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| SNACC Teacher of the Year Award - Previous Recipients The 2008 Recipient - Dr. Eberhard Kochs  Professor Dr. Eberhard Kochs, M.D., M.Sc., Chair of the Department of Anaesthesia, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat in Munich, Germany received the 2008 Award for Distinguished Teacher of the Year at the 36th Annual Meeting on Friday October 17 in Orlando, Florida. During the business luncheon meeting, a large group of Professor Kochs’ past trainees stood up and cheered when Professor Kochs received this important and prestigious honor!
The SNACC Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award is given to individuals who have shown continued excellence in neuroanesthesia education. Professor Kochs was chosen by the selection committee (Karen B. Domino, M.D., M.P.H., Deborah Rusy, M.D., and Brenda Fahy, M.D.) based upon over two decades of outstanding mentorship, curricular design, and development of educational programs in neuroanesthesia and neurological critical care. Professor Kochs has mentored over 50 trainees in neuroanesthesia and the majority of these trainees have excelled in careers in academic medicine. Two of his trainees (Christian Werner, M.D. and Kristin Englehard, M.D.) recently held leadership positions in SNACC. Professor Kochs’ ability to inspire and motivate such a large number of residents and fellows to develop and succeed in academic medicine is truly remarkable! Professor Kochs has been instrumental in the design of medical student, resident, and fellow education at the Technische Universitat in Munich. He is responsible for curricular design in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and intensive care curriculum in the medical school. Professor Kochs has strongly promoted simulation-based education, and he was instrumental in establishing simulation-based anesthesia training for medical students and simulation-based training in CPR and crisis resource management. He was instrumental in developing a curriculum in neuromonitoring in anesthesia, which was implemented throughout Germany. This program provides theoretical and practical training in a variety of neuromonitoring techniques and results in certification. Professor Kochs was described by his trainees as possessing superb broad clinical and research expertise, with the unique talent to impart knowledge in a “fascinating and exciting way.” He constantly contributes to education with “precise comments and scientific remarks, regardless of the topic at hand” and with a “very structured and analyzed manner with a strong theoretical background.” Professor Kochs is described as one of the “most gifted teachers in the international arena of academic medicine.” Professor Kochs is internationally recognized for his clinical and basic research throughout anesthesiology, including depth of anesthesia monitoring, neuroprotection, postoperative cognitive deficit, mechanisms of pain, modulation of receptor function by anesthetics, and septic encephalopathy. He has produced over 245 journal articles and 55 book chapters. His research is internationally highly regarded, and he has received many awards and research grants over the decades, as well as journal editorships. In addition to being a prolific clinician, teacher, and scientist, Professor Kochs possesses the personal attributes that are so important in medical training and development of professionalism today. These characteristics include honesty, respect, dedication, reliability, kindness, and humility. To sum it up, Christian Werner, MD, Professor and Chairman at the Department of Anesthesiology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, in Mainz, Germany and Past President of SNACC wrote in his nomination letter: “I can truly and by all heart characterize Dr. Eberhard Kochs as my teacher. My maturation to become an academic physician was clearly related to Professor Kochs’ ability to identify potential in individuals, to motivate for research and clinical work, and to taper teaching programs according to individual skills.” Clearly, Professor Kochs’ educational efforts have resulted in a legacy of successful academicians and clinicians in neuroanesthesiology for which all of us aspire. We congratulate him on receiving the 2008 SNACC Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award. The 2007 Recipient - Dr. John Drummond
