Young May Cha, MD, MS
Writer for The Daily Dose 2024-25
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Class of 2025
University of Colorado
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Dr. Young May Cha received a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Amherst College and a master’s degree in Neurobiology from Duke University. She received her MD at Duke University and did her residency at the University of Pennsylvania before completing her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Colorado. She specializes in clinical anesthesia for fetal surgery, epidermolysis bullosa, and pediatric neurosurgery. Her academic interests focus on education and resident wellness. 

Articles from The Daily Dose 2024:

• Access to Anesthesia Care is Universally Lacking Both in Providers and in a Universal Solution
• Cardiogenic Shock: One Organ but Many Options for Mechanical Circulatory Support

• Demystifying the Study Section: No Need to Fear Reviewer #2

• Early-Career Investigators Rapid-Fire Showcase: A Peek into the Future of Anesthesia Research

• Kosaka Best Abstract Finalists: The Best of Anesthesia’s Brightest
• Preoperative Fasting – One Size Does Not Fit All

• Using AI to Work with You, Not Instead of You

Jordan Francke, MD, MPH
Writer for The Daily Dose 2024-25
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow (PGY-5)
Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Dr. Jordan Francke grew up in Kentucky and Maine. He obtained a bachelor’s degree with honors in Neuroscience from Bowdoin College. Afterwards, he worked for three years at Massachusetts General Hospital researching pediatric HIV transmission, before receiving his MD and MPH degrees from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is now in his final year of anesthesiology residency at UCLA, and will be pursuing an obstetric anesthesiology fellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital next year. In his free time, he enjoys long-distance running, writing, traveling, cooking, making his own scented candles, and spending time with his family.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2024:

• A Breath of Fresh Air: Emerging Data on Managing “Physiologically Difficult Airways”

• APSF Develops Simulation Videos and Associated Facilitation Guides to Cultivate Discussion and Affect Change Around Workplace Violence

• Combating Cancer at Home and Abroad: Lessons from India and other LMICs
• Hard Pill to Swallow: The Role of the Perioperative Physician in the Opioid Crisis

• Matters of the Heart: Improving the Care Delivered to Parturients with Cardiac Disease

• Monkey Business in the ORs: When Veterinary Anesthetics Collide with Human Medicine

• Smooth Transitions: Expert Committee Reveals How to Improve the Perioperative Handoff Process

Christian S. Guay, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2018-21, 2023-25
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine at the University of Utah;
Director of the Anesthetic Brain Computer Interface Laboratory
Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Christian Guay is a board-certified cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist, currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine at the University of Utah. He is also the Director of the Anesthetic Brain Computer Interface Laboratory, focused on the development of technologies that precisely monitor and modulate brain states in the operating room and intensive care unit.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2024:

• Brainwaves, Biomarkers and Behavior: Unraveling the Effects of Anesthesia on Neurodevelopment
• Bridging the Gap Between Silicon and Biological Systems: The Age of Flexible, Wireless Sensors
• Clocking In: How Circadian Rhythms Shape Critical Care and Perioperative Outcomes
• Patent Pathways: Navigating the Maze of Innovation in Perioperative Medicine
• Quenching the Cognitive Fire of Surgery: New Insights into the Mechanisms, Biomarkers and Mitigation Strategies for Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders
• Reviving CPR: Innovations for Enhanced Cardiac Arrest Survival
• The Tea Ceremony of Grant Preparation

Articles from The Daily Dose 2023:

• A Tale of Two Specialties: Repurposing Anesthetics for Psychiatric Disorders
• A Workshop Worth its Weight in Gold: The Nuts and Bolts of Doing a Good Manuscript Peer Review
• Augmented Intelligence: Developing and Deploying AI in Anesthesiology & Critical Care
• Bloodless is More: Leveraging Patient Blood Management to Reduce Risk, Reduce Cost, and Improve Outcomes
• Coming to the Rescue When Ventilators are not Enough
• Measuring the Immeasurable: Biomarkers for Anaesthesia and Pain
• Prehabilitation: Promises, Perils and Prospects
• Young Investigators Ushering in a New Era of Sepsis Management: From the Microbiome and Toll-Like Receptors to Cerebral Autoregulation

Articles from The Daily Dose 2021:

• Confused Mice and Men: Can We Establish a Clinically Relevant Animal Model for Postoperative Delirium?
• Convergent Rhythms: Sleep, Anesthesia and Health
• Prehabilitation for the Marathon of Surgery
• Psychedelic Neuroscience: Mechanisms and Medicine

