Call for Applications
The SEA-HVO Traveling Fellowship 2023

• Dr. Ronald L. Katz Memorial Fellowship
• Dr. Harry M. Zutz Memorial Fellowship
• Dr. Gary Loyd Fellowship
• SEA Fellowship
• Dr. Jo Davies/ Dr. Lena E. Dohlman Fellowship
• Dr. Chris and Rebecca Dobson Fellowship
• Feintech Family Fellowship

Applications for the 2023 Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) – Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) Traveling Fellowship are being accepted as of November 15, 2022. All applications must be received by close of business on February 13, 2023.

The SEA Spring Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 4:50pm (Eastern) during the SEA Spring Meeting to be held via Zoom Webinar.

Items on the agenda include:

• Approval of October 2, 2020 Business Meeting Minutes
• Nominations for Board of Directors
• Committee Reports

Call for Nominations

Due Monday, June 22, 2020

The SEA Duke Award for Excellence and Innovation in Anesthesia Education was created back in 1996, thanks to a generous gift from the Department of Anesthesia at Duke University. The purpose of the award is to recognize people who have had a long commitment to teaching and have contributed positively to the advancement of teaching anesthesia to medical students, residents, and faculty. Because we at the SEA are at the forefront of spearheading educational efforts in our specialty, past recipients have tended to come from within our midst.

Membership in SEA is not necessary for consideration, though the nominating individual does have to be a SEA member.

The SEA Nominating Committee (Chaired by Immediate Past-President Michael R. Sandison, MD) has identified the following candidates to run in this year’s election for the Society for Education in Anesthesia Board of Directors:

Vice President / President-Elect (One Position – Two Year Term)

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) today announced a call for nominations for the new ASA-SEA Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology award. The award recognizes mid-career physicians who have demonstrated a substantial commitment and achievement as educators in the field of anesthesiology.

“We’re excited to collaborate with SEA on this effort, an organization that shares our values regarding the importance of education to improve patient care,” said ASA President Linda J. Mason, M.D., FASA.  “It’s important for mid-level career physicians, those who have been in practice 5-15 years, to be recognized for their contributions and achievements in anesthesiology education.  Recognizing these individuals helps to move the profession forward and serves as an opportunity for networking and continued mentorship of young educators and residents.”

Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), in collaboration with the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA), is pleased to share that ten anesthesia residents will receive a 2020 SEA-HVO Traveling Fellowship.

After much discussion and deliberation, the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel the SEA 2020 Spring Meeting originally scheduled for May 8-10, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 Our SEA team, like many of you, have been eagerly anticipating and preparing for the SEA 2020 Spring Meeting. We are proud of the educational and professional growth opportunity our meetings give to all who attend. Due to the recent developments and many unknowns surrounding the ongoing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) we feel our priority must focus on the safety of those who attend and the communities they serve. We have received cancellations from numerous speakers and workshop hosts who live in New York, California and Pennsylvania (to name a few) due to policies in their home institutions. Some of the policies are precluding them from gathering in groups of even 10-30 people (obviously much smaller than anticipated attendance at SEA). These unprecedented travel restrictions would most certainly compromise the quality of the education and training that SEA is known for. While these meetings are important, they simply cannot take precedence over the health and wellbeing of our members and their communities.

The SEA Nominating Committee (Chaired by Immediate Past-President Michael R. Sandison, MD) has identified the following candidates to run in this year’s election for the Society for Education in Anesthesia Board of Directors:

Vice President / President-Elect (One Position – Two Year Term)

The SEA Fall Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 12:00pm (Central) during the SEA Fall Meeting at the Swissotel Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

Items on the agenda include:

• Approval of April 26, 2019 Business Meeting Minutes
• Announcement of SEA 2019 Election Results
• Committee Reports
• Updates and Announcements

The SEA Fall Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 2, 2020 at 1:00pm (Eastern) during the SEA Fall Meeting to be held via Zoom Webinar.

