Medical School: Stanford University School Medicine
Residency/Fellowship: WashU Medicine ASAP Program (fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology), 2022
Current Role: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, WashU Medicine
Research: Clinical informatics; Perioperative blood management; Machine learning for healthcare
Grants: AMA EHR Grant 2022, IARS Mentored Research Award 2022
What does a normal day-in-the-life as a physician-scientist look like for you?
I spend about 25% of my time in the OR as a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, and 75% of my time working on my clinical informatics research, which largely involves writing, meeting with students and collaborators, coordinating progress on ongoing projects, and occasionally writing some of my own analysis code.
How did the Academic Scholars Advancement Program (ASAP) help you get to where you are today?
I think the best thing about the ASAP program is how it provides protected research time during residency/fellowship to obtain preliminary data, which is crucial for being able to develop grant applications. Anecdotally, I feel like it’s led to most ASAP graduates being able to obtain a career development award or other funding within the first year out from graduation.