Articles in The Daily Dose 2019:

• Montreal on a Week in May – Insights from a Montrealer
• Making Research Matter: The Reproducibility Crisis in the Era of Precision Medicine
• Resuscitation in the ICU: Small Vessels, Big Targets
• Anesthesia and the Nervous System: Inflammation, Toxicity and Monitoring
• The Editor’s Perspective: Research Highlights, Future Priorities, and Plan S
• Anesthesia and Consciousness: How Investigations of the Anesthetized State Shape Current Concepts of Consciousness
• Promoting Your Career Advancement through Research, Education and Social Media
• Sensory Awareness and Anesthesia: Predictive Coding, Oddballs and Reanimation
• Critical Care Update: Cardiac, Neuro, Surgical and Medical ICU

Articles in The Daily Dose 2018:

• Leveraging Big Data and Genomics to Accelerate Drug Discovery and Guide Personalized Patient Care
• Generating and Funding Impactful Research in Anesthesiology
• Developing Research from an Idea to a Publication: The Editor Perspective
• Measuring, Reproducing and Phenotyping Anesthetic Neurotoxicity: Insights from Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and the MASK Study
• Concussion in the Perioperative Period: A Common Condition Requiring More Investigation
• Protecting Your Patients Against the Cerebral Challenges of Anesthesia and Surgery: Technological, Physiological and Pharmacological Approaches

Archana Bharadwaj, MD, MPH, CHES
Writer for The Daily Dose 2022 and 2024
Anesthesiology Resident (PGY-2/CA-1)
Washington University in Saint Louis

Dr. Bharadwaj earned her BS in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience and MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education, with a specialization in health communications, from the University of Michigan. She subsequently earned her MD from Central Michigan University College of Medicine. Her research interests include palliative care, end-of-life care, and pain management.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2024:

• Precision Anesthesia: Opportunities for Personalized Perioperative Care

• The Rungs of Independence: Constructing the Ladder of the Early Career Research Program

Articles from The Daily Dose 2022:

• Bridging the Gap between the Individual, Community and Hospital in Critical Care Medicine
• Capacity Building for Equitable Anesthesia Access
• Critical Components of Successful Clinical Trials
• Diversity on the RADAR
• Essential Steps towards Scientific Independence
• Meaningful Mentorship: From Career Satisfaction to Leadership Development and Beyond

Connor Brenna, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2023-24
Resident Physician, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Research Fellow, Perioperative Brain Health Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Dr. Connor Brenna completed a bachelor’s degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Saskatchewan (SK, Canada), followed by a medical degree at the University of Toronto (ON, Canada). Currently, he is a resident physician training in the University of Toronto Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine’s Clinician Investigator Program. Connor’s academic interests are in the mechanisms of anesthetics and their ability to inform fundamental questions about mood, cognition, and consciousness.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2024:

• From Bench to Brain Health: Developing Translational Expertise to Better Integrate Modern Neuroscience in Patient Care

• Triumph in the Tripartite

Articles in The Daily Dose 2023:

• Paths Through the Funding Labyrinth

Adaora M. Chima, MBBS, MPH
Writer for The Daily Dose 2019-20, 2023
Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Dr. Adaora Chima is a graduate of University of Nigeria College of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria and completed a Master of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. After spending a few years researching sustainable anesthesia delivery systems and perioperative care in West Africa, she commenced anesthesia residency at University of Rochester, New York, followed by a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center (CCHMC) in Ohio. She currently splits her clinical time between pediatric patients at CCHMC and adult/obstetric patients at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Additional interests include fetal anesthesia, environmentally sustainable perioperative strategies and simulation-based training modalities.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2023:

• A Mother’s Blood…You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure
• Filling Knowledge Gaps for Safe Use of Anesthetics and Sedatives in Children
• Health Inequity: Too Expensive for Anyone and Everyone
• Sometimes, The Less You See, The More There Is
• Where are Anesthesia Healthcare Workers? Strained but Still Out and About

Articles in The Daily Dose 2019:

