The IARS Research & Education Awards Committee provides strategic direction and oversight for the IARS Awards Programs. The members ensure that award dollars are utilized in a strategic manner to maximize impact and best meet the changing needs of the specialty, and further the IARS mission.

Co-Chairs

Meredith Adams, MD, MS, FASA, FAMIA

IARS Secretary and Treasurer

Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Alexander Zarbock, MD, PhD

IARS Board Member

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy
Westfälische Wilhelms University Hospital Münster

Münster, Germany

Members

Daniel I. McIsaac, MD, MPH, FRCPC

IARS Board Member

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa
Professor, Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa
Chair in Innovative Perioperative Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Beverley A. Orser, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC

IARS Board Member Emeritus

Affiliate Scientist, Biological Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Professor, departments of physiology and anesthesia, Chair, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair in Anaesthesia, Tier 2

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Y.S. Prakash, MD, PhD

IARS Immediate Past President

Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine; Associate Dean for Research, Midwest, Mayo Clinic; Consultant, Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Chair, Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Duminda Wijeysundera, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAHA

IARS Board Member

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

IMRA External Advisory Board

IARS thanks the IMRA External Advisory Board for their outstanding contribution to the success of our 2024 award cycle!

Julie Freed, MD, PhD, FAHA, FCVS, Chair
Charles Emala, MD
Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS, FASE
Angela Jerath, MSc, FRCPC, FANZCA, MD, BSc
David Mintz, MD, PhD
Christa Nehs, PhD
Mark Neuman, MD, MSc
Jaime Privratsky, MD, PhD
Jennifer Rabbitts, MD, Ch.B
Lisa Qia Rong, MD
Kristin Schreiber, MD, PhD
Ken Solt, MD
Creed Stary, MD, PhD
Miriam Treggiari, MD
Monica Vavilala, MD
Liz Whitlock, MD, MS