The Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A) Editorial Fellowship is a 12-month opportunity to work with the journal team to gain experience in all aspects of editorial work. For 2025, the journal editors selected 14 Editorial Fellows to be brought on in three groups every 4 months beginning April 1. During this one-year Editorial Fellowship, the participants will shadow two Section Editors for two 6-month periods and will also learn how to handle and review manuscripts and take on a scholarly project, which the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Jaideep J. Pandit, and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Thomas Vetter, will oversee.
Editorial Fellows
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José Gabriel Grajales Reyes, MD, PhD Chief Resident, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Dr. José Gabriel Grajales Reyes, MD, PhD, is an anesthesiology resident at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. He earned his medical and doctoral degrees from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2022. Dr. Grajales Reyes also holds a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras, obtained in 2012. His research interests include neurobiology of pain/itch, obesity, metabolism and brain homeostatic mechanisms that control behavior, with multiple publications in these areas.
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Joshua E. Insler, MD Hospital Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT Joshua E. Insler, MD, is a resident in anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM). A native of Cleveland, OH, Dr. Insler graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with a bachelor of science in clinical psychology and completed his undergraduate medical education at Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center. Following two years of clinical training in general surgery and a postdoctoral research fellowship, both at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Insler joined YSM to pursue residency training in anesthesiology. He is an accomplished researcher, with particular interests in cardiac anesthesiology, critical care medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, and medical education.
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Nicolas Kumar, MD Anesthesia Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Dr. Nicolas Kumar completed both his undergraduate and medical education at The Ohio State University. He is currently a CA3/PGY4 Anesthesia Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. After residency, he will remain at MGH to complete a clinical fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia. He is actively engaged in research at a multi-institutional level. His research interests encompass mechanical circulatory support, solid organ transplantation, intraoperative vasoplegia and right ventricular failure.
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Moataz Maher Emara, MD, EDAIC, MSc, EACVI-TOE Clinical Lecturer and Consultant in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt Dr. Moataz Maher Emara specializes in cardiovascular and transplantation anesthesia, with expertise in advanced hemodynamic management and ultrasound-guided monitoring. Beyond his clinical practice, Dr. Emara is an active researcher and has published in esteemed journals such as CHEST. He also serves as a peer reviewer for leading journals, including the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia and Critical Care. Additionally, he completed the Harvard University Egypt-Clinical Scholar Research Training (E-CSRT) program in 2020.
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Rachel Gioscia-Ryan, MD, PhD Clinical Fellow in Critical Care and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Brigham Department of Anesthesiology, Boston, MA Rachel Gioscia-Ryan, MD, PhD, received her PhD in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado Boulder and her MD from the University of Michigan, where she also completed residency training in anesthesiology. She is pursuing a career as a clinician-scientist, leading a research program using translational physiology to identify pragmatic interventions to improve clinical care in perioperative and critical care settings.
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Amanda J. Naylor, MD, MPH Second-Year Anesthesiology Resident Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Dr. Amanda J. Naylor earned her MD and MPH in Epidemiology from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She also holds an MA in Medical Sciences and a BA in History. Dr. Naylor has conducted extensive perioperative medicine research with the Cleveland Clinic Department of Outcomes Research, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, and FAER. She serves as Junior Co-Editor of the Residents’ Review of the ASA Monitor. She also serves on the ASA Resident Component Governing Council and the SOCCA Membership Committee.
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Yves Joel Tochie Noutakdie, MD Anesthesiologist Trainee in Regional, Ambulatory & Obstetric Anesthesia, and Perioperative & Critical Care Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Yves Joel Tochie Noutakdie is actively involved in clinical and research work to bring a positive impact on evidence-based anesthesia and analgesia. He also aims to achieve this through the acquisition of peer review and editorial skills in anesthesiology.
