Anders, Shilo
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dr. Anders is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University. She trained as a cognitive engineer. Dr Anders’ research interest is to apply human factors engineering as an approach to improve system design, individual and team performance, and patient safety and quality in healthcare using simulation and in real-world environments.
Andreae, Michael
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Andreae, Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Utah, uses immersive simulation to conduct research in healthcare disparity and research ethics. He serves as an examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology and is a senior editor for the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Dr. Andreae is interested in leveraging simulation to improve team performance and reflective practice in socially charged medical crises.
Banerjee, Arna
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Arna Banerjee, MD is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Surgery and Medical Education & Administration at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She is the Assistant Dean for Simulation in Medical Education and directs the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment (CELA). Her current research focuses on using simulation to understand clinical performance and decision making. Dr. Banerjee serves on the ASA Editorial Board for Interactive Computer-Based Education (SimStat) and also on the Education sub-group for the ICU Liberation Committee (SCCM). She has received numerous awards for her medical student and postgraduate teaching.
Boulet, John (Jack)
Psychometrician, Consultant, Punta Gorda, FL
Dr. Boulet is a Senior Research Consultant for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners and a Senior Advisor for the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). Dr. Boulet recently retired from the positions of Vice President, Research and Data Resources, for both the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®). Dr. Boulet specializes in measurement and evaluation in medical education. He is a Senior Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, and a Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Dr. Boulet is a Deputy Editor for Medical Education.
Burden, Amanda
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ
Dr. Burden, Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, uses simulation and experiential learning to conduct research in clinician responses during crises and the effectiveness of crisis management education. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the ASA’s Editorial Board for simulation-based training. She has received several departmental and institutional awards for her teaching and is a Fellow of the Society of Simulation in Healthcare Academy (FSSH) and of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (FASA).
Cooper, Jeffrey
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Cooper, a Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard University and at Massachusetts General Hospital, was an early leader of the patient safety movement and helped to establish simulation as a tool for clinical training and research. Dr. Cooper founded the Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) in Boston, which was one of the first simulation programs in the world. His continued interests include patient safety, teamwork, safety culture and simulation-based education. In his personal life, he is an amateur equestrian and avid Argentinian tango dancer.
Duran, Hoang-Tram
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Duran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a skilled medical educator, conducts simulation-based research, and is an active clinician
Gaba, David
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Dr. Gaba is the Associate Dean for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning and a Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine. He is also the Founder and Co-Director of Simulation Center, and a Staff Physician at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Gaba has been working on both the theory of and empirical research on the decision making and performance of anesthesiologists in simulated challenging scenarios for more than 30 years. As a leader in the field of clinical simulation, Dr. Gaba founded, and was the Editor-in-Chief for 12 years, the primary peer-reviewed journal in simulation (Simulation in Healthcare).
Harman, Ann
American Board of Anesthesiology, Raleigh, NC
Dr. Harman is the Chief Assessment Officer of the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) where she has worked for many years. Dr. Harman has helped to guide numerous ABA innovations including the development of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for primary board certification and of cutting-edge advances in the Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA) programs.
Howard, Steve
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Dr. Howard is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University and a Staff Anesthesiologist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System where he is Co-Director of the VA’s Simulation Center. For over 30 years, he has taught health care providers of all types and conducted a wide variety of research projects using simulation.
Jeffrey Huang, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Dr. Huang is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic Rochester where he is the Simulation Education Director for the anesthesia residency program and has received several departmental and institutional teaching awards. His interests include curricular innovations in simulation-based graduate medical education as well as education science research into how game-based learning (gamification and serious games) impacts learning and motivation. . Dr. Huang is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed an anesthesiology residency and critical care fellowship at Mayo.
Kingeter, Meredith
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dr. Kingeter is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she specializes in cardiothoracic anesthesia. In addition to simulation-based research, she is passionate about resident education and is currently the Associate Program Director for the anesthesia residency program.
Levine, Adam
Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Dr. Levine is Professor of Anesthesiology, Otolaryngology and Pharmacological Sciences, serves as the Executive Vice Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology, and the Anesthesiology Program Director in the Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Levine is an expert and pioneer in healthcare simulation education and assessment having been involved with the first commercialized manikin-based simulator. He is the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the ASA Interactive Computer-Based Education Editorial Board responsible for developing SimSTAT™. Dr. Levine has developed and written about his innovative education and assessment programs including the CARE (Clinical Anesthesia ReEntry) program for simulation-based assessment and retraining for anesthesiologists seeking clinical reentry. He is currently a member of the ACGME Anesthesiology Resident Review Committee. In his free time, Dr. Levine cares for 6 dogs and 2 horses and is learning to play the electric guitar.
McIvor, William (Bill)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. McIvor is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Director of medical student education and simulation education for the Department of Anesthesiology. His interests include screen-based (computer, VR, and AR) simulation and using simulation to demonstrate competencies and milestone achievements. He has received several departmental and institutional awards for his teaching and is a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (FASA).
