The Pediatric Anesthesia Quality Improvement Initiative

ELECTED OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2024-2026)

 

President: Bob Brustowicz, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston

 

 

 

 

President-Elect: Megha Kanjia, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)

 

 

 

 

 

Immediate Past President: Anna Varughese, MD, Johns Hopkins-All Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

 

PALC Liaison: Lena Sun, MD, Columbia-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

 

David Buck, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

 

Dan Roke, MD, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital (St. Louis)

 

 

 

 

Executive Director: Jayant K. Deshpande, MD, MPH, FAAP

 

 

 

COMMITTEE LEADERS

Program and Education

 

Director: Neha Patel, MD, Shriners Children’s Hospital Pasadena

 

 

 

 

Associate Director: Susmita Nesargi, MD, Nemours Children’s – Delaware,

 

 

 

 

Associate Director: Janice Man, MD, Stanford-Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

Research

 

Co-Chair: Manon Haché, MD, Columbia-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

 

Co-Chair: Angela Lee, MD, Children’s National Medical Center

 

 

 

 

Data Governance

 

Co-Chair: David Buck, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

 

 

 

 

Co-Chair: Gina Whitney, MD, Children’s Hospital Colorado

 

 

 

Quality Improvement

 

Chair: Imelda Tjia, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)

 

 

 

 

Co-Chair: Kavitha C. Raghavan, MBBS, FRCA

 

 

 

Communications (collaboration with SPA Quality & Safety Committee)

 

Co-Chair: Megha Kanjia, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Chair: Rahul Baijal, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)

 

 

 

 

WakeUp Safe International

 

Chair: Raj Iyer, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia