Board of Directors

The IARS Board is composed of an engaged group of thought leaders in anesthesia education and research who are focused on supporting and advancing the work of our anesthesia community. Board members are elected for a six-year term and may be re-elected to one successive six-year term.

Executive Committee

Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD

President

​Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine; Director, Fellowship in Anesthesia Research & Medicine (FARM) program, Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, MD

Immediate Past President

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Meredith Adams, MD, MS, FASA, FAMIA

President-Elect

Professor of Anesthesiology, Artificial Intelligence, Translational Neuroscience, and Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC

Duminda Wijeysundera, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAHA

Treasurer

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, ON, Canada

Alexander Zarbock, MD, PhD

Secretary

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

Münster, Germany

Bruce Biccard, MBChB, FCA(SA), FFARCI, MMedSci, PhD

Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Oxford

Oxford, United Kingdom

Julie K. Freed, MD, PhD

Executive Vice Chair, ​Associate Professor, and Director of NIGMS STAT Program, Department of Anesthesiology, Director of Clinical & Translational Research, Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD

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

Philadelphia, PA

Daniel I. McIsaac, MD, MPH, FRCPC

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, ON, Canada

Y.S. Prakash, MD, PhD

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, MN

Shahzad Shaefi, MD, MPH

Executive Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Mass General Brigham
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jessica Spence, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Health Research Methodology, Evaluation, and Impact, McMaster University
Scientist, Population Health Research Institute

Hamilton, ON, Canada

Andre H. Williams

Executive Director

Lorton, VA