Militello, Laura
Applied Decision Sciences, Dayton, OH
Laura Militello is a co-founder and CEO at Applied Decision Science, LLC, and Chief Scientist at Unveil, LLC. She is a leading authority on cognitive task analysis (CTA) methods – the tools and techniques for uncovering human cognition and decision-making behavior in complex settings. Her research includes applying cognitive engineering principles and naturalistic decision-making methods to design for medical informatics, medical devices, and military systems.
Rask, John
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Dr. Rask is Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the UNM School of Medicine. Now retired, he was an ABA Examiner, Director of the BATCAVE Simulation and Training Center, and Director of Anesthesiology Simulation at UNM. He has been a member of the ASA Editorial Boards for Simulation Education (organizing the ASA Simulation Education Network) and Interactive Computer-based Education (design and production of the SimStat on-line educational modules). His continuing academic interests include simulation faculty development, decision-making processes in medical performance, validation and use of simulation assessment tools, and the development of interactive simulation using XR/VR/AR in medical education.
Reale, Carrie
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Carrie Reale, MSN, RN-BC is a board-certified nurse informaticist with the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety (CRISS) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her focus is on the application of human factors methods to improve the safety and usability of healthcare technology, including EHR user interfaces, clinical decision support tools, and medical devices.
Salwei, Megan
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dr. Salwei is a Research Assistant Professor in the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety (CRISS) at VUMC. She received her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020. Dr. Salwei applies human factors engineering methods and principles to improve the design of health IT to support clinician’s work and improve patient safety. Her specific research interests are in shared decision making and decision support tools.
Shotwell, Matt
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dr. Shotwell is an Associate Professor of Biostastistics and Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has been the primary PhD biostatistician for the VUMC Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety for 7 years and thus has played an integral role in both the Sim-MOCA and IMPACTS projects. Dr. Shotwell is especially interested in clinical trial design and experimental design, and methods to address confounding in observational studies. On the personal side, he is an avid runner and mountain biker.
Sinz, Lisa
Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
Dr. Sinz is Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, the Associate Dean for Clinical Simulation at the Penn State University College of Medicine, and the Medical Director of Resuscitation for the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She is the founder and Director of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center Simulation Center. Dr. Sinz is a Past-President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSiH) and serves on the Editorial Board of Simulation in Healthcare. Dr. Sinz has an interest in simulation-based system evaluation, the design and evaluation of complex scenarios, and instructor development.
Slagle, Jason
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dr. Slagle is a Research Associate Professor in the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety (CRISS) at VUMC. Dr. Slagle applies human factors principles and methods to address issues in a wide variety of actual and simulated clinical domains. He is particularly interested in factors (e.g., provider and team characteristics, process and workload, and organizational factors such as production pressure) that affect the performance of clinicians. He also does work in the understanding of unexpected clinical events and in the design of decision support tools.
Steadman, Randy
Houston Methodist Medical Center, Houston, TX
Dr. Steadman is the Chair of Anesthesiology at Houston Methodist Hospital, Associate Director of Methodist’s Simulation Center, MITIE, and a Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College. His clinical work focuses on the perioperative care of patients undergoing organ transplantation. Dr. Steadman was the founding director of the UCLA Simulation Center and continues to be involved in simulation-based research and training with a recent focus on simulation for practice improvement, and the development of screen-based games for medical training. He served as Chair of the ASA Editorial Board for Simulation-Based Training from 2006-2018.
Sun, Huaping
ABA, Raleigh, NC
Dr. Sun, VP of Test Development, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, has extensive expertise in medical assessment. She has played a key role in validating innovative assessments, such as Objective Structured Clinical Examination for initial certification and longitudinal assessment for continuous certification. Dr. Sun has a broader research interest in how physicians develop and maintain their competence, including critical thinking skills and teamwork, at different stages of their careers.
Torsher, Laurence
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Dr. Torsher is a graduate of the University of Calgary Medical school. He completed an anesthesiology residency at the University of Ottawa. He then completed fellowships in Critical Care and Solid Organ Transplant anesthesia at Mayo Clinic Rochester where he has been on staff for more than 20 years. He integrated simulation into Mayo’s residency program, facilitated Mayo’s early ASA endorsement to deliver MOCA simulation courses and has served on numerous committees regarding simulation in anesthesia. His non-clinical interests include challenging dogma and blacksmithing.
Weinger, Matthew B
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Dr. Weinger holds the Norman Ty Smith Chair in Patient Safety and Medical Simulation, and is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Medical Education, and of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He is the Director of the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety (CRISS) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Weinger has been teaching and conducting research in human factors engineering in healthcare, patient safety, technology development, simulation, and clinical decision making for three decades. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). Dr. Weinger is an avid snowboarder and loves to run trails. He is currently on sabbatical at the Hospital virtual Valdecilla in Santander, Spain.