SAAAPM Webinar: Interviewing in the Modern Era: Structured, Equitable, and Meaningful Candidate Assessment

Moderator: 

• Alexander Bautista, MD, MBA, FASA 
  • Alexander Bautista, MD, MBA, FASA, is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Louisville. He is the President of the Association of Pain Program Directors. His academic and clinical interests include pain medicine education, opioid stewardship, neuromodulation, interventional spine care, and physician-led advocacy. Dr. Bautista is actively involved in fellowship education, accreditation, curriculum development, and initiatives aimed at improving pain care and reducing opioid-related harm.
• Brian Allen, MD
  • Dr. Allen is a husband, father, educator, and anesthesiologist in Nashville, TN who teaches and works at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). He received a bachelor’s degree and later his medical degree from the Washington University in St. Louis in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He completed Anesthesiology residency at VUMC in 2010 and a Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University in 2012.  He joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2012 where he has been highly involved in education, leading the Acute Pain Service and Perioperative Medicine resident rotations and directing the Acute Pain service for several years. Since 2016, Dr. Allen has served as the program director for the Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, achieving ACGME accreditation.
    Dr. Allen has pursued the use of technology platforms to amplify and crowd-source educational and administrative efforts. Nationally, he serves as a question author, editor, and committee member for the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) Maintenance of Certification (MOCA) program. Since joining the AASPD within SAAAPM, he has adapted and developed a common application used by the majority of RAAPM fellowships. Separately, he administers a question-based, 90-item curriculum via the QuizTime platform to over 50 RAAPM programs.

Speakers:

• Susan Martinelli, MD, FASA

  • Susan M Martinelli, MD, FASA is a Professor of Anesthesiology and the Anesthesiology Residency Program Director at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. She attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin, did her residency training at the University of North Carolina, and completed a Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. Dr Martinelli is the Vice Chair for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Review Committee for Anesthesiology, a Councilor at Large for the Association of University Anesthesiologists, and President Elect of the Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors. She was in the first cohort of ASA-SEA Distinguished Educators in Anesthesiology. Her career has centered on being a clinician-educator with a focus on research in education. One of her research interests is in innovative approaches to graduate medical education, such as the flipped classroom. Additionally, she has developed programs that utilize family and friends to improve the well-being of healthcare providers, including medical students, residents, and attending physicians. She has received grant support from the AAMC, AMA, and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research for these efforts. She enjoys collaborating with other institutions in this work.

• Kirk R. Jackson, MD

  • Dr. Jackson is a Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist and Assistant Dean of Admissions at Baylor College of Medicine. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2011. He completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and fellowship at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, TX. Clinically, he provides anesthesia care for a wide range of cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgeries and serves as Associate Program Director for the Adult Cardiovascular Anesthesiology fellowship. Dr. Jackson enjoys mentoring and teaching the next generation of physicians and anesthesiologists.