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To promote the connection between education and superior patient care, the ASA-SEA Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement and sharing of anesthesiology knowledge. Apply for this joint American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) award.
Recipients will receive a certificate, recognition at the ANESTHESIOLOGY annual meeting, and an announcement on the ASA website.
To be considered for the ASA-SEA Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology award, you should be:
The Distinguished Educator Award celebrates anesthesiologist educators who are dedicated to teaching and advancing anesthesiology or other healthcare education. They will have pursued unique opportunities in education-related leadership in their departments, institutions, professional societies, or specialty. In addition, they often will have published high quality education-related peer-reviewed articles that provide new insights into anesthesiology or other healthcare education. Many awardees will have made education-related presentations at national specialty or education meetings and attained national visibility for their education efforts.
Earning this award may help those in academia gain academic promotion. It also provides a distinction of merit, even to those at advanced academic ranks. Therefore, it is appropriate for senior anesthesiologists to apply for the award even if they are quite advanced in their careers and anesthesia education contributions.
Before you proceed to the application, use the Application Checklist to self-score. Applicants are not expected to meet every criterion and are encouraged to apply based on activities completed in the past, or are ongoing, and are predominately focused on education.
Nominations are accepted year-round, with award recipients announced semi-annually. There is no cost to apply.
ASA and SEA are pleased to announce the following award recipients:
Phillip S. Adams, DO, FASA
Alexander Bautista, MD, FASA
Brian F.S. Allen, MD, FASA
Rafi Avitsian, MD, FASA
Philip Bailey, DO
Heather Ballard, MD
Elvera Baron, MD, PhD, FASE, FASA
Sergio Bergese, MD, FASA
Wendy Bernstein, MD, MBA, FASA, FAMWA
Tanna Boyer, DO, FASA
Lauren Buhl, MD, PhD
Dante Cerza MD, MACM
Arvind Chandrakantan, MD, FASA
Debnath Chatterjee, MD, FASA
Daniel Cole, MD, FASA
Charles Cowles, MD, MBA, FASA
William C. Culp, Jr., MD
Nina Deutsch, MD
Dawn Dillman, MD
Letitia Easdown, MD, FRCPC
Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, FASA
Lisa Farmer, MD
Robert Gaiser, MD, FASA
Chris Giordano, MD, FASA
Chris Glover, MD, FASA
Jeffrey Green, MD, FASA
Adrian Hendrickse, BM, MMEd, FRCA
McKenzie Hollon, MD, FASE
Robert Isaak, DO, FASA
Barbara Jericho, MD, FASA
Stephanie Jones, MD, FASA
Maurice Joyce, MD
Daniel Katz, MD
Stephen Kimatian, MD
S. Lynn Knox, MD, FASA
Edward Kosik, DO
Viji Kurup, MD
Yan Lai, MD, FASA
Susan Lee, MD, FASA
Timothy Long, MD, FASA
Michael Mahla, MD
Bryan Mahoney, MD, FASA
Elizabeth Malinzak, MD, FASA
Edward Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA
David Martin, MD, PhD, FASA
Susan Martinelli, MD, FASA
Russell K. McAllister, MD
David Metro, MD, FASA
Rebecca Minehart, MD
John Mitchell, MD
Mohammed Minhaj, MD, MBA, FACHE, FASA
Tiffany Moon, MD, FASA
Rachel Moquin, EdD
Heather Nixon, MD
Barbara Orlando, MD
Kristin Ondecko Ligda, MD, FASA
Gaurav Patel, MD, FASA
Alessia Pedoto, MD, FASA
Cathleen Peterson-Layne, MD, PhD, FASA
Beverly Philip, MD, FACA, FASA
James H. Philip, MD, DABA, MEE, FACA, FASA
Evan Pivalizza, MD, MB, FCMSA
Shobana Rajan, MD
Sujatha Ramachandran, BS, MB
Srijaya Reddy, MD, MBA
Steven Rose, MD
Andrew Rosenberg, MD, FASA
Meg Rosenblatt, MD, FASA
Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, FASA
Deborah Schwengel, MD, MEd
Marc Sherwin, MD
Charles Sims, III, MD
Naileshni Singh, MD
Roy Soto, MD, FASA
Joy Steadman, MD
Tracey Straker, MD, MPH, MS, FASA
Beth Teegarden, MD, FASA
Laurence Torsher, MD
Carlos Trombetta, MD, FASA
Lawrence Tsen, MD
Tetsu Uejima, MD, MMM
Richard Urman, MD, MBA, FASA
Manuel Vallejo, Jr., MD, DMD, FASA
Christine Vo, MD, FASA
Mark Warner, MD
Mary Ellen Warner, MD
Stacey Watt, MD, FASA
George Williams, II, MD, FCCM, FCCP, FASA
Julie Williamson, DO
Jed Wolpaw, MD
Glenn Woodworth, MD
David Young, MD, MBA, MEd, FASA
John Zaki, MD, FASA
Date of last update: August 5, 2026
You do not have to make a payment at this time, but you can reach out to your practice/group leader to find out when they plan to pay your dues. Email or call the ASA Support team for assistance: (630) 912-2552 or info@asahq.org.
