Neuroanesthesia Program Relations Committee

Mission Statement

The mission of the Neuroanesthesia Program Relations (NPR) committee is to foster academic and professional
relations and networking among ICPNT accredited programs. This committee’s tasks will include:

  • Supporting the sharing of educational, scientific, and professional ideas among programs
  • Organizing educational sessions and workshops (for both practical and cognitive essentials of neuroanesthesia and perioperative neuroscience practice) at the SNACC Annual Meeting and other meetings for the benefit of program fellows and faculty
  • Organizing virtual educational and simulation sessions for the sharing of cognitive educational activities and high-fidelity simulation scenarios, respectively, for program fellows and faculty
  • Providing a networking resource by which fellows and program faculty may communicate to share educational, professional, and collaborative research opportunities and coordinate fellow extramural opportunities at other ICPNT accredited programs

NPR Committee Members

  • Chanhung Lee, MD, PhD, Chair, University of California, San Francisco
  • Tumul Chowdhury, MD, DM, FRCPC, University Health Network, Canada
  • Valpuri Luoma, MBChB, FRCA, FFICM, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  • Colleen Naglee, MD, Duke University, North Carolina
  • Jeffrey Pasternak, MD, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
  • Shobana Rajan, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
  • Deepak Sharma, MBBS, MD, DM, University of Washington, Seattle