Items on the agenda include:

• Approval of November 7, 2019 Business Meeting Minutes
• Announcement of SEA 2020 Election Results
• Committee Reports

The SEA Nominating Committee (Chaired by Immediate Past-President Michael R. Sandison, MD – [email protected]) is seeking candidates for the following positions on the Society for Education in Anesthesia Board of Directors:

• Director (Three Positions - Two Year Term)

If you are interested in running for one of the positions, please send a short letter of intent to Andrew Bronson, CAE ([email protected]) and Michael R. Sandison, MD ([email protected]) by Friday, April 19, 2019. Self-nominations for these positions will also be accepted during the Business Meeting held at the SEA Spring Meeting on Friday, April 26, 2019. The slate of nominees will also be finalized at the Business Meeting.

Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), in collaboration with the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA), is pleased to share that eight anesthesia residents will receive a 2019 SEA-HVO Traveling Fellowship.

The recipients are: 

The SEA Spring Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2019 at 12:00pm (Mountain) during the SEA Spring Meeting at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, Colorado.

Items on the agenda include:

• Approval of October 12, 2018 Business Meeting Minutes
• Nominations for SEA Board of Directors
• Committee Reports
• Updates and Announcements

Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), in collaboration with the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA), is pleased to share that ten anesthesia residents will receive a 2018 SEA-HVO Traveling Fellowship.

The recipients are: Hassan Aboumerhi, MD (University of Chicago); Brenton Alexander, MD (University of California, San Diego); Praba Boominathan, MD (Yale University); Michael Do, MD, MBA (University of California, San Francisco); Cara Ann Iorianni , MD (Emory University School of Medicine); Oneychi Megafu, MBBS (Drexel University College of Medicine); Jose Navas-Blanco, MD (Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit); Samuel Percy, MD (University of Washington Medical Center); Andrew Rivera-Hober, MD (New York Presbyterian Hospital); and David Rudnick, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital).

The SEA Fall Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 12, 2018 at 12:00pm (Pacific) during the SEA Fall Meeting at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square in San Francisco, California.

Items on the agenda include:

• Approval of April 20, 2018 Business Meeting Minutes
• Announcement of SEA 2018 Election Results
• Committee Reports
• Updates and Announcements

The SEA Spring Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 20, 2018 at 11:50am (Eastern) during the SEA Spring Meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Louisville, Kentucky.

Items on the agenda include:

• Approval of October 20, 2017 Business Meeting Minutes
• Nominations for SEA Board of Directors
• Approval of Proposed Bylaws Amendments
• Committee Reports
• Updates and Announcements

Video report of the 2018 SEAd Grant, Working Memory Interruptions and Errors in Anesthesiology: A Randomized, Controlled, Simulation-Based Study

Ashley Szabo Eltorai, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology

At the 2017 Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) Spring Business Meeting, Dr. Stephen Kimatian, SEA Immediate Past-President and Chairperson of the Bylaws Committee had a call for volunteers to serve on the Bylaws Committee to review the SEA Bylaws and make recommendations for any amendments. A summary of the proposed amendments was presented at the 2017 Fall Meeting on October 20, 2017 and are now being circulated for your review.

Please click the link below to download a draft of the proposed Bylaws amendments.

The SEA Nominating Committee (Chaired by Immediate Past-President Stephen J. Kimatian, MD, FAAP) is seeking candidates for the following positions on the Society for Education in Anesthesia Board of Directors:

• President-Elect (One Position - Two-year term, October 2018 to October 2020, immediately followed by a two-year term, October 2020 to October 2022, as President)
• Secretary (One Position - Two Year Term)
• Treasurer (One Position - Two Year Term)
• Director (Three Positions - Two Year Term)

If you are interested in running for one of the positions, please send a short letter of intent to Andrew Bronson, CAE ([email protected]) and Stephen J. Kimatian, MD, FAAP ([email protected]) by Friday, April 13, 2018. Self-nominations for these positions will also be accepted during the Business Meeting held at the SEA Spring Meeting on Friday, April 20, 2018. The slate of nominees will also be finalized at the Business Meeting.