First established in 2020, the FAER Academic Champions program seeks to strengthen the bonds between FAER and academic anesthesiology departments as well as increase awareness of FAER grants, programs, fundraising efforts, and accomplishments. The goal of this program is to form closer, two-way relationships between FAER and departments of anesthesiology.
The impact early-career support and grant funding can have on one’s ability to pursue a career in anesthesiology research is tremendous. FAER awards provide recipients critical time and financial support to bridge this gap early on in their career. This is where the FAER Academic Champions program comes in.
FAER Champions work closely with FAER and the Champion’s department as a two-way conduit of information on FAER grants, programs, fundraising efforts, and accomplishments. Suggested FAER Champion responsibilities include (bur are not limited to):
FAER recognizes that it takes more than money to support the future of our specialty. It takes a shared vision. Our hope is that each Academic Champion will foster a dialogue between FAER and their department, allowing a more powerful, expansive vision to emerge and guide our specialty and investment in the future.
Participation in this program is an exclusive benefit offered to academic anesthesiology department members of FAER’s Society for Anesthesia Education and Research (SAER). Anesthesiology department chairs are asked to nominate one faculty member to serve as a Champion for their department. Ideal Champions include those within the department with ties to research and/or preexisting ties to FAER, such as grantees, program participants, or supporters.
Nominees are to be submitted to FAER’s Development Marketing and Communications Specialist, along with any questions related to the program and requests for a Champions Toolkit.
To follow is a list of current FAER Academic Champions, including their home institution and the year their terms began. Thank you to all these Champions and their departments for their commitment to the future of anesthesiology.
| FAER Academic Champion | Institution | Term Began |
| Patricia R. Bachiller, MD | Children’s Hospital of Boston | 2023 |
| Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA | University of Nebraska Medical Center | 2021 |
| Frederic T. Billings IV, MD | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Wei Chao, MD, PhD | University of Maryland School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Catherine L. Chen, MD | University of California, San Francisco | 2020 |
| Benjamin H. Cloyd, MD | University of Colorado |
2023 |
| Elizabeth K. Cotter, MD | University of Kansas Medical Center | 2021 |
| Stacie G. Deiner, MD |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
2022 |
| Lauren K. Dunn, MD, PhD |
University of Virginia | 2021 |
| David M. Eckmann, MD, PhD | Ohio State University | 2021 |
| Stuart Forman, MD, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2020 |
| Rebecca Maria Gerlach, MD, FRCPC |
University of New Mexico School of Medicine |
2022 |
| Ashraf S. Habib, MSc, BCh, MB, FRCA | Duke University School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Medhat S. Hannallah, MD, FRCA | Georgetown University Hospital | 2021 |
| Ellen S. Hauck, DO | Temple University School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Krista Highland, PhD | National Capital Consortium, USUHS | 2021 |
| Harriet W. Hopf, MD, FUHM, FASA |
University of Utah School of Medicine |
2024 |
| May Hua, MD, MSc Robert Maniker, MD |
Columbia University |
2024 |
| Adnan Hussain, MD |
Henry Ford Health System | 2024 |
| David Kaczka MD, PhD | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine | 2022 |
| Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCM, FCCP, FASA | Wake Forest School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD | State University of New York - Buffalo | 2023 |
| Sapna R. Kudchadkar, MD |
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
2023 |
| Jenny Kwak, MD, FASA | Loyola University Medical Center | 2021 |
| G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE | University of Washington School of Medicine |
2021 |
| Matthew C. Mauck, MD, PhD, FASA | University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
2022 |
| Guido Musch, MD | University of Massachusetts Medical School | 2021 |
| Mark Neuman, MD, MSc E. Railey White, MD |
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center |
2023 |
| Aaron J. Norris, MD, PhD | Washington University School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Ala Nozari, MD, PhD | Boston University Medical Center | 2021 |
| Brian P. O'Gara, MD | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) | 2023 |
| Kane O. Pryor, MBBS | Weill Cornell Medicine | 2021 |
| Andrei D. Sdrulla, MD, PhD | Oregon Health & Science University | 2021 |
| Emily E. Sharpe, MD, FASA | Mayo Clinic Rochester | 2023 |
| Bradford B. Smith, MD | Mayo Clinic Phoenix | 2021 |
| Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD | Stanford University Medical Center | 2022 |
| Michael M. Todd, MD | University of Minnesota Medical School | 2021 |
| Soban Umar, MD, PhD | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | 2021 |
| Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhD | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | 2021 |
| Brant M. Wagener, MD, PhD |
University of Alabama at Birmingham | 2023 |
| Jing Wang, MD | New York University Medical Center |
2023 |
| Fletcher A. White, PhD |
Indiana University School of Medicine | 2023 |
| Anna Woodbury, MD | Emory University |
2021 |
| Zheng Xie, MD, PhD, FASA | University of Chicago | 2023 |
| Raymond A. Zollo, MD |
University of Rochester Medical Center | 2024 |
Curated by: BH
Last updated by: BH
Date of last update: July 1, 2024
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