PRESIDENT
Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAP
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Stanford University and the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Hospital/Institution Titles
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Texas A&M, College Station, Texas BA Biology 1982
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; MD 1986
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Surgery 1986-1987
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Anesthesiology 1987-1990
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Denver’s Children Hospital, Denver, CO; Pediatric Anesthesiology 1990-1991
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities
- Extensive involvement with the SPA, including Newsletter Editor, Communication Committee Chair, Board of Directors 2006-2014, Education Committee, Membership Committee,
- Co-Founder of the Special Interest Group on Pediatric Pain Management and SPPM
- Current SPPM Vice President
Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization
- AAP: Section of Anesthesiology and Pain Management-Member of Executive Committee, Membership Chair, Education Committee, Chair-elect
- AAP RVU SubCommittee Chair
VICE PRESIDENT
Robert Theodore Wilder, MD, PhD
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Hospital/Institution Titles
Consultant in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Stanford University, Stanford, CA; MS 1977
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Vanderbilt Medical School, Nashville, TN; MD, PhD 1984
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic; Surgery Internship and Residency (3 years total) 1984-1987
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, MN 1987-1989 and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 1989-1990 (CA3 year of Pediatric Anesthesia)
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Pediatric Pain Management 1990-1991
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities
- SPPM Program Chair for Second Annual Meeting (2015)
- SPPM Board member
- Current SPPM Secretary-Treasurer
Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization
- Member of Society for Pediatric Anesthesia; Education Committee, Finance Committee
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, MPH
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School
Hospital/Institution Titles
Director, Medical Acupuncture Service
Senior Associate in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
MD – Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1981
MPH – Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1984
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed
Pediatrics – Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1985
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed
Pediatrics – Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1987
Anesthesia – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1989
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed
Pediatric Anesthesia – Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1990
Pain Medicine – Stanford University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1992
Medical Humanism and Professionalism – Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA, 2014
Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed
Medical Acupuncture – University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine,
Los Angeles, California, 1996
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc)
- 2013-2014 – Founding Member, Provisional Board of Directors, and Secretary
- 2014-present – Board of Directors
- 2014-present – Education Committee, Member
- 2014-present – Research Committee, Member
- 2015-present – Ad Hoc Committee for Membership, Member
- 2017-present – Editor-in-Chief, SPPM Newsletters
SPPM Professional Leadership in Continuing Medical Education
- Pediatric Pain Conference, Meeting Preparatory for Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine – Guest speaker
- 1st Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine – Moderator
- 2nd Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine – Program Co-Chair, Moderator, Scientific Planning Committee
- 3rd Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine – Program Chair, Moderator, Scientific Planning Committee, PBLD and Abstract Reviewer
- 4th Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine – Moderator, Scientific Planning Committee, PBLD and Abstract Reviewer
- 5th Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine – Moderator, Scientific Planning Committee, PBLD and Abstract Reviewer
- Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Education Committee, Member 1991-present
Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Member, Fellow, 1985-present
AAP Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Member
AAP Section on Integrative Medicine, Member - American Society of Anesthesiologists, Member, 1988-present
AAP and ASA Annual Meetings, PBLD, Workshop Coordinator, Moderator and Invited Speaker
Petra M. Meier Haran, MD, DEAA
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Hospital/Institution Titles
Attending Physician, Dep. of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia
Affiliate Staff, Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; 1982
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Johannes Gutenberg University, School of Medicine, Mainz, Germany, MD; 1986
Dissertation, Magna cum laude, Neuropharmacology, Mainz, Germany; 1987
