• President: Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD
• President-Elect: Meredith Adams, MD, MS, FASA, FAMIA
• Director: Julie K. Freed, MD, PhD
• Director: Jessica Spence, MD, PhD

Laurette McMechan, assistant editor of Anesthesia & Analgesia, was known affectionately as the “Mother of Anesthestists.” Along with her husband, IARS founder Dr. Francis McMechan, she played a crucial role in the organization of anesthesiology as a specialty. From the organization’s founding until her death in 1964, Laurette remained dedicated to the IARS mission and to the anesthesiology specialty as a whole.

• Joy Hawkins, MD
• Patricia Kapur, MD
• Colleen Koch, MD, MS, MBA, FACC
• Laura Niklason, PhD, MD
• Beverley Orser, OOnt, MD, PhD, FRSC, FRCPC, FCAHS
• Debra Schwinn, MD
• Denise Wedel, MD
• Judith Donegan, MD, PhD (not pictured)
• Adena Dutton, MD (not pictured)
• Eleanor Seymour, MD (not pictured)

• Amanda M. Kleiman, MD – Executive Editor and Correspondence Editor
• Jennifer Weller, MD, MClinEd, MBBS, FANZCA, FRCA – Executive Editor and Section Editor – Patient Safety
• Lisbeth Evered, BS, MBiostat, PhD – Section Editor – Geriatric Anesthesia
• Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS – Section Editor – Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Outcomes
• Jill M. Mhyre, MD – Section Editor – Obstetric Anesthesiology
• Christina Pabelick, MD – Section Editor – Basic Science
• Lisa Q. Rong, MD, MSCE, FASE, FACC – Section Editor – Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiology
• Carole Torsney, PhD, FHEA – Section Editor – Pain and Analgesic Mechanisms
• Anna Woodbury, MD, MSCR, C.Ac – Section Editor – Chronic Pain Medicine
• Adjoa Boateng Evans, MD, MPH – Content Editor – Medical Humanities
• Jarna Shah, MD – Social Media Editor
• Emily E. Sharpe, MD – Social Media Editor
• Melissa L. Byrne, DO, MPH – Social Media Ambassador
• Annery Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, MD – Social Media Ambassador

• Christina L. Jeng, MD, FASA – Associate Editor
• Joanna Kountanis, MD – Assistant Editor
• Jane Moon, MD – Assistant Content Editor – History and Book Reviews

• Jana Aulenkamp, MD
• Brittany Bryant, MD
• Deborah Plana, MD, PhD
• Kimberly Mendoza, MD, PhD, MPH
• Amanda J. Naylor, MD, MPH
• Rachel Gioscia-Ryan, MD, PhD
• Katarina J. Ruscic, MD, PhD

Chair

• Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS

Members

• Leah Acker, MD, PhD
• Cecilia Canales, MD
• Anne Cherry, MD
• Lena Dohlman, MD MPH
• Judith Hellman, MD
• Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS, FASE
• Angela Jerath, MSc, FRCPC, FANZCA, MD, BSc
• Ines Koerner, MD, PhD, FNCS
• Katarina Ruscic, MD, PhD
• Kristin Schreiber, MD, PhD
• S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD
• Kathleen Vincent, PhD

Co-Chairs

• Meredith Adams, MD, MS, FASA, FAMIA – IARS President-Elect
• Jessica Spence, MD, PhD – IARS Director

Members

• Xueqin Ding, MD, PhD, FASA
• Jennifer Elia, MD
• Cynthia Lien, MD
• Vidya Raman, MD, MBA, FASA, FAAP
• Kathryn Rosenblatt, MD
• Katarina Ruscic, MD, PhD
• Alexandra Sideris, MSc, PhD
• S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD
• Susana Vacas, MD, PhD
• E. Railey White, MD, PhD

• Megan Hicks, MD
• Elizabeth Leimer, MD, PhD
• Angela Meier, MD, PhD
• Beverley Orser, MD, PhD – IARS Board Emeritus
• Viji Kurup, MD

2026 Co-Chair

• Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD – IARS President

Members

• Xueqin Ding, MD, PhD, FASA
• Kimberly Rengel, MD
• Katie Schenning, MD, MPH, MCR
• Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD

Co-Chairs

• Xueqin Ding, MD, PhD, FASA
• Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD

Members

• Lena E. Dohlman, MD, MPH
• Mada Helou, MD
• Annemarie Chrysantia Melati, MD
• Carolina S. Romero, MD, PhD, MStat
• Shagun Bhatia Shah, MBBS, DA, DNB, FIMSA, MNAMS, Cert. TEE
• Coridalia Wald, MD
• Xinyan Wang, MD
• Dayana Avalo Torres, MD (not pictured)

• Krishma Adatia, BSc, MBChB, FRCA
• Jill F. Arthur, MD, FAAP
• Stacie Deiner, MS, MD
• Madelle Ferrer, BS, MS
• Aleesha Jethwa, MBBS, BMedSci, MSEd
• Ofeoritse Murphy-Akpieyi, MBBS
• Sara Timerga Nemani, BSc, MSc, MPH
• Alexandria Page, MB BChir, FRCA
• Ashley Phoenix, MD, MS
• Jarna Shah, MD

• Kimberly Rengel, MD
• Katie Schenning, MD, MPH, MCR

Members

• Wulan Fadinie, MD, MMed
• Folayemi Faponle, MBChB, FWACS, FMCA, MD
• Izumi Kawagoe, MD, PhD
• Natalie Jane Koons, DO
• Cynthia Lien, MD
• Nadia Lunardi, MD, PhD

• Mika M. Rockholt, MD, PhD
• Pudkrong Aichholz, MD

Members

• Grace Karen Adetokunbo
• Fani Alevrogianni, MD, Msc, PHD(c)
• Anju Gupta, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS
• Natalie Koons, DO
• Jenny Pennycuff, MD, MS
• Jarna Shah, MD
• Emily E. Sharpe, MD, FASA
• Claudia Simoes, MD, PhD, MBA (not pictured)
• Uchenna Umeh, MD, FASA, FASRA
• Theodora Wingert, MD

• Lichy Han, MD, PhD – 2025
• Hannah Lonsdale, MBChB – 2026
• Julia Scarpa, MD, PhD – 2026

• Asma Abdus Salam, MBBS, FCPS

• Xinyan Wang, MD – 2025
• Sara Nemani, MPH, MSc – 2026

• Young May Cha, MD, MS
• Flora Liu, MD
• Megan (Meg) Rolfzen, MD

• Franchesca Arias, PhD
• Sylvie Aucoin, MD, FRCPC
• Justyna Bartoszko, MD
• Emilie Belley-Cote, MD, PhD
• Emily Bergbower, MD, PhD
• Christina Boncyk, MD, MPH
• Ruma Bose, MD
• D. Paola Calderon, MD, PhD
• Louanne Carabini, MD
• Joy Chen, MD, PhD
• Emuejevoke Chuba, MD, MSCR
• Ang Cui, PhD
• Allison Dalton, MD
• Stacie Deiner, MD
• Gozde Demiralp, MD
• Catherine Duclos, PhD
• Rebecca Dunkailo, MD, MSHPEd
• Huong Tram Duran, MD
• Marie Helene Eikemo, PhD
• Faye Evans, MD
• Carolina Frederico, MD, EDAIC
• Rosie Gaylor, MD
• Mia Gisselbaek, MD, MSc
• Lauriane Guichard, MD, MSc
• Shuhong Guo, MD
• Christina Hayhurst, MD
• Mada Helou, MD
• Erin Hennessey, MD
• Mitra Heshmati, MD, PhD
• Megan Hicks, MD
• Ulrike Hoffmann, MD, PhD
• Allison Janda, MD
• Mary Jarzebowski, MD
• Christina Jelly, MD MS
• Amanda Kleiman, MD
• Ines Koerner, MD, PhD
• Abirami Kumaresan, MD
• Carolyn La Vita, MHA, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS
• Kori LaDonna, PhD
• Hannah Lonsdale, MBChB
• Monica Lupei, MD
• Toni Manougian, MD, MBA
• Robina Matyal, MD
• Heather McFarland, DO, FASA
• Katharine Miles, MD
• Christina Miller, MD
• Meredith Miller, MD, PhD
• Marina Moguilevitch, MD
• Vanessa Moll, MD, PhD
• Teresa Mulaikal, MD, FASE
• Emily Naoum, MD
• Mukadder Ozcan, MD
• Jenny Pennycuff, MD, MS
• Catherine Price, PhD
• Miriam Quinlan, MD, MPH
• Sujatha Ramachandran, MD, MACM
• Vidya Raman, MD,MBA
• Tara Ramaswamy, MD
• Kimberly Rengel, MD, MSCI
• Kathryn Rosenblatt, MD, MHS
• Meg Rosenblatt, MD, FASA, FASRA
• Katarina Ruscic, MD, PhD
• Sarah Saxena, MD, PHD
• Kristin Schreiber, MD, PhD
• Tao Shen, MBBS
• Shahla Siddiqui, MD, MS, FCCM
• Elizabeth Sinz, MD MEd
• Raman Sohi, MD FRCPC
• Benzaamia Souheyla, MD
• Audrey Spelde, MD
• M. Christine Stock, MD
• Lauren Sutherland, MD
• Tori Sutherland, MD, MPH
• Kathleen Vincent, PhD
• Amy Vinson, MD
• Coridalia Wald, MD
• Shu-Ming Wang, MD
• Dorothy (Wei Yun) Wang, MD
• Liza Weavind, MBBCh
• Liz Whitlock, MD, MSc
• Theodora Wingert, MD
• Joyce Yeung, PhD, MBChB, FRCA, FFICM

Women in Anesthesia Session and Happy Hour at 2026 Annual Meeting

IARS’s Annual Women in Anesthesia mixer was held on Friday, May 1, at the 2026 Annual Meeting. This year’s theme was women in physician scientist and leadership pathways. Many anesthesiologists came together to discuss the unique challenges posed to women in the field and network to strengthen sponsorship among their community. The event also highlighted a panel of role models at all stages of career development.

Women in Anesthesia Online Community: Connect and Share Advice in This Inclusive, Safe Space

The Women in Anesthesia Online Community, supported by IARS, is dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive space for women physicians to discuss advocacy, mentorship, and other topics pertinent to the success of women practicing in the field of anesthesia. Join the conversation at https://tinyurl.com/iarswiacomm.

• Julia Abram, MD
• Courtney Burns, BSE
• Annery Garcia Marcinkiewicz, MD, MSCE
• Barbora Hagerf, MD, PhD
• Sarah Lee, FANZCA, MBBS/BMedSci
• Lucy Li, MD
• Pamela Macintyre, MBBS, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA
• Meredith Miller, MD, PhD
• Jennifer Noerenberg, MD
• Stephanie Pan, MD
• Lina Sarimento, MD, MSc
• Emilie Siegvardt, M.D.
• Jina Sinskey, MD
• Mary Lyn Stein, MD