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. The A&A Editorial Fellowship is designed to mentor and to train early-career individuals interested in better understanding and more effectively contributing to scholarly publishing. During this 12-month opportunity, the Editorial Fellows will join our journal team to acquire skills, gain experience, and receive behind-the-scenes insights into every aspect of journal editorial work. A&A expects that this Editorial Fellowship will strengthen the participants’ multidimensional yet interrelated roles as researchers, educators, authors, peer reviewers, and grant applicants.
Editorial Fellows
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Jana Aulenkamp, MD Dr. Jana Luisa Aulenkamp’s research in clinical neuroscience focuses on visceral and acute perioperative pain, as well as placebo and nocebo mechanisms, with a particular interest in how expectations and communication influence pain and anxiety outcomes. She leads interdisciplinary translational projects, contributes to teaching, and has received several awards for her work. Her work aims to bridge basic and clinical research and to translate novel tools and mechanistic insights into improved patient-centered care in perioperative and pain management.
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Brittany Bryant, MD Dr. Brittany Bryant is currently a pediatric anesthesiology fellow at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, where she will complete a second fellowship in pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology in the upcoming academic year. She received her MD from Baylor College of Medicine and completed an internship in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina. She trained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for anesthesiology residency where she was a chief resident and received the Distinguished Resident Clinician Award upon graduation. Her research interests include pediatric anesthesia and medical ethics.
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Juan C. Fiorda Diaz, MD Dr. Juan C. Fiorda Diaz completed his anesthesiology residency training in Venezuela in 2011 and a fellowship in Neuroanesthesia at The Ohio State University. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa. His research interests include perioperative outcomes, quality improvement, and postoperative pain. Dr. Fiorda Diaz is passionate about education and academic medicine, with a strong interest in mentoring trainees and contributing to scholarship that improves patient care. He values collaboration, innovation, and lifelong learning, and is committed to advancing the field of anesthesiology through clinical practice, research, and teaching.
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Zhuan Jin, MD Dr. Zhuan Jin completed his medical education at Osaka University and his anesthesiology residency at Kameda Medical Center in Japan. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. He is also a PhD candidate at Okayama University, Japan, where he is training in clinical research methodologies. With experience in academic publishing and peer review, his research focuses on perioperative management and regional anesthesia, using methodologies including randomized controlled trials, large-scale database studies, and meta-analyses.
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Kimberly Mendoza, MD, PhD, MPH Obstetrics Anesthesiology Fellow Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA Dr. Kimberly Mendoza received her MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, her MA and PhD from Rice University, her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and her BS in Biology and Chemistry and BA in Spanish Language and Literature from Southern Methodist University. She completed her residency at the University of Colorado and is finishing her fellowship in obstetrics anesthesiology at Stanford University. She is passionate about medical education, global health, and quality improvement such improving disparities for patients with non-English language barriers. Dr. Mendoza’s research is focused on the role of the anesthesiologist in perinatal fetal loss, and she is developing a trauma informed educational and clinical framework for anesthesia involvement in perinatal fetal loss.
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Peter Santer, MD, DPhil Dr. Peter Santer is a clinician-scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he completed his anesthesiology residency and now serves on the faculty. His research in anesthesiology and critical care focuses on respiratory physiology, intraoperative mechanical ventilation, and perioperative outcomes. He has published extensively in these areas and regularly serves as a peer reviewer for medical journals. Dr. Santer earned his PhD in respiratory physiology from the University of Oxford and his MD from Innsbruck Medical University.
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Andrew J. Warburton, M.D. Dr. Andrew Warburton is a chief anesthesiology resident at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and earned his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he remained for residency training. In the upcoming academic year, he will complete a one-year Critical Care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and plans to continue research using big data analysis and machine learning to predict and improve postoperative outcomes. |
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Manazir Athar, MD, DNB, EDAIC, FIECHO Dr. Manazir Athar’s academic work focuses on perioperative outcomes and critical care, with specific interests in acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery, airway management and mechanical ventilation. His research incorporates protocol-based care, clinical data analytics, and machine learning techniques to enhance risk prediction and improve patient outcomes. He is actively involved in academic training, especially in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and is committed to advancing evidence-based practices and scholarly work in anesthesiology.
