The Annual Meeting Oversight Committee (AMOC) provides oversight for the IARS Annual Meeting and other educational events throughout the year. The AMOC is supported by the Director of Meetings & Education and other IARS staff to develop IARS educational content and program functionality.
Time Commitment and Expectations:
- Participate on a monthly conference call, as needed;
- Attend 2 summer AMOC Meetings, virtually;
- Attend a Fall AMOC Meeting, virtually;
- Complete duties as outlined for individual roles;
- Attend the IARS Annual Meeting;
- Attend the AMOC Meeting at the IARS Annual Meeting.
Term:
The AMOC term is two years and members can be reappointed. The IARS Board may request that AMOC members retain their positions from the previous year.
Co-Chairs

Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD
IARS Trustee
Anesthesia Distinguished Professor; Chair of Admissions MD PhD Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine; MSTP Program Advisor, University of Pennsylvania; Director for Research Education, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine; Director, Dripps Research Fellowship Program, University of Pennsylvania; Founding Director NEURRAL Center, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine; MSTP Program Steering Committee, University of Pennsylvania; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Meredith Adams, MD, MS, FASA, FAMIA
IARS Trustee
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 Trustee, European Society of Anaesthesiology Representative
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy
Westfälische Wilhelms University Hospital Münster
Münster, Germany
Committee Members

Allison Dalton, MD
Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) Representative
Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at the University of Chicago, Associate Chair for Education and Director of the Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship, Departmental wellness liaison and is the Founder and Director of the Anesthesia Peer Support Group
Chicago, IL

Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
Early-Stage Anesthesiology Scholars (eSAS) Representative
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Xueqin Ding, MD, PhD
International Representative
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Seun Johnson-Akeju, MD, MMSc
IARS Secretary and Treasurer
Anesthetist-in-Chief, Henry Isaiah Dorr Associate Professor of Research and Teaching in Anaesthetics and Anaesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Kunal Karamchandani, MD
Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) Representative
Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Daniel I. McIsaac, MD, MPH, FRCPC
IARS Trustee
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

Yasuko Nagasaka, MD, PhD
The Japan Society for Clinical Anesthesia (JSCA) Representative
Professor in Anesthesia, Chair and Director of the Department of Anesthesia, Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Tokyo, Japan

Y.S. Prakash, MD, PhD
IARS Chair
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

Kendall Smith, MD, PhD
Early-Stage Anesthesiology Scholars (eSAS) Representative
Assistant Residency Program Director, Residency Affairs, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD
IARS Vice Chair
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine; Principal Investigator, Vivianne Tawfik Lab; Director, Fellowship in Anesthesia Research & Medicine (FARM), Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, Stanford University
Stanford, California
International Anesthesia Research Society