ECFMG, Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, USA; 2003
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
Internal Medicine and General Surgery – Hildegardis Hospital Mainz, Germany – Gynecology and Obstetrics – University Hospital Zuerich, Switzerland (total 1 year) 1985-1986
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
University Hospital Zuerich / City Hospital Baden / University Hospital Inselspital Bern, Switzerland (5 year requirement); 1988-1992
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Research Fellowship in Perinatal Physiology; University Hospital Zuerich, Switzerland; 1987
Senior Registrar in Pediatric Anesthesiology; Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK; 1993
Research Fellowship Pain Medicine; Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; 1997- 1999
Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology; Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; 2003-2004
Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
Deputy Attending Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, ER, Swiss Air Rescue; University Hospital Inselspital Bern, Switzerland; 1994
Division Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology; Children’s Hospital, University Hospital Inselspital Bern, Switzerland; 1995-1997
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities
SPPM – one of the founding members of the society, development of bylaws 2013
- Founding member of the Special Interest Group for Pediatric Pain Management (SIGPPM) since its formation 2009. It was the predecessor to the SPPM
- Temporary SIGPPM Board of Directors 2011-2013
- Temporary SPPM Board of Directors 2013-2014
- Chair for 1st Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2014
- Board of Director (At-Large) 2014 – present
- Membership Committee – Chair 2018 – present
I am analyzing the yearly participation and activity/contribution level of our members in our society; pattern recognition, and involvement of junior members i.e., active participation in committees, are instrumental for the development of strategies to increase attendance of our national meetings and membership. - Research Committee – member
Scientific abstract review, and scoring, selection of posters for annual meetings - Education Committee
- Chair 2014
- Curriculum development for annual meetings
- Moderator for annual meeting sessions including training of junior members
- Guidelines (welcome, timeline, expectations) for junior moderators and future chairs
- Review of PBLD submissions and selection for annual meeting
- Contribution to Newsletter
- Invited speaker, moderator or presenter every year since 2014
SPA – Society for Pediatric Anesthesia since 2005 – present
- International Assembly Organizing Committee 2010-2012
- Education Committee (curriculum development of Fall and Spring meetings)
- Finance Committee
- Special Interest Group – Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group
- Executive committee, member-at-large 2012-present
- Chair 2018
- I am also contributing author to the Pediatric Anesthesia Problem based learning approach (edited by Lalwani, Choi, Raman, Cohen) – proceeds of which will be donated to the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Patient Safety Education Research Fund.
- Invited speaker, PBLD sessions, presenter every year since 2006
Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.
- SKGA – Society Pediatric Anesthesia of Switzerland – founding member 1995 – present
- ESA – European Society for Anesthesia, member since 1996 – present
- ASA – member since 2004 – present
- Invited speaker in the US and Europe.
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Vidya Chidambaran, MB, BS, MD
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Hospital/Institution Titles
Associate Professor, Anesthesia and Pediatrics
Director, Perioperative pain, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
- 1991-1997 – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS); Medical school – Undergraduate, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- 1998-2000 – Doctor of medicine (MD), Anesthesia, Kasturba medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
1996 – 1997 – Internship, Medical school, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2003 – 2004 – Internship, Anesthesia, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
2004 – 2007 – Residency, Anesthesia, Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
2007 – 2008 – Fellow, Pediatric Anesthesia, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
2014-2015 – Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2015-2017 – Master’s Degree (MS), Clinical and Translational Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities
- 2016-present – SPPM Education Committee
Participate in determining educational agenda, program for scientific meetings - 2016-present – SPPM Scientific Committee
Participate in research activities and developing common interest collaborations in pediatric pain research - 2018-present – SPA Edcation Committee
Participate in setting educational and program agenda for scientific meetings - 2018 – SPPM Program Co-chair
Worked with Chair to determining program speakers and priorities, review of abstracts and PBLDs; Participated in board meetings as adjunct. - 2019 – SPPM Program Chair
Will work with education committee and co-chair to develop agenda for program, invite speakers, logistics of the program - Other involvement
Moderator, Poster session, Science of Pain, SPPM, 2018.