Distinguished Teaching Award – Dr. John Drummond The recipient of this year’s DTA has excelled in all of the criteria that the Society uses to assess the contribution that individuals have made to Neuroanesthesia as a sub-specialty, and to Anesthesiology in general. Scientific Contributions After completing his anesthesia residency at the University of Toronto, Canada, Dr. Drummond in 1980 was the McLaughlin Research Fellow at the University of California, San Diego. Thereafter, he obtained a Francis Parker Investigatorship also at UCSD, under the tutelege of Dr. Harvey Shapiro. Since that time, he has been the director of the Neuroanesthesia Research Laboratory at UCSD. He has been prolific and he has in excess of 130 peer reviewed scientific publications to his credit. This work has included contributions to basic neuroscience as well as clinical neuroanesthesiology. Educational Contributions He has authored 26 book chapters and review articles. With regard to the book chapters, these have become reference works that residents and fellows use as syllabus material. He has written numerous course syllabi for refresher course lectures and CME lectures that he has delivered across the world. He has consistently been rated one of the very best clinical teachers at UCSD and has won the Facutly Teaching Award. He has mentored 15 post-doctoral research (clinical and laboratory) fellows, many of whom have become successful investigators in their own right and who have served (or are serving) SNACC. He is currently the Vice President of the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation and is in charge of the development of the courses. In this capacity, he has had the opportunity to provide continuing education to a large number of individuals in neuroanesthesia. In recognition of his efforts, he was awarded the Francis J. Dannemiller Award for Excellence in Education, 2004. Clinical Contributions Dr. Drummond is recognized as a clinician of the highest order. He has been named to the Best Doctors in America on several occasions, and he is one of the few who has been selected as the Best Doctors in San Diego in four consecutive years. Administrative Service Dr. Drummond served as the Chief of the Anesthesia Service at VA Medical Center, SD from 1991 to 1997. Thereafter, he was appointed the Chair of the Department of Anesthesia at USCD from 1997-2004. It is clear that Dr. Drummond has had a major impact on Neuroanesthesia education in this country and in the world. He has influenced medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty. In this capacity, he has had an extensive influence on the care of the neurosurgical patient, and on the neuroanesthesia community. In recognition of this service to the field, the Board of Directors of SNACC present its Distinguished Teaching Award to Dr. John Drummond. The 2005 Recipient - David S. Smith
David S. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. received his B.A. from Oakland University (Rochester, MI); M.D., Ph.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI); his internship from the Medical College of WI Affiliated Hospitals (Milwaukee, WI); and anesthesia residency from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA). Dr. Smith also furthered his study in Neuroanesthesia by attending the Brain Research Laboratory in Lund Sweden with Bo Seisjö. He has received specialty certification from the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Smith is Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. The awards and honors he has received include: Austin Lamont Fellow (Dept of Anesth, U of PA School of Medicine 1979 – 80), Senior Fellow, National Research Service Award (1985 – 87), Kumperman Memorial Lecture (1992 Department of Anesthesia, Temple Univ, Philadelphia PA), Brain E. Marshall Memorial Lectureship (1995 Dept of Anesthesia, Univ of Toronto, Canada), Brigadier P.N. Bhatt Memorial Oration (2003 Indian Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care Meeting, Kolkata, India), Center of Surgical Excellence Performance Award (2004 HUP), Patient Safety Steering Committee Award for Excellence and Innovation in Patient Safety (2004 HUP), Penn Anesthesia Legacy Award (2005 Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, HUP), SNACC Distinguished Teaching Award (2005), Dr Sander Malathi Memorial Oration (2006 Indian Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care Annual Meeting, Mumbai, India), and Best Doctors (2001 – 2006). Society memberships include: SNACC (Sec/Treasurer 1987 – 89, Newsletter editor 1987 – 89, Vice-President 1989 – 1990, President – elect 1990 – 92, President 1991 – 92, and Past President 1992 – 93); ASA, and AUA (elected 1985). Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesia (1987 – 1997). Referee to many journals including Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Journal of Neurochemistry, Neuroscience, Life Sciences, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Am J Rhinology, and Head and Neck. Coauthor of 36 peer reviewed papers, and 52 editorial, reviews or chapters. Co editor (with James E Cottrell) of edition 3 (1994) and 4 (2001) of Anesthesia and Neurosurgery (Mosby, St Louis, Missouri). His clinical and academic interests include administration of anesthesia for neurosurgical patients and systems approaches to improve patient safety. |
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