Bryan Mahoney, MD

Thank you for considering me for a board director position with the Society for Education in Anesthesia. I fondly remember my first meeting: I was a CA-3 resident, and the SEA gave me the opportunity to lead a workshop on the resident simulation curriculum I created with my program director in San Antonio (love that river walk!). I was able to attend multiple workshops and knew that I had found my people: a group passionate about pedagogy, mentorship, and a commitment to the furtherance of our profession. I became a faculty member as soon as I began my professional career and have been involved ever since. Through my work with the Committee for the Advancement of Technology in Education, I have helped update our website (with Andrew Bronson and my chair-designee, Dave Stahl, M.D.), brought new regular content (Thank you Glenn Woodworth for your Innovations in Education Podcast series), and led or facilitated almost 20 workshops. Dr. Tracey Straker was generous enough to let me be part of the original DEIJ taskforce to lend support to our shared passion of building an academic community that reflects our broader community. The SEA has truly consistently been my professional family beyond my own department.

I seek to build our society in a manner that helps academic anesthesiologists see the SEA as the "go to" for educational resources, mentorship, and educational scholarship. I will be co-hosting the upcoming Fall meeting with Dr. Barbara Orlando, my colleague and friend, exploring the theme of "Developing a Professional Identity." I am intrigued by the ways that our society, economy, and technology will shape the future of academic anesthesiology and hope to bring my insights and passions to help steer a bright course for our society. On this list of candidates, you will find mine surrounded by the names of folks I consider friends and colleagues. I could not be more excited about building upon the past work of this society alongside my peers. Thank you.