Multiple honors/awards at SPA/SPPM
- 2010 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – First Place, Annual meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, San Antonio, TX
- 2011 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – First Place, Annual meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, San Diego, CA
- 2011 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – Second Place, American Academy of Pediatrics/ Society for Pediatric Anesthesia winter meeting 2011, San Diego, CA
- 2012 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – Second Place, American Academy of Pediatrics/ Society for Pediatric Anesthesia winter meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 2012
- 2013 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – First Place, American Academy of Pediatrics/Society for Pediatric Anesthesia winter meeting, March 2013, Las Vegas, NV
- 2014 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – First Place, American Academy of Pediatrics/Society for Pediatric Anesthesia winter meeting, March 2014, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 2015 – John J. Downes Resident Research Award – First Place, American Academy of Pediatrics, Phoenix, AZ
- 2016 – Outstanding Research Award, Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine, Colorado Springs, CO
- 2016 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – First Place, Academy of Pediatrics/Society for Pediatric Anesthesia winter meeting, March 2016, Colorado Springs, CO
- 2017 – Best Abstract Award, Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine, March 2017, Austin, TX
- 2017 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – First Place, American Academy of Pediatrics/Society for Pediatric Anesthesia winter meeting, March 2017, Austin, TX
- 2018 – Young Faculty Investigator Award – Third Place, American Academy of Pediatrics/Society for Pediatric Anesthesia winter meeting, March 2018, Phoenix, AZ
In addition to presentations at poster and award sessions, following presentations at SPPM/SPA
Literature Year in Review: Science of Pain; Acute Pain & Regional; Chronic Pain & Palliative Care – Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Problem Based Learning Discussion: Recurrent intraoperative anaphylactic reaction: What are we missing? (March 2013, Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting)
Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.
National
- 2017-present – American Pain Society Pain in Infants, Children and Adolescents Shared Interest Group comprised of an interdisciplinary group focused on promoting advocacy, education, policies, programs, and research about pain in children.
American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians, and other professionals to increase the knowledge of pain and transform public policy and clinical practice to reduce pain-related suffering - 2018-2020 – American Pain Society Advocacy work group
- 2017-2020 – Chair, American Pain Society Pain and Genetics SIG
International
- 2018 – Poster Moderator, European Society of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2018-2020 – International Association for the Study of Pain Developing Countries Working Group (DCWG)
IASP is the largest multidisciplinary association in the field of pain - 2018-Present – IASP Pain in Childhood
Presentations at the pain/pediatric organizations including workshops/symposia
- 2018 – “Novel Mechanisms Underlying Risk for Acute and Chronic Post-Surgical Pain: Role of Peripheral Pain Processing, Central Sensitization, and Genomics”
Symposium presenter, American Pain Society Scientific Summit at Anaheim, CA - 2017 – Pediatric Data Blitz, May 2017: American Pain Society meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, at Pediatric Pain SIG.
- 2018 – “Mechanisms Underlying Pediatric Chronic Postsurgical Pain: The Role of Neural Networks Affecting Behavior, Genomics, and Quantitative Systems Pharmacology.”
Topical Workshop presenter and moderator
International Association for the Study of Pain meeting, Boston, USA - 2018 – Pediatric data Blitz presentation: “Systems biology-based genomic prediction of the risk for chronic postsurgical pain”
Pain in childhood SIG meeting, International Association for the Study of Pain meeting, Boston, USA - 2019 – Mind-body perspectives on chronic post surgical pain in children: role
of parent-family interactions, genetics-epigenetics and mindfulness (Accepted for presentation at 12th International Symposium on Paediatric Pain, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland) - 2019 – Being Mindful of Opioid Use: Active Mechanisms Supporting Non-opioid Pain Therapies: Accepted to American Pain Society’s Scientific Program to be held in Milwaukee, WI.
Scott Dingeman, MD, FAAP
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work:
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Hospital/Institution Titles:
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, BA in 1994
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, MD in 1998
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Categorical General Surgery Internship & Residency, 1998-2000
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, 2000-2003
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
Boston Children’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003-2004
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities:
- Previous member of the Board of Directors for two years where I attended board meetings, collaborated with other pediatric pain, anesthesiology, and palliative care societies, and networked with vendors to advance the society’s mission, increase our membership, and increase the revenue from our annual meeting to help support the society and its members.
