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The Department of Anesthesiology is proud to announce that six of its Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) have been named finalists for the March of Dimes Heroes in Action 2025 awards.
Megan Moseley, PA-C, has been selected as one of only three people nationwide to receive the 2025–26 AAPA-PAEA Research Fellowship. She is the first physician assistant (PA) from WashU Medicine to earn this honor since the fellowship’s inception.
Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA, has been named among 24 new Fellows to be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) on Nov. 16, at a ceremonial dinner during the 2025 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium.
Matthew S. Sanzalone, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at WashU Medicine, has been named among Newsweek’s 2025 list of “America’s Leading Doctors – Pain Management.”
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) have selected Rachel Moquin, EdD, as a 2025 recipient of the ASA-SEA Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology Award.
Two faculty members from WashU Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology in the Washington University Pain Center—Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc, and Burel R. Goodin, PhD—have been selected for the 2025 cohort of the Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship: Communicating Science & Improving Care.
Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD, receives NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award for research on aging and disease.
Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD, assistant professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been named a 2025 recipient of the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain.
Melissa Prewitt, AGACNP-BC, was named St. Louis Magazine’s 2025 Excellence in Nursing Intensive Care winner.
Fourth-year anesthesiology resident Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a $75,000 Research Fellowship Grant from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER).