Committees

FAER Committees are composed of dedicated volunteer members who are anesthesiologists and other professionals who are committed to advancing innovation and scientific discovery in our specialty. Note that FAER Board Chair Dolores B. Njoku, MD, and FAER President and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD, serve as non-voting members on all FAER Committees.

Development Committee

FAER is working to ensure that research and innovation remain the bedrock foundation of our specialty. We are pursuing many research and education funding opportunities. Our Development Committee is the leader in these efforts. The volunteer members of the FAER Development Committee join members of the FAER Board to share ideas and advocate for the Foundation to their peers.

Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, MD, PhD, MBA, FASA
University of Colorado Medicine
Committee Chair
Rebecca A. Aslakson, MD, PhD, FAAHPM, FCCM
University of Vermont
Committee Vice Chair
Steven J. Barker, PhD, MD FACA
Retired/Masimo
Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA, FASA
U.S. Anesthesia Partners
Thomas J. Ebert, MD, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Pamela Flood, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Salman Tahir Janjua, MD
Yale University
Gunisha S. Kaur, MD, MA
Weill Cornell Medicine
Linda J. Mason, MD, FASA
Loma Linda University
May C. Pian-Smith, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital
Paloma Toledo, MD, MPH
University of Miami School of Medicine
Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA
The Ohio State University
Cynthia A. Wong, MD, FASA
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Nikki Zapol, JD
Partners Healthcare
Zhiyi Zuo, MD, PhD
University of Virginia

 

Finance Committee

The FAER Finance Committee is responsible for ensuring FAER maintains a sustainable business model and that success of grants can be quantified. Most importantly, the Finance Committee ensures that FAER can continue providing funding to early investigators for anesthesiology research.

Crystal C. Wright, MD, FASA
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Committee Chair
Michael A. Gropper, MD, PhD
UCSF School of Medicine
Committee Vice Chair
Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, MD, PhD, MBA, FASA
University of Colorado Medicine
Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM
University of Pennsylvania
 

 

Grants Management Committee

The FAER Grants Management Committee is responsible for evaluating and recommending incoming grantees for funding.

Charles W. Emala, MD, MS
Columbia University

Committee Chair
Roderic G. Eckenhoff, MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Committee Vice-Chair
Helene Benveniste, MD, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
Judith Hellman, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, MD, PhD, MBA, FASA
University of Colorado Medicine
May C. Pian-Smith, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital

 

MRTG Program Committee

Hugh C. Hemmings Jr., MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Committee Chair
Julie K. Freed, MD, PhD, FAHA, FCVS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Committee Vice Chair
Katie J. Schenning, MD, MPH
Oregon Health and Science University
Committee Vice Chair
Rebecca A. Aslakson, MD, PhD, FAAHPM, FCCM
University of Vermont
Sunny S. Lou, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
David P. Martin, MD, PhD, FASA
Mayo Clinic
Marsha E. Ritter Jones, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Daniel S. Rubin, MD
University of Chicago
Ken Solt, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Marcos Francisco Vidal Melo, MD, PhD
Columbia University
Crystal C. Wright, MD, FASA
MD Anderson Cancer Center
 

 

Nominations Committee

Roger A. Johns, MD, PhD, MHS
Johns Hopkins University
Committee Chair
Dolores B. Njoku, MD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Committee Vice Chair
Roderic G. Eckenhoff, MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Michael A. Gropper, MD, PhD
UCSF School of Medicine
Cynthia A. Lien, MD, FASA
Medical College of Wisconsin
David P. Martin, MD, PhD, FASA
Mayo Clinic

 

Academic Pathways Committee

Chad M. Brummett, MD
University of Michigan
Committee Chair
Odinakachukwu A. Ehie, MD, FASA
University of California, San Francisco
Gunisha S. Kaur, MD, MA
Weill Cornell Medicine
Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM
University of Pennsylvania
Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Zhiyi Zuo, MD, PhD
University of Virginia

Curated by: BH

Last updated by: BH

Date of last update: March 20, 2024