Kaihui Liang, MD

Ozan Akça, M.D., F.C.C.M., is a professor of anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, and professor emeritus in the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at the University of Louisville. Dr. Akça received his M.D. degree and completed anesthesiology and intensive care medicine trainings at the Istanbul University, Turkey. He then completed a clinical research fellowship at the Outcomes Research Institute of Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vienna, Austria. He was honored as a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM), co-founded the Neurosciences ICU & established the Stroke ICU services, and received federal funding from NIH and FAER during his tenure at the University of Louisville. Dr. Akça’s research interests are aligned with optimization of oxygenation & perfusion in perioperative management of surgical patients and in acute management of ischemic stroke. Dr. Akca is a member of IARS, ASA, SOCCA, SCCM, and NCC, and has served/serving in various committees within these societies as an academic critical care anesthesiologist. He received the top peer reviewer award from Publons. He was also named as a top peer reviewer by leading specialty journals such as Anesthesiology, and Anesthesia & Analgesia. He is serving in the editorial boards of Anesthesia & Analgesia and Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.

Alexandra Lazzara is an assistant professor of pediatrics with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Lazzara’s research is focused on communication with families and decision making for infants with chronic critical illness. She is currently piloting a web-based decision aid for families making resuscitation decisions at the limits of viability and plans to expand this framework to other disease processes commonly seen in the NICU.

Dr. Laura Elizabeth Wong Chin is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also serves as assistant director for the Ambulatory Regional Anesthesia division. Her areas of clinical expertise include regional anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, and public health. Dr. Chin completed her undergraduate studies as a double major in biology and music at the University of Southern California. She subsequently interned as a research assistant at the National Institutes of Health followed by completing a Masters in Public Health at the University of Hong Kong supported by the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship program. She earned her M.D. from Northwestern University followed by a residency in anesthesiology at Yale University. She completed fellowship training in pediatric anesthesiology at the Children’s National Medical Center and fellowship training in regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Chin is an attending physician in the Division of Ambulatory Anesthesia and Division of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She currently divides her time between clinical work, teaching residents and fellows at the bedside, education through workshops and simulation, and coordinating regional anesthesia services at the Hopkins ambulatory surgical centers.