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| Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish,
M.D. |
The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
(FAER) will present the third annual FAER Honorary
Research Lecture at the 2003 ASA Annual Meeting in
San Francisco. FAER has created this annual lectureship
as a means of recognizing outstanding scholarship
by anesthesiologists in an effort to encourage young
anesthesiologists to consider careers in research
and teaching, which are crucial if anesthesiology
is to maintain its reputation as a medical specialty
continuously striving for excellence in patient care.
Dr. Wiener-Kronish’s lecture, “Critical
Infections — From Genes to the Bedside,”
will take place on Monday, October 13, from 2 p.m.
to 3 p.m. in the Gateway Ballroom 102 in the Moscone
Convention Center.
Dr. Wiener-Kronish is a tenured professor of anesthesia
and vice-chair of the Department of Anesthesia and
Perioperative Care at the University of California-San
Francisco (UCSF). She chose to enter the UCSF anesthesiology
residency training program in 1984 after being fully
trained and board-certified in internal medicine,
pulmonology and critical care. With a broad background
in medicine and science plus a lot of hard work and
very efficient management of time, she has managed
to achieve more by her mid-career than most would
be happy to have accomplished in a lifetime. Among
her accomplishments are:
• Election to the Institute of Medicine in 2002
• Election as secretary of the Academic Senate
of UCSF in 2001
• Serving as a member of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) Surgery, Anesthesia and Trauma Study
Section for four years
• Mentoring of nine physicians and 16 research
fellows over the past 15 years
• Attracting 21 medical students to the anesthesiology
research laboratories over the past 10 years
• Competing successfully for more than $5.5
million in research funding, including $2.9 million
for two current NIH RO1 grants
• Publishing 72 original basic science and clinical
research manuscripts in the most rigorously peer-reviewed
journals devoted to pulmonology, cardiology, critical
care and anesthesiology.
• Writing 22 reviews, five editorials, 34 chapters
and 103 abstracts, many with her trainees.
Of special note is the fact that the majority of her
publications have been in nonanesthesiology journals,
thereby expanding the awareness and influence of our
specialty beyond its traditional boundaries.
With all of the above achievements, she has continued
to have a full life outside of medicine. She and Daniel
Kronish, M.D., celebrated 30 years of marriage this
year and are the parents of a daughter named Jessica,
who is graduating from Johns Hopkins University this
year, and Sam, who is in the 6th grade. They all join
in annual family vacations, including biking trips
in North America and Europe. One or more exchange
students take up residence in their home most summers,
which has led to fluency in several foreign languages.
On top of all of this, Dr. Wiener-Kronish takes the
time to exercise daily and to be involved in her community.
I would say that Dr. Wiener-Kronish has a lot to teach
us about combining a stellar career in academic anesthesiology
with a rewarding life outside of medicine that, most
importantly, focuses on her family.
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Carl C. Hug, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., is Professor
of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Emory University
School of Medicine, and Attending Physician
in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive
Care, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. |
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