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Valluvan Rangasamy, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School; and Attending Anesthesiologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, MA Dr. Valluvan Rangasamy’s professional interests include perioperative outcomes research, hemodynamics, pharmacogenomics, frailty, cognition and prehabilitation. He is actively involved in improving perioperative safety for older adults, brain health and advancing innovative clinical trial designs. Dr. Rangasamy is excited to contribute to Anesthesia & Analgesia as an Editorial Fellow and looks forward to engaging in the peer-review and editorial process. |
2025 Group 2
José Gabriel Grajales Reyes, MD, PhD
Chief Resident,
Yale New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, CT
Dr. José Gabriel Grajales Reyes, MD, PhD, is an anesthesiology resident at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. He earned his medical and doctoral degrees from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2022. Dr. Grajales Reyes also holds a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras, obtained in 2012. His research interests include neurobiology of pain/itch, obesity, metabolism and brain homeostatic mechanisms that control behavior, with multiple publications in these areas.
Joshua E. Insler, MD
Hospital Resident, Department of Anesthesiology,
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Joshua E. Insler, MD, is a resident in anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM). A native of Cleveland, OH, Dr. Insler graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with a bachelor of science in clinical psychology and completed his undergraduate medical education at Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center. Following two years of clinical training in general surgery and a postdoctoral research fellowship, both at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Insler joined YSM to pursue residency training in anesthesiology. He is an accomplished researcher, with particular interests in cardiac anesthesiology, critical care medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, and medical education.
Nicolas Kumar, MD
Anesthesia Resident,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, MA
Dr. Nicolas Kumar completed both his undergraduate and medical education at The Ohio State University. He is currently a CA3/PGY4 Anesthesia Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. After residency, he will remain at MGH to complete a clinical fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia. He is actively engaged in research at a multi-institutional level. His research interests encompass mechanical circulatory support, solid organ transplantation, intraoperative vasoplegia and right ventricular failure.
2025 Group 1
Moataz Maher Emara, MD, EDAIC, MSc, EACVI-TOE
Clinical Lecturer and Consultant in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care,
Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine,
Mansoura, Egypt
Dr. Moataz Maher Emara specializes in cardiovascular and transplantation anesthesia, with expertise in advanced hemodynamic management and ultrasound-guided monitoring. Beyond his clinical practice, Dr. Emara is an active researcher and has published in esteemed journals such as CHEST. He also serves as a peer reviewer for leading journals, including the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia and Critical Care. Additionally, he completed the Harvard University Egypt-Clinical Scholar Research Training (E-CSRT) program in 2020.
Rachel Gioscia-Ryan, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow in Critical Care and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia,
Massachusetts General Brigham Department of Anesthesiology,
Boston, MA
Rachel Gioscia-Ryan, MD, PhD, received her PhD in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado Boulder and her MD from the University of Michigan, where she also completed residency training in anesthesiology. She is pursuing a career as a clinician-scientist, leading a research program using translational physiology to identify pragmatic interventions to improve clinical care in perioperative and critical care settings.
Amanda J. Naylor, MD, MPH
Second-Year Anesthesiology Resident
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Dr. Amanda J. Naylor earned her MD and MPH in Epidemiology from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She also holds an MA in Medical Sciences and a BA in History. Dr. Naylor has conducted extensive perioperative medicine research with the Cleveland Clinic Department of Outcomes Research, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, and FAER. She serves as Junior Co-Editor of the Residents’ Review of the ASA Monitor. She also serves on the ASA Resident Component Governing Council and the SOCCA Membership Committee.
Yves Joel Tochie Noutakdie, MD
Anesthesiologist Trainee in Regional, Ambulatory & Obstetric Anesthesia, and Perioperative & Critical Care Medicine,
University of Strasbourg,
Strasbourg, France
Yves Joel Tochie Noutakdie is actively involved in clinical and research work to bring a positive impact on evidence-based anesthesia and analgesia. He also aims to achieve this through the acquisition of peer review and editorial skills in anesthesiology.
Valluvan Rangasamy, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School; and Attending Anesthesiologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;
Boston, MA
Dr. Valluvan Rangasamy’s professional interests include perioperative outcomes research, hemodynamics, pharmacogenomics, frailty, cognition and prehabilitation. He is actively involved in improving perioperative safety for older adults, brain health and advancing innovative clinical trial designs. Dr. Rangasamy is excited to contribute to Anesthesia & Analgesia as an Editorial Fellow and looks forward to engaging in the peer-review and editorial process.
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