• Analgesic Sounds and Artificial Intelligence in Patient Care
• Translating Pain – Genetics to Mice and Men and a Time Capsule from Montreal
• A Tribute to Excellence
• Show Me Your Best and Your Brightest!
• Oui ou Non? Controversies in Ambulatory Anesthesia
• Healthy Physicians Make Better Clinicians
• A Walk in Her Shoes: Women in Anesthesia
• SmartTots Panel: The Neurotoxicity Conundrum Unveiled
• I’ll Have a Serving of Anesthesia, but Hold the Opioids
• Ambulatory Care for the Obese Patient
• Incivility and Destructive Behavior in the Workplace

Jane S. Moon, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2022-23
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Jane Moon graduated with a degree in History and Literature from Harvard University and worked as a history teacher before starting medical school. She completed her MD, anesthesiology residency, and critical care fellowship at the University of Southern California. Dr. Moon’s research focus is on the history of anesthesia. She currently serves as Assistant Editor of History and Book Reviews for Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2023:

• A Bright Future for Research in Anesthesiology: The 2023 Kosaka Best Abstract Awards Session
• Expanding Equity in Anesthetic Care and Professional Advancement
• Overcoming Barriers to the Application of Clinical Decision Support Systems
• Promoting a Diverse Workforce in Academic Anesthesiology
• The Past, Present, and Future of Innovation in Critical Care

Articles from The Daily Dose 2022:

• Airway Emergencies in the ICU: Identifying and Mitigating Adverse Events
• Anesthesiologists as Patient-Centered, Perioperative Physicians in the Post-Pandemic Era
• Debunking the Myths: A Candid Discussion with Two Black Women Department Chairs
• Like Moths to the Flame: Rediscovering Purpose in Navigating Burnout
• Publish or Perish? Maintaining the Integrity of Authorship, Peer Review, Scientific Research, and Academic Promotion
• The Roots of Chronic Postoperative Pain: Personalized Prevention and Treatment for Patients at Risk

Wael Saasouh, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2023
Regional Director of Research, NorthStar Anesthesia
Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, Detroit Medical Center, MI
Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Department of Anesthesiology
Clinical Associate Professor, Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Wael Saasouh completed an anesthesiology residency at the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), a research fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Department of Outcomes Research (Ohio) where he was chief research fellow, received training in neuroanesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic (Ohio), and completed an anesthesiology residency at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC – Michigan). He is currently a Board-certified Anesthesiologist in Michigan and a Director of Research for NorthStar Anesthesia. His academic interests include medical innovation, novel therapeutics and medical technology.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2023:

• Expanding Inclusivity and Promoting Positive Culture in the Workplace and Beyond
• Intraoperative Hypotension: How Do We Fare in Lower Risk Surgeries and How Can We Improve?
• Navigating the Challenges of Academic Medicine: How Do We Enhance Our Efforts and Capitalize on Our Drive?

Nneoma Ubah, MD, MPH
Writer for The Daily Dose 2023
Research Assistant, Center for Rural Health Research, East Tennessee State University (ETSU)

Dr. Nneoma Ubah completed her medical school training at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. She is enrolled in the Epidemiology MPH program at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), where she is a graduate research assistant for the Center for Rural Health Research, ETSU. She hopes to continue her medical career in the field of Anesthesiology after her program. Her research interests are pain management and prescription opioid use disorders. She enjoys reading, creating fictional characters and planning vacation trips.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2023:

• Expanding Inclusivity and Promoting Positive Culture in the Workplace and Beyond 

Cameron Bosinski, MD, MS
Writer for The Daily Dose 2021-22
Resident Physician, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Cameron Bosinski completed a BS in Biology and Psychology at Stony Brook University and a MS in Neuroscience from the University of Hartford. While a medical student at Upstate Medical University, he completed a FAER Summer Research Fellowship on electroencephalography in the Kelz/Proekt lab at the University of Pennsylvania and studied Sudden Death in Epilepsy Patients in the Auerbach lab. Dr. Bosinski is currently an anesthesiology resident in the research track at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His research interests include neuromonitoring and mechanisms of anesthesia.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2022:

• Benefits of Developing Anesthetics with Favorable Pharmacokinetics
• Contemplating the Future of Pediatric Anesthetic Neurotoxicity Research
• Debating the Opioid Sparing Anesthetic Approaches for Controlling Pain
• From Academics to Research: Maximizing Your Reach in Anesthesiology
• Improving Patient Surgical Outcomes and Mental Health
• Solving the Mystery: Insights into the Patients who Develop Cognitive Dysfunction after Surgery
• Strategies to Overcome Gender Disparity in Anesthesiology

Articles from The Daily Dose 2021:

• Funding Sources for Anesthesiology Researchers
• Rapid Fire Showcase of Emerging Anesthesiology Investigators

Amanda Decimo, RN, MSN, MPH
Writer for The Daily Dose 2018-22
Texas Department of State Health Services, San Antonio, TX

Amanda Decimo has over ten years of clinical experience as a nurse anesthetist at Saint Francis Hospital in Chicago. She earned her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at The George Washington University and her Master of Science in Anesthesia Nursing from Florida International University. She recently relocated to San Antonio to join the Texas Department of State Health Services. She enjoys hiking with her family, writing, and volunteer work in underserved communities.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2022:

• Better Preserving Brain Health in Elderly Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia
• Fluid Resuscitation in Sepsis: New Perspectives on an Old Concept
• Space Medicine: The Final Frontier in Exponential Growth and Innovation

Articles in The Daily Dose 2021:

• Answering Clinical Questions Behind Chronic Pain Syndromes
• Critical Care Services Reimagined after COVID-19
• Diversity is Essential for Excellence
• Growing into a Leader in the ICU
• Hope Beyond the COVID-19 Vaccine in the Wake of the Pandemic
• Social Determinants for Trauma Patient Recovery
• Will Machine Learning Replace Clinical Acumen?

Articles in The Daily Dose 2019:

• Taking the Lead to Prevent Surgical Site Infections and In-Hospital Adverse Events
• Anticoagulants, Antibiotics and Medical Devices: Advancing Critically
• We Ordered Cardiac Biomarkers, Now What?
• Avoiding the Hematoma: Updates for ASRA Regional and Pain Anticoagulation Guidelines
• Excavating the Unknown MAP
• MVPs for the Penumbra: Better Anesthesia Management of the Complex Stroke Patient
• The Treatment of Sepsis: Simple Interventions Could Save Lives
• Considering the Possibility of Outcomes Worse than Death

Articles in The Daily Dose 2018:

• Research Statistics for the Non-Statistician
• Management of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
• Postoperative Respiratory Depression: Knowledge that Anesthesiologists Should Have

Allison M. Janda, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2021-22
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Allison Janda completed medical school at the University of Michigan, anesthesiology residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and cardiothoracic anesthesiology clinical fellowship followed by a T32 research fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Janda’s research focuses on studying outcomes after cardiac and major non-cardiac surgery, as well as how intraoperative decisions and events impact the patient experience and cost after surgery. She works with the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG), an international consortium of perioperative databases coordinated at the University of Michigan, to perform retrospective observational studies pertaining to her interests in perioperative outcomes. Additionally, she aims to apply the resources of the MPOG database to aid in the development of pragmatic clinical trials to study intraoperative care, postoperative complications, cost, and patient-centered outcomes.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2022:

• Burnout, Engagement and Moving Past the State of Disengagement
• Cardiovascular Anesthesia Care Across the World: Consistent Considerations, Varying Resources, and Approaches to Care
• Exploring Dogma: Critically Appraising the Evidence Behind Our Daily Clinical Practice
• Generational Divide, Management Strategies and Ways to Unify a Workforce with Varying Priorities
• Oxygen, Is There Such a Thing as Too Much? Investigating the Impact of Hyperoxia on Outcomes
• The Value and Challenges of Using Multi-Center Data

Articles from The Daily Dose 2021:

• Care Beyond Cannulas: The Systems, Hospital and Individual Approach to ECMO Care
• Incorporating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Residency Curriculum, Departments and Daily Actions
• Key to Success in Developing A Career as a Woman in Anesthesiology
• Many Paths Lead to an Academic Career
• Negotiating, Mediating and Facilitating in the Work Place: How to Develop and Employ Your Skills
• Promoting and Highlighting Global Anesthesia Research and Shared Decision-Making
• Setting Up for a Successful Academic Career
• Studying AKI: An Important yet Challenging Complication to Tackle
• The Impact of Discrimination and Ways to Address It as An Individual, Department and Society
• Weathering the Storm: Mindfulness and Wellness in Academic Anesthesia

Mark Arcario, MD, PhD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2021
Fellow Physician, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO

Dr. Mark Arcario entered the world of anesthesiology research while completing his PhD in Biophysics and Computational Biology as part of the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Utilizing molecular dynamics simulations, he studied the interaction of volatile anesthetics with the membrane-protein interface. He then went on to complete his medical studies (MD) at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Following this, he matriculated to the Academic Scholars Advancement Program (ASAP) at Washington University in Saint Louis, an innovative track that emphasizes research for physician-scientists. He completed residency training at Washington University in Saint Louis and is pursuing a fellowship in adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology at Washington University in Saint Louis. His current research focuses on utilizing molecular dynamics simulations to study the effect of native lipid species on the gating function of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels, with particular attention on free fatty acids.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2021:

• Becoming a Leader in Anesthesiology: Examining the Role of Leadership in Preparing the Next Generation of Anesthesiologists
• Examining Advances in Anesthesiology and Anticipating the Future
• From Bench to Bedside: How Anesthesiologists are Changing the Future of Medicine
• How Anesthesiologists Can Be Leaders in Patient Care
• Searching for Solutions to Medicine’s Biggest Problems
• The Future is Now: How Advances in Technology are Already Affecting Anesthesiology Practice
• The Role of Journals for the Future Direction of Anesthesiology

Shari Fisher Hinds, RN, MSN, FNP
Writer for The Daily Dose 2021

Shari has over 13 years of experience working in the medical field as both a Registered Nurse and Family Nurse Practitioner. She graduated with her BSN from the University of Kansas School of Nursing, and went on to obtain her MSN from the University of California, San Francisco. Her nursing experience includes working in the fields of pediatrics and labor and delivery, as well as working in Primary Care as an FNP.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2021:

• Bridging the Gap in Anesthesiology Research
• Celebrating Advances in Anesthesia and Critical Care at All Career Stages
• Do Multiple Choice Questions Lead to Long-Term Retention?
• Overcoming Burnout among Healthcare Providers
• Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: Understanding Patient Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes
• Socioeconomics Influence on COVID-19 Healthcare Outcome

Hana Nadeem
Writer for The Daily Dose 2021
Medical student (MS3), St. George’s University, Grenada

A third-year medical student at St George’s University, Grenada, Hana received her Bachelor in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at Université de Montréal, Canada. She worked on a project at Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) research center, studying the mechanisms of glucolipotoxicity and the detoxification of excess nutrients. She is currently completing her clinical training in New York with interest in anesthesiology and pain management. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, learning new languages and traveling.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2021:

• Anesthesia and the Microbiome: New Frontiers in Perioperative Medicine
• How to Manage Acute Pain in Morbidly Obese Patients
• Is Academic Anesthesia Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive?
• Meeting Experts in Neuroanesthesia
• Optimizing Ventilation in ARDS patients with Marginal Right and Left Ventricular Function
• Strategies Against Pediatric Sleep Breathing Disorders
• Therapeutic Novelties: New Hope?
• What’s New in Anesthesiology Research?

Saul Siller, MD, PhD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2021
Hospital Resident, Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Saul S. Siller, MD, PhD, is a current resident in the Residency Program at Yale School of Medicine and a member of the residency program’s research track, known as the Research Scholars Program. He obtained his BA from Vanderbilt University, double majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Spanish. He performed undergraduate research in the field of developmental neurobiology in the laboratory of Kendal Broadie. He then went to Stony Brook University where he obtained both his MD and PhD degrees through the institution’s Medical Scientist Training Program. His PhD is in molecular and cellular pharmacology, and he conducted his dissertation work with Ken-Ichi Takemaru, studying airway ciliated cell differentiation.

Articles from The Daily Dose 2021:

• Networking and Engagement Among the Newest Generation of Anesthesiologist-Scientist Leaders

Douglas A. Colquhoun, MB ChB
Writer for The Daily Dose 2019-20
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dr. Colquhoun works with the Multicenter Perioperative Research Group (MPOG) to understand how care decisions made in operating rooms across the country impact patient outcomes. This is his second visit to Montreal and he is excited to explore more of the old town and practice his extremely limited French.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2019:

• Improving Healthcare in the Era of Precision Medicine
• Spanning the Gamut of Scientific Investigations in Perioperative Care
• Major Questions in Perioperative Medicine Examined
• Social Media: To Use or Not to Use?
• Navigating the Final Priorities of End of Life Care
• Where Do We Want the Health of Our Communities to Be by the Middle of this Century?
• Conducting Successful Pragmatic Clinical and Transactional Trial
• Setting the Right Course for a Future in Anesthesiology
• Observational Trial Methodology: A New Facet
• Examining the Consequences Associated with the Administration of Opioids during Surgery
• The Connection between Emotional Intelligence and Innovation in Becoming Leaders
• DREAMS of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Carla Todaro, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2019 and 2018
Neuroanesthesia Fellow, LHSC – Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Her major interests are medical education, leadership and patient safety. She is an untiring critical reader, loves to travel and deeply believes in the importance of exchanging opinions with colleagues from all over the world to improve the quality of patient care.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2019:

• Investigating Metabolic Markers and Virtual Data Warehouses
• Improving Education and Performance with Self-Regulation, Psychological Safety and Managing Cognitive Load
• The Feedback You Give and Receive: Tips for Making It More Effective
• Shaping the Right Path for Your Academic Career
• Tackling Current Issues in Global Health in the Clinical Setting
• Monitoring and Targeting Dementia
• Medication Administration Errors: How Do We Prevent Them?
• Innovating Neuromonitoring: A Simulation-Driven Exercise
• Monitoring Patients More Effectively to Minimize Complications after Surgery

Articles in The Daily Dose 2018:

• Enhanced Recovery Protocol Elements: What Is the Level of Evidence?
• Can Human Factors and Cognitive Science Make Medicine and Anesthesiology Safer?

Michael R. Mathis, MD
Contributor for The Daily Dose 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology; Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Research, University of Michigan Anesthesiology

Dr. Michael Mathis received his B.S.E. degree at Duke University and subsequently completed medical school, residency, and cardiothoracic anesthesia/T32 fellowship training at the University of Michigan. Dr. Mathis is an Assistant Professor and Director of Cardiac Anesthesia Research at the University of Michigan. His research interests are in improving perioperative care for patients with advanced cardiovascular disease, particularly for patients with heart failure. As part of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG), he plays a lead role in integration of data from national cardiac and thoracic surgery registries. He also has interests in leveraging novel data science methods to understand patterns within highly granular intraoperative physiologic data, studying hemodynamic responses to surgical and anesthetic stimuli as a means for early detection of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Mathis has secured NIH funding through a K01 grant studying a perioperative data-driven approach to the diagnosis of heart failure.

Article in The Daily Dose 2019:

• Setting the Stage for Pragmatic Trials in Anesthesiology to Make an IMPACT: Key Insights from Trialists, and Awardees’ Proposals

Michael D. McDonald, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2018
Resident, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Michael D. McDonald, MD is a resident at the University of Pennsylvania in Anesthesiology and Critical Care. He completed his medical school education at the University of Pennsylvania. His academic interests include medical education and clinical research related to cardiothoracic critical care and ECMO.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2018:

• Advice through Anecdote: How Experience and Mentorship Shape the Career of a Young Anesthesia Scholar
• Education, Research, and Administration: Three Paths to Success in Medicine
• Blended Learning, Simulation, and Serious Gaming: Innovation for Lifelong Learners
• Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism: A Review
• The Role of Culture for Effective Use of Safety Reporting, Checklists, and Root Cause Analysis
• Biases in Education and Research and Their Impact in Medicine
• Mobile Technology in Medical Education

Nawal Ragheb-Mueller, DO, PhD, MPH
Writer for The Daily Dose 2018
Attending Physician, JHS Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL

After an early career as an NIH-supported epidemiologist, Dr Ragheb-Mueller decided to enter medical school. During her clinical rotations, she had the good fortune to spend six months in Malawi at Blantyre’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital and decided to pursue a career in anesthesiology. Today, she works at JHS Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, where she enjoys working at the crossroads of public health and medicine with the residents in her department who hail from across North America and around the world.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2018:

• Investigating, Conceptualizing and Addressing Healthcare Disparity in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
• New Innovations in the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Curing Physician Burnout
• Women in Medicine and Leadership: Time for Change
• Healthcare Quality Infrastructure: Too Much Stick, Not Enough Carrot
• Tackling the Opioid Epidemic – A National Strategy

Linda M. Trapani, MD
Writer for The Daily Dose 2018
Fellow, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Dr. Trapani’s clinical interests include pediatric anesthesiology, obstetric anesthesiology and patient safety. When she’s not in the OR, she enjoys yoga, painting, gardening and reading.

Articles in The Daily Dose 2018:

• Anesthesia for Children with Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Opening Up the Black Box
• LVADs and Non-cardiac Surgery: What to Do When They Come to Your OR
• Blue Babies: How Do They Survive?
• Perioperative Pain Management in Children with Sleep-Disordered Breathing: A Difficult Balancing Act