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Alex Bak, MD, MEng Dr. Alex Bak received his MD degree and completed advanced training in Biomedical Engineering, both at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bak’s research is focused on improving outcomes for individuals experiencing pain, disability, and surgery using novel therapies and digital health technology. He is also passionate about clinical leadership and serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS), the CAS Clinical Practice Guidelines committee, and is past chair of the CAS Resident Section.
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Safwan Elkhatib, MD, PhD Dr. Safwan Elkhatib is currently a second-year anesthesia resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After graduating magna cum laude from Iowa State University, he joined the MD-PhD program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he completed his PhD investigating how the sympathetic nervous system alters T-cell inflammation through redox mechanisms. He is a research track resident with a focus on immunomodulation in the critically ill, alongside a specific interest in the practice of critical care anesthesia in austere, global settings.
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Michal Jedrusiak, MD Michal Jedrusiak, MD, is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine at Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, Poland. He is also a resident in anesthesiology and critical care at the 5th Military Clinical Hospital in Krakow. He earned his medical degree from Jagiellonian University Medical College in 2023 and previously trained as a visiting graduate student in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, USA. His work combines translational neuroscience with clinical research, with a particular focus on postoperative delirium and sleep disruption. He also studies the mechanisms underlying perioperative myocardial injury.
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Ziyad O. Knio, MD Dr. Ziyad Knio is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. He completed his residency training at UVA (2024) followed by a critical care fellowship at Columbia University (2025). He currently practices multi-specialty anesthesiology and cardiothoracic critical care. His mission is to improve patient safety through clinically meaningful outcomes research and to advance academic anesthesiology through education, mentorship, and innovation.
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Deborah Plana, MD, PhD Dr. Deborah Plana is an Anesthesia/Research resident in the PRIME track at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. She earned her MD-PhD from Harvard Medical School through the Harvard‐MIT Health Sciences and Technology program and her PhD through the Harvard Systems Biology program, which was supported by the NIH F30 fellowship and the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biological Engineering at MIT with a minor in Statistics and Data Science. She is interested in using translational systems biology to advance precision anesthesia.
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Katarina J. Ruscic, MD, PhD Dr. Katarina Ruscic is a critical care anesthesiologist and physician scientist whose research focuses on the physiology, pharmacologic modulation, and imaging of the lymphatic system. She completed an MD and PhD at the University of Chicago and trained in anesthesiology and critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her work integrates ion channel biology with advanced imaging to improve tissue fluid clearance. She received the 2022 IARS Mentored Research Award and is supported by an NIH K08 award.
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Ragasnehith (Snehith) Maddula, MD Dr. Ragasnehith Maddula received his MD with Honors in Research from Medical College of Wisconsin and BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from UC San Diego. Dr. Maddula’s research is focused on improving patient outcomes utilizing digital health technology as well as novel perioperative risk evaluation strategies in anesthesiology. He is also passionate about medical education and leads curriculum initiatives to improve medical student teaching in anesthesiology and resident education for clinical exam preparations.
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Andrew P. Notarianni, MD, FASE, FASA Andrew P. Notarianni, MD, FASE, FASA is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He serves as the Fellowship Director for Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and devotes his clinical practice to Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Critical Care. His research interests focus on perioperative cardiac surgical care, mechanical circulatory support, and right heart physiology.
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Sérgio Martins Pereira, MD, PhD Dr. Sérgio Martins Pereira is a clinician-investigator at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an attending anesthesiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an assistant professor at University of Toronto, Canada. He completed his medical training, anesthesiology residency and critical care fellowship at University of São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Anesthesiology and participated in Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical & Operations Research, an ATS initiative to build capacity in low- and middle-income countries. His research portfolio spans a broad range, including translational studies, systematic reviews, editorials, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials.
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Mohammed Adinoyi Usman, MBBS, MSc, FWACS Dr. Mohammed A. Usman completed his medical education at the University of Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, and earned his MSc in Pharmacology from Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto State, Nigeria. He is currently nearing the completion of his PhD in Pharmacology at the same institution. He also underwent fellowship training at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital. His academic interests focus on the rational use of ketamine, neuropharmacology, and pain medicine. Dr. Usman is eager to take part in the Anesthesia & Analgesia Editorial Fellowship.
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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. |
Group 5 November 2026
Jana Aulenkamp, MD
Resident and Clinician Scientist,
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,
University Hospital Essen,
Essen, Germany
Dr. Jana Luisa Aulenkamp’s research in clinical neuroscience focuses on visceral and acute perioperative pain, as well as placebo and nocebo mechanisms, with a particular interest in how expectations and communication influence pain and anxiety outcomes. She leads interdisciplinary translational projects, contributes to teaching, and has received several awards for her work. Her work aims to bridge basic and clinical research and to translate novel tools and mechanistic insights into improved patient-centered care in perioperative and pain management.
Brittany Bryant, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow,
Texas Children’s Hospital; Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX, USA
Dr. Brittany Bryant is currently a pediatric anesthesiology fellow at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, where she will complete a second fellowship in pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology in the upcoming academic year. She received her MD from Baylor College of Medicine and completed an internship in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina. She trained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for anesthesiology residency where she was a chief resident and received the Distinguished Resident Clinician Award upon graduation. Her research interests include pediatric anesthesia and medical ethics.
Juan C. Fiorda Diaz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia,
University of Iowa Health Care,
Iowa City, IA, USA
Dr. Juan C. Fiorda Diaz completed his anesthesiology residency training in Venezuela in 2011 and a fellowship in Neuroanesthesia at The Ohio State University. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa. His research interests include perioperative outcomes, quality improvement, and postoperative pain. Dr. Fiorda Diaz is passionate about education and academic medicine, with a strong interest in mentoring trainees and contributing to scholarship that improves patient care. He values collaboration, innovation, and lifelong learning, and is committed to advancing the field of anesthesiology through clinical practice, research, and teaching.
Zhuan Jin, MD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,
Oregon Health & Science University,
Portland, OR, USA
Dr. Zhuan Jin completed his medical education at Osaka University and his anesthesiology residency at Kameda Medical Center in Japan. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. He is also a PhD candidate at Okayama University, Japan, where he is training in clinical research methodologies. With experience in academic publishing and peer review, his research focuses on perioperative management and regional anesthesia, using methodologies including randomized controlled trials, large-scale database studies, and meta-analyses.
Kimberly Mendoza, MD, PhD, MPH
Obstetrics Anesthesiology Fellow
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Dr. Kimberly Mendoza received her MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, her MA and PhD from Rice University, her MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and her BS in Biology and Chemistry and BA in Spanish Language and Literature from Southern Methodist University. She completed her residency at the University of Colorado and is finishing her fellowship in obstetrics anesthesiology at Stanford University. She is passionate about medical education, global health, and quality improvement such improving disparities for patients with non-English language barriers. Dr. Mendoza’s research is focused on the role of the anesthesiologist in perinatal fetal loss, and she is developing a trauma informed educational and clinical framework for anesthesia involvement in perinatal fetal loss.
Peter Santer, MD, DPhil
Instructor in Anaesthesia,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Peter Santer is a clinician-scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he completed his anesthesiology residency and now serves on the faculty. His research in anesthesiology and critical care focuses on respiratory physiology, intraoperative mechanical ventilation, and perioperative outcomes. He has published extensively in these areas and regularly serves as a peer reviewer for medical journals. Dr. Santer earned his PhD in respiratory physiology from the University of Oxford and his MD from Innsbruck Medical University.
Andrew J. Warburton, M.D.
PGY4/CA3 – Chief Resident,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
New York, NY, USA
Dr. Andrew Warburton is a chief anesthesiology resident at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and earned his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he remained for residency training. In the upcoming academic year, he will complete a one-year Critical Care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and plans to continue research using big data analysis and machine learning to predict and improve postoperative outcomes.
Group 4 May 2026
Manazir Athar, MD, DNB, EDAIC, FIECHO
Assistant Professor in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
Dr. Manazir Athar’s academic work focuses on perioperative outcomes and critical care, with specific interests in acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery, airway management and mechanical ventilation. His research incorporates protocol-based care, clinical data analytics, and machine learning techniques to enhance risk prediction and improve patient outcomes. He is actively involved in academic training, especially in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and is committed to advancing evidence-based practices and scholarly work in anesthesiology.
Alex Bak, MD, MEng
Anesthesiology Resident Physician
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Alex Bak received his MD degree and completed advanced training in Biomedical Engineering, both at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bak’s research is focused on improving outcomes for individuals experiencing pain, disability, and surgery using novel therapies and digital health technology. He is also passionate about clinical leadership and serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS), the CAS Clinical Practice Guidelines committee, and is past chair of the CAS Resident Section.
