined their International Medical Advisory board in 2017.
  • I have been intimately involved with revising their international Safety and Quality protocols and helping them to become an international American Heart Association training center for their 1100 partner hospitals worldwide.

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
I believe that collaboration and execution are two key characteristics of successful teams. I am passionate about global health issues and work collaboratively with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and others both in the US and abroad to improve the quality and safety of pediatric anesthesia around the world. For the past five years I have worked with members of the SPA community, the WFSA, and faculty at Vanderbilt University to develop a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the University of Nairobi. This fellowship has graduated 11 pediatric anesthesiologists who are each one of very few or the only pediatric anesthesiologist in their respective countries. With this group, I co-founded SPAN (Safe Pediatric Anesthesia Network), a global academic exchange between colleagues from different resource settings. One of our key initiatives was to create a live video case-conference in which challenging cases are presented by pediatric anesthesia trainees, alternating between high- and low-resource institutions. This program has grown to include over nine hospitals on four continents with outstanding reviews from participants. The global exchange and learning from this program has been impactful for all involved.

Over the past seven years, I have been involved in the SAFE (Safer Anesthesia from Education) Project which provides refresher courses for anesthesia clinicians in low-resource settings who have limited access to continuing professional development. I co-directed the inaugural SAFE Obstetric Course in Rwanda in 2011, training over 90 anesthesia providers from 20 district hospitals, and helped author the SAFE Paediatric Course. With the support of the SPA Board of Directors and six SPA members, we ran the inaugural SAFE Paeds course in Latin America in Guatemala in November of 2017. The goal is for our Latin American colleagues to run more of these courses in their home countries.

Organizing efforts such as these requires strong collaborative and interpersonal skills.

Leadership experience
For the past five years I have Chaired the SPA Committee on International Education and Service. Our committee has over 100 members who are committed to global health work. Under my leadership, the committee has been productive in expanding the SPA’s global presence. There are several committee projects I would like to highlight:

• Supporting the University of Nairobi Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship, since its inception in 2013, including hosting fellows in observerships in the US.
• The refurbishment of the SPA Lecture Library which now includes over 20 peer reviewed lectures and has attracted over 1300 users from 80 countries since its reintroduction in June 2017.
• Collaborative project with pediatric surgical colleagues. Developed guidelines for short-term missions in global pediatric surgery. Published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery and in press in Pediatric Anesthesia. These guidelines provide a resource and offer guidance for society members (APSA, SPA, AAP, other surgical, and nursing societies) interested in global health work.
• Commitment by committee members to submit articles to the SPA Newsletter highlighting both committee and individual global health efforts.

Other leadership positions include:

• Vice-Chair of the ASA, Global Humanitarian Outreach Committee
• Smile Train International Medical Advisory, Board member
• Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) Anesthesia Foundation, Board member

I am grateful for the support I have received from the SPA, the work we have done has had a truly global impact on the lives of children with limited resources. I thank you all for your continued support and look forward to contributing to this great organization.

Richard J. Levy, MD, FAAP

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
New York, NY
Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital- NY Presbyterian

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Vice Chair for Pediatric Laboratory Research, Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Binghamton University, B.S. Biology 1991

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
New York Medical College, M.D. 1995

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics Residency 1995-1998

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Anesthesiology Residency 1998-2001

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 Pediatric Anesthesiology 2000-2001
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology 2000-2001
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2001-2003

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA NIH T32 Research Fellow, Dept of Anesthesiology 2001-2002

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc)

• SPA Research Committee Member 2013-present
• SPA Young Investigator Grant Review Committee member 2015-present - Review, judge, score, and rank scientific and scholarly merit of applications annually
• Abstract reviewer for SPA Annual Meeting 2013-2014
• Moderator of Poster Sessions and Oral Sessions of SPA Annual Meetings
• Co-organizer of SPA Research Workshop 2014-2016

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizationss.

