Honor Your Mentor

FAER’s mission becomes reality through generous financial support of our grants and programs. Private support of FAER funds discoveries and innovations that change the way we practice medicine and care for our patients.

FAER recognizes the critical impact the mentor-mentee relationship often has on one's life and career. Each year we ask supporters who believe in education, research, and the advancement of medicine to make a donation in honor of their mentor or mentee. Mentors and Mentees honored with a donation to FAER will receive a letter notifying them of the donation, a pin they can wear to commemorate the honor, as well as inclusion in our list of honorees below.

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2023 Honor Your Mentor Donors and Honorees
*Alphabetized by mentor/honoree last name.*

Jerome Parness, MD, PhD in honor of Paul D. Allen, MD, PhD

Stephen J. Thomas, MD, FACA, FANZCA, FRCA, and Ellen Thomas in honor of Thomas J.J. Blanck, MD, PhD

Timothy Martin, MD, FASA in honor of Raeford E. Brown, Jr. MD
“Dr. Rae Brown mentored and advised a large number of younger physicians--primarily in pediatric anesthesia--during his illustrious career at three large universities. He is much admired and respected!”

Richard E. Moon, MD, FRCPC in honor of Enrico Camporesi, MD
“When I arrived at Duke University over 40 years ago Dr. Camporesi immediately took me under his wing and has continued to mentor me in every aspect of my career. I am extremely grateful for his ongoing help and friendship.”

Sindhura Sharma Bhat, MD, in honor of Keith A. Candiotti, MD, FASA, and Fouad Souki, MD, MS

Martin S. Bogetz, MD, in honor of Catherine L. Chen, MD, and Gregory A. Chinn, MD, PhD

Steven S. Lipman, MD, FASA, in honor of Sheila E. Cohen, MB, ChB, FRCA
“In honor of someone who positively changed the trajectory of women’s health.”

Mervyn Maze, MB, ChB, FRCA, FRCP, FMedSci, and Janet Wyner-Maze in honor of Alison Cole, PhD

Ruthi Landau, MD, in honor of James Conwell, DO, Aria Shafai, MD, and Brian Waldman, MD (Columbia Obstetric Anesthesia Fellows)

Jillian Luetje in honor of Jennifer A. Danielsson, MD

Sean C. Mackey, MD, PhD, in honor of Beth Darnall, PhD

Miles Berger, MD, PhD, and Family in honor of Duke Anesthesia

Steven C. Hall, MD, and Patricia Hall in honor of James C. Eisenach, MD
“For his years of leadership.”

Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, and Carol Hannenberg, MD in honor of James C. Eisenach, MD

Medge D. Owen, MD in honor of James C. Eisenach, MD
“Jim, thank you for your career long contributions to anesthesiology and research.”

Edward A. Ochroch, MD, MSc, in honor of Skip Ellison, MD

Harriet W. Hopf, MD, FASA, in honor of Seth Evans
“In honor of Seth's fine work as a FAER MSARF fellow and in anticipation of a long career of contributions in anesthesiology.”

Davida S. Grossman, MD, in honor of Stacy Lewin Farber, MD

Elliot Krane, MD in honor of Pamela Flood, MD, MA, and Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA
“Enjoy your well-earned retirement.”

Lynn Spitler, MD, in honor of Pamela Flood, MD

Joseph Strosin, MD, FASA, in honor of Adam Freed

Harriet W. Hopf, MD, FASA, in honor of Zachary Frost
“In honor of his fine work as a FAER MSARF fellow and in anticipation of a long career of contributions in anesthesiology.”

Brie Howard in honor of Robert R. Gaiser, MD, FASA

Lawrence C. Tsen, MD, in honor of Simon Gelman, MD, PhD, FANZCA
“Thanks for your inspiration!”

Matthew Meng in honor of Ashraf S. Habib, MSc, BCh, MB, FRCA
“Thank you to Ashraf for mentoring our daughter for her FAER MRTG!”

Alberto A. Maya, MD, in honor of George M. Hoffman, MD
“Amazing professor and Anesthesiologist... Congratulations!”

Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in honor of George M. Hoffman, MD

Astrid G. Stucke, MD, in honor of George M. Hoffman, MD
“Most exemplary and dedicated clinician who is the real triple threat: anesthesiologist, intensivist, and pediatrician.”

Christina D. Diaz, MD, FAAP, FASA, in honor of George M. Hoffman, MD
“In honor of many years of service and dedication to pediatric anesthesia and Children’s Wisconsin and to pay forward the passion he brings to his work!!”

Tami L. Ulatowski, MD, in honor of George M. Hoffman, MD
“Learning from Dr. Hoffman has been a good memory for me since 1990. A highly deserved recognition.”

Sachin V. Bahadur, MD, in honor of Indiana University

Rob W. Thomsen, MD, FASA, in honor of Roger Johns, MD, MHS, PhD
“Roger, thank you for your leadership. You are an inspiration for all of us.”

Amelia J. Eisch, PhD, in honor of Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD

Mitchell Weinstein, MD, in honor of Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD
“Congratulations to my friend and colleague. Celebrating becoming FAER President.”

