It is my great pleasure to announce that the 22nd Annual FAER-Helrich Research Lecture will be presented by Michael Avidan, MBBCh, FCA (SA), at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The FAER-Helrich Research Lecture recognizes outstanding scholarship by a scientist and is part of FAER's ongoing effort to encourage early-career anesthesiologists and trainees to consider careers in research and teaching. Dr. Avidan is currently the Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology and Head of the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine, as well as Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Dr. Avidan was born in South Africa, earned his medical doctorate in 1991 from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, then completed his residency in anesthesiology and intensive care at the South African College of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Avidan thereafter served as a clinical lecturer from 1997 to 2000 in cardiothoracic anesthesiology and adult critical...