• Member, Scientific Advisory Board Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) 2017- present
• Moderator of Poster Sessions and Oral Sessions, AUA Annual Meeting 2018
• Moderator, 5th and 6th PANDA Symposium on “Anesthesia and Neurodevelopment in Children”
• Moderator SmartTots Outcomes Workshop 2017
• The Medical Student Anesthesia Year Long Research Fellowship Review Committee, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) 2016
• Young Investigator Award Moderator, Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting 2007

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
In 2010, I established the OR to Cardiac ICU handoff system and algorithm at Children’s National Medical Center. I was the lead architect in developing an evidenced based system (modeled after the Great Orman Street paradigm) to enhance the efficiency and safety of handoff of patients undergoing cardiac surgery from the OR to the ICU. Through serial auditing and evaluation, the process was shown to streamline the handoff, improving communication, efficiency, and safety.

In 2009, I established new paradigm of communication to enhance timeliness and efficiency for cardiac anesthesia consultation and evaluation at Children’s National Medical Center. This involved establishing email listserv communication, establishing a method for real time communication, and a method that confirmed “closure of the loop”.

Between 2008-2010, I served as the Cardiac Anesthesia lead to guide and educate anesthesiologists at University of Mississippi Medical Center/Batson Children’s Hospital on anesthetic approach and management of children with congenital heart disease undergoing open heart surgery.

In 2011 and 2012, I served as the Cardiac Anesthesia lead to guide and educate Moroccan anesthesiologists on anesthetic approach and management of children and adults with congenital heart disease undergoing open heart surgery. This was supported via the Mosaic Foundation Initiative to enhance Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Telemedicine in Morocco.

Leadership experience

• Vice Chair for Pediatric Laboratory Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University
• Vice Chief, Division of Anesthesiology, Children’s National Medical Center 2008-2014
• Director, Cardiac Anesthesia, Children’s National Medical Center 2008-2014
• Co-Chair Emergency Services Peer Review Committee, Children’s National Medical Center 2013-2014

Olutoyin (Toyin) Olutoye MD., MSc.

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, Houston

Hospital/Institutional Titles:
Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Faculty Development
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas

Anesthesiology Department Representative on Baylor College of Medicine Faculty Senate (one of two elected department representatives)

Chief, Division of General Anesthesia
Director of Fetal Anesthesia
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Texas

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
Obafemi Awolowo University Medical School, Ife, Nigeria. M.B.Ch.B - 1990.

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA: Internship in Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1994.

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1994 -1997

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1998-1999.

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas - Masters in Clinical Science-2011.

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc)
I have attended both the spring and winter meetings of the SPA every year from 1999, until now. During this time, I have participated as a poster presenter, moderator (plenary session, walk around poster session, problem based learning discussion), invited speaker, committee member and, or Chair of Research committee.

Specifically, I have been involved in the following committees or workshops:

• SPA Communications Committee
• Member 2004 to present
• Contributor to newsletter
• SPA Research Committee
• Member 2004 to present
• Chair 2014 - present
• Selection of SPA Grant Review Committee: I was part of the select group of SPA members who deliberated on the criteria and membership of this new committee within our society.
• Research Workshop: 2016 - present
• Planning and execution of the Research Workshop
• I participated as a speaker, giving a lecture on “Mentoring” at this workshop which has received top evaluations every year
• Fetal Anesthesia Workshop: 2014- 2016
• Planning and execution of this workshop
• Speaker and moderato

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations

• International Fetal Medicine & Surgery Society (IFMSS)
• Member - 2001 - present
• Co-president 2016 (the first anesthesiologist to hold this position)
• Executive board 2015 - present

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
My strengths lie in my quiet, pleasant but firm demeanor which allows me to navigate situations in a non-confrontational but effective manner on many levels:

• Local - In my institution, where I serve as the Director of Fetal Anesthesia, I am the team leader for a group of anesthesiologists who care for mothers undergoing fetal surgery and have built strong relationships with the nursing leadership, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, cardiologists, pediatric surgeons and the entire multi-disciplinary team, such that they all feel very comfortable working with our fetal anesthesia team.
• Regional- From 2011 to 2016, I collaborated with other anesthesiologists to plan the pediatric parallel session of the Texas` Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA).
• National- Working closely with anesthesiologists from different institutions, I helped organize several workshops at the SPA

