2025 Annual Meeting

Friday, March 7, 2025 to Sunday, March 9, 2025
The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School — Boston, Massachusetts
(77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115)

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Lodging Information
Agenda
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Lodging Information

The AUA has two options for lodging during the 2025 AUA Annual Meeting.

The Inn At Longwood Medical
342 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
(0.2 Miles from Conference Center)

Guest Room Rates: Starting from $239 plus tax
Group Block Closes: February 4, 2025
Book your reservations online here. You may also call the hotel reservations at (800) 468-2378 or (617) 731-4700 and ask for group code AUAA2025.

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Fairmont Copley Plaza
138 St. James Ave
Boston, MA 02116
(1.7 Miles from Conference Center)

Guest Room Rates: Starting from $309 plus tax
Group Block Closes: February 14, 2025
Book your reservations online here.

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Agenda

Friday, March 7, 2025 

Pre-Meeting Event: Fundamentals of Professional Mentoring
11:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
Harriet Hopf, MD
Maurice Joyce, MD, EdM
Stephen Kimatian, MD, FAAP
Susan Martinelli, MD, FASA

11:00 am–11:30 am: Introduction to Mentoring
11:30 am–12:30 pm: What You Bring to the Table as a Mentor
12:30 pm–to 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm–1:30 pm: Setting Ground Rules and Commitments
1:30 pm–2:00 pm: Building Trust in a Mentoring Relationship
2:00 pm–2:30 pm: Using Coaching Skills in Mentoring
2:30 pm–3:00 pm: Wrap-Up and Comments

Pre-Meeting Event: Mock Study Section
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST

Study Section Leaders:
R Study Section: Christina Pabelick, MD
K Study Section: Vesna Todorovic, MD, PhD, MBA, FASA

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Breakfast
7:00 am – 8:00 am EST

President’s Welcome Address 
8:00 am – 8:15 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Speaker: Dr. Dolores B. Njoku, MD
President, Association of University Anesthesiologist, 
The Rudolph L. and Mary Frances Wise Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology Professor of Anesthesiology, Pathology and Immunology Division Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Vice Chair Department of Anesthesiology Washington University in Saint Louis

Keynote Address: From Pain to Progress: Understanding and Improving the Transition to Residency
8:15 am – 9:15 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Moderator: Dr. Dolores B. Njoku, MD
Speaker: Dr. Lisa Howley, PhD, MEd
Senior Director, Transforming Medical Education at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Leadership Advisory Board Panel: Rediscovering Joy in Academic Anesthesiology: Strategies for Professional Fulfillment
9:15 am – 10:15 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Moderator: Ted Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA
Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Framework for Understanding and Enhancing Well-Being: Elizabeth Duggan
Determinants of Professional Fulfillment and Burnout Among Intensivists: Shahla Siddiqui, MBBS, MSc
When Compromised Professional Fulfillment Compromises Professionalism: Ashwini Nadkarni, MD

LAB Awards Presentation
10:15 am – 10:30 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Dr. Ted Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA and Dr. Dolores B. Njoku

Break & Discussion Time
10:30 am – 11:00 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center

Educational Advisory Board Panel: Case Method Teaching
11:00 am – 12:00 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Moderator: Dr. Susan Martinelli, MD, FASA

EAB Awards Presentation
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center

Lunch and Networking
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm EST

Moderated Poster Session
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm EST in Foyer

Oral Abstract Presentations
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center

Scientific Advisory Board Panel: Peer/Grant Review – I got a Response, What Do I Do Now?
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Moderator: Dr. Christina M. Pabelick, MD

Senior Researcher Perspective: YS Prakash, MD, PhD
Junior Investigator Perspective: Emmett Whitaker, MD

SAB Awards Presentation
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Dr. Christina M. Pabelick, MD and Dr. Dolores B. Njoku, MD

Membership Engagement Board Reception 
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm EST at Harvard Club

President’s Reception 
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm EST at Harvard Club

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Women in Academic Anesthesiology Networking Breakfast
7:00 am – 8:00 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center

Breakfast
7:15 am – 8:15 am EST in the Foyer

President's Session
8:15 am – 9:15 am EST in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Moderator: Dr. Dolores B. Njoku, MD


Speaker: Dr. Nita Ahuja
The William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery & Pathology Chair, Department of Surgery Yale School of Medicine, Surgeon-in-Chief Yale New Haven Health, Chair of the Yale Medicine Family Practice Plan, and Chair of the American Association of Medical Colleges Council of Faculty and Academic Societies

Host Program
9:15 am – 10:45 am EST  in the Amphitheater at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Co-Moderator: Suana Vacas, MD PhD and Viviane Nasr, MD, MPH, FASA

Speaker: Dava Newman, PhD
Director of the MIT Media Lab, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technolog Harvard–MIT Health Sciences and Technology faculty.


Speaker: Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD
Inaugural Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics the Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School

Break
10:45 am – 11:00 am EST

Business Meeting & Open Discussion
11:00 am – 11:30 pm EST


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