Safwan Elkhatib, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology Resident
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Safwan Elkhatib is currently a second-year anesthesia resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After graduating magna cum laude from Iowa State University, he joined the MD-PhD program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he completed his PhD investigating how the sympathetic nervous system alters T-cell inflammation through redox mechanisms. He is a research track resident with a focus on immunomodulation in the critically ill, alongside a specific interest in the practice of critical care anesthesia in austere, global settings.
Michal Jedrusiak, MD
Research Assistant,
Centre for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine,
Jagiellonian University Medical College; and
Resident, Anesthesiology and Critical Care,
5th Military Clinical Hospital,
Krakow, Poland
Michal Jedrusiak, MD, is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine at Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, Poland. He is also a resident in anesthesiology and critical care at the 5th Military Clinical Hospital in Krakow. He earned his medical degree from Jagiellonian University Medical College in 2023 and previously trained as a visiting graduate student in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, USA. His work combines translational neuroscience with clinical research, with a particular focus on postoperative delirium and sleep disruption. He also studies the mechanisms underlying perioperative myocardial injury.
Ziyad O. Knio, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Dr. Ziyad Knio is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. He completed his residency training at UVA (2024) followed by a critical care fellowship at Columbia University (2025). He currently practices multi-specialty anesthesiology and cardiothoracic critical care. His mission is to improve patient safety through clinically meaningful outcomes research and to advance academic anesthesiology through education, mentorship, and innovation.
Deborah Plana, MD, PhD
Anesthesia/Research Resident
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Deborah Plana is an Anesthesia/Research resident in the PRIME track at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. She earned her MD-PhD from Harvard Medical School through the Harvard‐MIT Health Sciences and Technology program and her PhD through the Harvard Systems Biology program, which was supported by the NIH F30 fellowship and the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biological Engineering at MIT with a minor in Statistics and Data Science. She is interested in using translational systems biology to advance precision anesthesia.
Katarina J. Ruscic, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Senior Division Director, Multispecialty Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Katarina Ruscic is a critical care anesthesiologist and physician scientist whose research focuses on the physiology, pharmacologic modulation, and imaging of the lymphatic system. She completed an MD and PhD at the University of Chicago and trained in anesthesiology and critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her work integrates ion channel biology with advanced imaging to improve tissue fluid clearance. She received the 2022 IARS Mentored Research Award and is supported by an NIH K08 award.
Group 3 December 2025
Ragasnehith (Snehith) Maddula, MD
First-Year Anesthesiology Resident,
Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT
Dr. Ragasnehith Maddula received his MD with Honors in Research from Medical College of Wisconsin and BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from UC San Diego. Dr. Maddula’s research is focused on improving patient outcomes utilizing digital health technology as well as novel perioperative risk evaluation strategies in anesthesiology. He is also passionate about medical education and leads curriculum initiatives to improve medical student teaching in anesthesiology and resident education for clinical exam preparations.
Andrew P. Notarianni, MD, FASE, FASA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,
Fellowship Director for Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology,
Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT
Andrew P. Notarianni, MD, FASE, FASA is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He serves as the Fellowship Director for Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and devotes his clinical practice to Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Critical Care. His research interests focus on perioperative cardiac surgical care, mechanical circulatory support, and right heart physiology.
Sérgio Martins Pereira, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto;
Investigator, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Sérgio Martins Pereira is a clinician-investigator at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an attending anesthesiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an assistant professor at University of Toronto, Canada. He completed his medical training, anesthesiology residency and critical care fellowship at University of São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Anesthesiology and participated in Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical & Operations Research, an ATS initiative to build capacity in low- and middle-income countries. His research portfolio spans a broad range, including translational studies, systematic reviews, editorials, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials.
Mohammed Adinoyi Usman, MBBS, MSc, FWACS
Lecturer, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria,
Honorary Consultant Anaesthesiologist,
Rasheed Shekoni Federal Teaching Hospital,
Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria
Dr. Mohammed A. Usman completed his medical education at the University of Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, and earned his MSc in Pharmacology from Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto State, Nigeria. He is currently nearing the completion of his PhD in Pharmacology at the same institution. He also underwent fellowship training at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital. His academic interests focus on the rational use of ketamine, neuropharmacology, and pain medicine. Dr. Usman is eager to take part in the Anesthesia & Analgesia Editorial Fellowship.
Group 2 August 2025
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.
Group 1 April 2025
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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