I continue to nurture and enhance my leadership and interpersonal skills by availing myself of opportunities to take courses such as the following:

• Health Care Management Certificate course, Rice University, Houston, Texas. March 2014
• Progressive Women’s Leadership’s Women in Leadership Certificate course. May 2015
• American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar. December 2015
• Leading through Influence Seminar, Baylor College of medicine, April, 2016
• AAMC Leadership Week Workshops. AAMC Learning Center, Washington, DC. January 30-February 3, 2017
• Baylor College of Medicine Senate Leadership course, January to April 2018

Leadership experience

• Fetal Anesthesia service Liaison and Director of Fetal Anesthesia Service, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX. 2012 - present
• Chair of Research Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia 2014 - present
• Co-president for International Fetal Medicine & Surgery Society - 2016
• Vice- Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX July 2016 - present
• Division Chief, General Anesthesiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas. February 2017 - present.

Lawrence I. Schwartz, MD

Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO), University of Colorado

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Education, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Program Director, Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship
Medical Program Director, Colorado Review of Anesthesia for Surgicenters & Hospitals (CRASH)

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Washington University, St. Louis, MO; BA History 1990

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; MD, 1995

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, MD; Pediatrics Residency 1996-1999

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Anesthesiology; 1999-2002

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship; 2002-2004

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, 2002-2004

Prior involvement in SPA (Board, Committee, etc)
As the Director of Education at CHCO, I have participated in the Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association since 2014. Through this group I have collaborated in the development and writing of national standardized curriculum for pediatric anesthesia fellowships.

I have also represented my program at the fall Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council following the annual SAAA meeting since 2013. At these meetings, I have participated in workshops and group discussions to address the challenges of our field. Most recently, I was invited to present in a PRO/CON discussion regarding the changing dynamics of pediatric anesthesia training.

I have attended SPA and CCAS meetings since my fellowship. In addition to having the opportunity to present at these meetings, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from this great group of colleagues and mentors.

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations
Served as a Delegate for the Colorado Society for Anesthesiologists to the American Society for Anesthesiologists House of Delegates; 2013, 2014,

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
It has been my privilege to serve in multiple leadership positions over the course of my career. These opportunities often presented themselves at times of change and growth. This has required the ability to create a vision and set priorities, as well as bringing together groups of individuals each with their own set of perspective and ideas. Carefully listening to and validating those at the table is what enables creative and innovative programming with a path to success to emerge from the group. Engaging participants and fostering a sense of ownership in participants, promotes a vested and shared interest. Individuals take on responsibilities and demonstrate a willingness to collaborate with others. This leads to both the individual and the group successfully achieving the goals of the vision. I have seen this approach work in the development of a Pediatric Cardiac ICU and the expansion of Educational Programming at the institutions where I have worked.

Leadership experience

• Medical Director, PICU Transport Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD; 2004-2006.
• Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus OH, 2006-2010.
• Director of Education, Department of Anesthesiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus OH, 2010-2011.
• Fellowship Director, Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia, Children's Hospital Colorado, 2012-2015, 2016-present.
• Director of Education, Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Children's Hospital Colorado, 2014-present.
• Medical Program Director, Colorado Review of Anesthesia for Surgicenters and Hospitals, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2016-present

I would consider it an honor to work with the SPA board to serve the society and its members and to strive for continued growth and innovation in the field of pediatric anesthesiology.

Samuel David Yanofsky, MD, MSEd

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

Hospital/Institutional Titles
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medical Education
Director of Medical Education and Faculty Development
Co-Director of Clinical Operations of Anesthesia for Radiology Services

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, BSc, 1987

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Saint Louis University, Saint 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, General 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
• PAPDA, now past president
• Executive Education Committee
• ACCME Committee
• Pediatric Anesthesia Young Investigator Research Grant Review Committee

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations
Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA)-dedicated to the teaching and development of anesthesiologists and those who educate them.

