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