Women in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
(WICTA)

WICTA Awards

2025 WICTA Awards

Application deadline: November 24, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST.

Excellence in Mentoring Award Description: 

Awarded to an SCA or WICTA member in recognition of their commitment to mentorship and sponsorship of women faculty in anesthesiology. Any member of the SCA and/or WICTA can submit the name of individuals for consideration for these awards. Self- nomination is acceptable.

She LEADS Award – Leadership, Equity, Altruism, Diversity, and Subsumption Award Description: 

Awarded to an SCA or WICTA member in recognition of their commitment and leadership to promote diversity, equity, inclusivity, altruism, and belonging at the local or national level. A positive impact on healthcare outcomes is the ultimate goal.

WICTA Professional Coaching Scholarship Application

WICTA members are invited to apply for the WICTA Coaching Scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded to 4 WICTA members. The goal of executive coaching is to provide tools and resources to assist mid-career faculty in developing leadership skills both professionally and personally.

WICTA Outstanding Fellow Award Application

This award is presented to an ACTA fellow who has demonstrated commitment to teaching and or service during their fellowship year and who shows promise of significant contribution to the field of cardiovascular anesthesiology or perioperative ultrasound

2024

WICTA She Leads Award

  • Dr Sophia Poorsatter / UCLA

WICTA Excellence in Mentoring Award

  • Dr Natalia Ivascu Giraldi / Weill Cornell
  • Dr Susan Eagle / Vanderbilt

WICTA Outstanding Service Award

  • Dr Agnieszka Trzcinka / Tufts
  • Dr Kiran Belani / Northwestern

Outstanding Fellow Award

  • Serena Dasani / Brigham & Women
  • Dr Ariana Cook / Northwestern

2023

WICTA Excellence in Mentoring Award

  • Jochen “Danny” Muehlschlegel, M.D. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

WICTA She Leads Award

  • Daryl Oakes, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

WICTA Distinguished Service Award

  1. Lavinia Kolarczyk, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  2. Kelly Ural, MD, Residency Program Director, Oschner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
  3. Seema Deshpande, MBBS, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

WICTA Outstanding Service Award

  • Abimbola Faloye, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta

Scholarships

WICTA Professional Development Awards
WICTA-Karen Souter Coaching Scholarship
  1. Kelly Ural, MD Residency Program Director, Section of Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
  2. Sophia Poorsatter, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, UCLA, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Greater Los Angeles
  3. Ragini Gupta, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Temple University Health System

2022

WICTA Professional Development Awards

Karen Souter Coaching Scholarships
  1. Erica D. Wittwer, MD, PhD, Consultant in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic University Hospital
  2. Charlene Blake, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco
  3. Gina Linganna, MD, Assistant Professor and ACTA Fellowship Program Director: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  4. Samhati Mondal, MBBS, MD Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine

2020

WICTA Professional Development Awards

Karen Souter Coaching Scholarships
  • Diba Daneshrad, MD, MPH; Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana, CA
  • Richa Dhawan, MD, University of Chicago
  • Qi Cui Ott, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Seema Deshpande, MBBS, University of Maryland
WICTA-Brave Enough Master Class Award, hosted by Sasha Shillcutt
  • Allison Jill Bechtel, MD