- Program Chair for SPPM’s 5th Annual Meeting in Phoenix Arizona where I created a curriculum including PBLDs, workshops and didactic lectures including our first ever live patient interview to advance and enhance attendees’ knowledge of acute and chronic pain and palliative care.
Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.
- Active member of the SPA and its Education Committee
- Active member of IASP’s SIG Pain in Childhood
M-Irfan Suleman, MD
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work.
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore MD
Hospital/Institution Titles
Assistant Professor
Director, Pediatric Interventional pain management
Medical Director, Multidisciplinary Pediatric Pain Clinic
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Jinnah Sindh Medical University, MBBS, 1993
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended;
degree and year obtained
University of Louisville, Louisville KY 2002-2003
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of
training
University of Louisville 2003-2005
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little AR, 2006-2008
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Arkansas Children’s Hospital/UAMS – Pediatric Anesthesia 2008-2009
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard – Pediatric Pain 2014
Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
Teaching Scholar certification, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2012
Serving Leader Cohort training, John Hopkins 2016-2017
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities
- SPPM Director-At-Large two-years
- Course Director and Speaker “Pediatric Chronic Interventional Pain Workshop” 2017, 2018
- Speaker “Staring Perioperative Regional Anesthesia Program” workshop 2015
- Chair, SPPM Communication Committee 2014 – 2017
Build and organized SPPM website and SPPM Facebook - SPPM CME Session moderator, annual meeting 2018 @ phoenix AZ
- Co-chair, SPPM annual meeting 2019 @ Houston TX
- Chair, SPPM annual meeting Chair 2020 @ the Bahamas
- SPPM PBLD reviewer 2016
- SPA MOCA stimulation 2017
- Contributor to SPPM newsletter
- Several Posters presentations at SPPM/SPA meetings
Rosalie Tassone, MD, MPH
Name and City/State of Hospital/Institution for which you work
Team Health at The Palm Beach Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center
West Palm Beach, FL
Hospital/Institution Titles
Clinical Affiliate Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained
Penn State University, BS Physics 1990
Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained
Penn State College of Medicine MD 1996
Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained
University of Illinois at Chicago 1996-1999 (General Surgery)
Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training
University of Illinois at Chicago 1999-2002 (Anesthesiology)
Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship
Children’s Hospital Boston (2002-2002) Pediatric Anesthesiology
Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training
Medical Acupuncture training at Harvard Medical School (2002-2003)
Prior involvement with SPPM or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of these activities.
- I currently serve the SPPM as a liaison member to the SPA Surgical Advisory Committee.
- I am an active member of SPA. Served as Chair of the Ad Hoc Bylaws committee and as faculty for the Intensive Review of Pediatric Anesthesia. I serve on the Education Committee and as a member of the Subcommittee on Continuing Medical Education. I also served as Program Chair for “Frontiers in Pediatric Pain Medicine” at the SPA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas (March 14, 2013) when SPPM was still a Special Interest Group of the SPA.
- I also served the SPA as Program Chair, Problem Based Learning Discussions and Program Co-Chair for 2014 Winter Meeting for Society for Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Pain & Anesthesia, Ft. Lauderdale, FL and as Workshop Chair & Program Co-Chair, 2015 Winter Meeting for Society for Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Pain and Anesthesia, Phoenix, AZ
Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable) – please provide a brief description of organization.
- I am also active in the American Society of Anesthesiologists. I have served on the Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia in the past, and currently serve on the Pediatric Anesthesia Educational Subtract Committee and the Pediatric Anesthesia Abstract Review Committee. I have been a presenter and facilitator at the Workshop on Acupuncture and will be giving the Refresher Course Lecture on Pediatric Trauma Update this year.
- Additionally, I served the American Board of Anesthesiology as a question writer for the Board Exam in Pediatric Anesthesiology.
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