Dr. Elena Madan returns with her fellow residents, Dr. Michael Green and Dr. Albert Lin, to interview the Secretary of the American Board of Anesthesiology, Dr. David Warner. Listen in as Dr. Warner shares study tips plus his thoughts on in-training exams, MOCA 3.0, the future of testing, and how the ABA has adapted to COVID … and which changes may endure. Recorded February 2021.
Elena Madan is a first-year anesthesiology resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Madan graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with dual degrees in biology from the College of Arts and Sciences and economics from Wharton. She graduated with an MD with research honors from Tufts University School of Medicine and conducted research in pediatric anesthesia and pain medicine with Dr. Berde at Boston Children's Hospital. In her career, she plans to apply her skills at the intersection of clinical anesthesiology and healthcare innovation.
Dr. Warner is a professor of anesthesiology, clinician investigator, and consultant for the Department of Anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he practices pediatric anesthesiology. He directs the Mayo Clinic Office of Health Disparities Research and Anesthesia Clinical Research Unit and is the associate director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences. He is the ABA’s secretary and serves on its Credentialing and Continuing Certification, OSCE, ADVANCED Exam, and STEEP Advisory Committees.
Dr. Warner’s research interests include respiratory physiology, outcomes of anesthesia and surgery, tobacco control, neurotoxicity of anesthetics, and substance use disorders. He received his medical degree at The Ohio State University and completed anesthesia residency and fellowship training at Mayo Clinic in 1987.