• Past BOD member
• Member of the education meeting committee which is charged with overseeing the design and implementation of the society meeting

Examples of your collaborative and interpersonal skills
In 2009 after becoming the Program Director, I joined the Pediatrics Anesthesia Program Directors Association (PAPDA). In November 2010, I was elected to the executive committee of the Pediatrics Anesthesia Program Directors Association (PAPDA) which consisted of a six year term including two years as the president of the pediatric anesthesiology program directors, for which I used this national post to move training in Pediatric Anesthesiology to a new level of educational excellence. This was accomplished by working with other national leaders to develop milestones, core curricula, enhanced evaluation processes, and to encourage lifelong scholarship, professional development and personal wellness. During my six-year term I was able to establish overall national common goals and objectives for all pediatric anesthesiology training programs recognized by the ACGME anesthesiology resident review committee. The following two years under my term as president of the PAPDA national goals and objectives were created for the three of the mandatory rotations i.e. cardiac, pain, critical care. Finally, I was involved in leading in revamping of the national pediatric anesthesiology fellowship application for all training programs specifically in improving the section on narrative writing.

Since 2011-2015, I served as director and since 2015 as co-director for remote anesthesia services serving the Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology at CHLA. My essential duties and responsibilities include planning and organizing clinical anesthesia services to ensure patient needs are met in accordance with professional standards of medical care and administrative procedures. I coordinate activities with other medical and nursing disciplines to facilitate safe inter-professional team patient care delivery. In conjunction with administrative and information technology personnel, I am involved in designing and evaluation of methods to ensure effective and efficient use of staff, facilities, equipment, and other resources while maintaining patient care standards. In addition, I review clinical activities and data to aid in risk management and to improve service utilization. Finally, I am involved in the development and implementation of quality management and utilization review of our combined services using sigma six and lean models in healthcare delivery.

I am also collaborating with the ACGME specifically with Dr. Eric Holmboe who leads the milestone unit on a research project on how faculty assess/evaluate anesthesiology trainees. The research team includes anesthesiology medical educators from Vanderbilt University and University of Kentucky - Lexington.

Leadership experience

• Director of Medical Education and Faculty Development for the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine at CHLA (2006-present), with the primary role of overseeing all educational activities within the department including membership and leadership of the Education Oversight Committee (EOC) and membership on the Clinical Competence (CCC) and Program Evaluation (PEC) Committees for the department
• Director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology rotation (2006-2015), annually for 100 anesthesiology residents from seven programs and 35 student Nurse Anesthetists (NA) from two programs in Southern California. Residents and NA students begin approximately 12 times a year, and for much of the time I conducted their orientation, oversaw the training and ensured that the learner evaluations were completed and submitted. I also worked with many learners in difficulty and was the interface between CHLA and the home program directors.
• Director of the one-year ACGME accredited Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship (2008-2016), with 10-12 fellows each year, overseeing all aspects of the program, including guiding fellow selection, scheduling, didactic education, clinical rotations, support of learner job seeking, learner assessment, instructor assessment, and program evaluation.
• Co-Director of the 11-session leadership training program for fellows from both Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Anesthesiology (2010 - present) that has provided leadership training for junior faculty as well as all first year fellows (approximately 120 participants over 7 years) with a focus on career development and building leadership skills. This program is unique nationally with Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
• Instructor in the Leadership Courses (ACMD 502, Lead Self, ACMD 503, Leading Change) in the USC Master of Academic Medicine Program (2008 - present), which trains current and future medical school faculty around the United States (using both a synchronous online platform and annual onsite activities) - over 100 students total.
• Member of Program Committee and Abstract Reviewer for national educational conferences held annually (2011- present): Society for Education in Anesthesia and the Innovation in Medical Education Conferences, both national conferences have approximately 250 participants per year.
• Director/Co-Director of Clinical Operations for Remote Anesthesia services. The role is to improve the Clinical Operations, which includes a focus on performance improvement and quality assurance.