Rosie Q. Li, MD, in honor of Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD

Lawrence I. Young, MD in honor of Mrs. Shirley Krause
“You inspire me!”

Kamrouz Ghadimi, MD, MHS, in honor of Jerrold H. Levy, MD, FAHA, FCCM
“For his contribution to academic anesthesiology and critical care medicine for over four decades and counting!”

Megha Vipani, MD, in honor of Mariel Manlapaz, MD

Jennifer E. Dominguez, MD, MHS, in honor of Maternal Health and Safety
“Grateful that FAER is funding research to advance care in obstetric anesthesia and make childbirth safer and improve maternal health.”

Harriet W. Hopf, MD, FASA, in honor of Aliah McCalla, BS
“In honor of Aliah's fine work as a FAER MSARF fellow and in anticipation of a long career of contributions in anesthesiology.”

Steven M. Frank, MD, in honor of William T. Merritt, MD
“This donation is made with fond memories of Dr. Bill Merritt at Johns Hopkins who had a huge impact on my career starting back in the 1980s. I will always be grateful for those lessons learned, as the best teachers achieve immortality since they live on inside their student.”

Deneir Milam in honor of Adam J. Milam, MD, PhD
“Adam, Continue your Great Work! Love Mom”

Corrie Anderson, MD, and Virginia E. Williams II in honor of Philip G. Morgan, MD, and Margaret M. Sedensky, MD

John C. Rowlingson, MD, FACA in honor of University of Virginia Department of Anesthesiology

Dheeraj Nagpal, MD, in honor of Urmil Nagpal

Donald E. Arnold, MD, FASA, and Tamara Ehlert, MD, in honor of Dolores B. Njoku, MD

Valerie E. Armstead, MD, FASA, in honor of Dolores B. Njoku, MD

Paul E. Bigeleisen, MD in honor of Peter Rock, MD, MBA, FCCM

Keith E. Littlewood, MD, FASA, in honor of William Ross, MD MBA

Ruthi Landau, MD, in honor of Anjan K. Saha, MD, PhD

Jonathan L. Benumof, MD, FANZCA, in honor of Lawrence Saidman, MD
“Dr. Saidman created a very favorable environment in the UCSD Anesthesia Department in which I could thrive as a young beginning laboratory and clinical research investigator.”

Paloma Toledo, MD, MPH, in honor of Barbara M. Scavone, MD

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA, in honor of Daniel I. Sessler, MD
“Thank you for all that you have done for our specialty, Dan!”

Mary Dale Peterson, MD, MSHCA, FACHE, FASA, in honor of Daniel I. Sessler, MD
“Thank you for a lovely dinner at the annual meeting and all of the work you have done to promote research.”

Scott D. Kelley, MD, FASA, in honor of Daniel I. Sessler, MD

Lynn Spitler, MD, in honor of Steven Shafer, MD

Joanne E. Shay, MD, in honor of Hal Shaffner, MD

Marie-Louise Meng, MD, in honor of Svati Shah, MD, MHS
“Thank you to Svati Shah for her unwavering support and patience. I'm so blessed to have you as my mentor.”

Pamela Flood, MD, MA, and Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA, in honor of Richard M. Smiley, MD, PhD
“To an outstanding mentor and truly good human being.”

Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM, in honor of David S. Smith

Mary Dale Peterson, MD, MSHCA, FACHE, FASA, in honor of Daneshvari R. Solanki, MD, DABA, FRCA
“A wonderful teacher and mentor.”

Albert J. Varon, MD, MHPE, FCCM, FASA, in honor of Paloma Toledo, MD, MPH

Chad M. Brummett, MD, in honor of Kevin K. Tremper, MD, PhD

George A. Mashour, MD, PhD, in honor of Kevin K. Tremper, MD, PhD

Christin L. Engelhardt in honor of Eugene Viscusi, MD, and Doug Merrill, MD
“What I could say about these two wonderful doctors doesn't fit in the character limit, but I’m grateful every day, especially after being hit last year by another biker. The tibia plateau fracture caused horrendous pain, so I feared RSD flares. Yet today my RSD remains stable and causes me basically no pain. Amazing. I think that development (which I told Gene and Doug about) demonstrates the durability of the continuous epidural infusions Gene first mentioned to me at the 1999 meeting.”

Michael Devinney, MD, in honor of David S. Warner, MD
“This gift is in honor and memory of David Warner, for inspiring me and others by being an incredible clinician, researcher, and person.”

Hugh C. Hemmings Jr., MD, PhD, in honor of Weill Cornell Anesthesiology

Emily A. Vail, MD, MSc, in honor of Margaret Wood, MD, FRCA

Ruthi Landau, MD, in honor of Margaret Wood, MD, FRCA

Robert L. Kong, MD, in honor of Peter D. Yim, MD

Markus G. Klass, MD, PhD, in honor of James R. Zaidan, MD, MBA

The donations and testimonials above were made in 2023. We also offer a historical page detailing 2022 Honor Your Mentor donations and testimonials.

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