Dr. Jane Moon, a critical care anesthesiologist and historian, joins Dr. Striker to discuss the history of the specialty, anesthesiology's early leaders, and the many ways the past informs the present. Join us for a peek inside the life and research of an anesthesiology historian, and find out how the Wood Library Museum helped her on the path. Recorded April 2020.
Jane Moon, MD, is currently Co-Chair of the Archives Committee of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology and Chair of the California Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on the History of Anesthesia. She is a critical care anesthesiologist at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She earned her undergraduate degree in history and literature at Harvard University and her medical degree at the University of Southern California (USC), where she also completed her anesthesiology residency and critical care fellowship.
Adam Striker, MD, FASA, is currently Chair of the ASA Committee on Communications, and is the series editor for ASA’s Central Line podcast series. He is an Associate Professor and serves as staff anesthesiologist in the Division of Cardiac Anesthesia at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia at Kentucky Children’s Hospital as part of the Joint Congenital Heart Care Program. He received his undergraduate degree in engineering from Purdue University and his medical degree from Indiana University. He completed his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Northwestern University.