Women in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
(WICTA)

WICTA Awards

2026

WICTA She Leads Award

  • Maya Jalbout Hastie, MD, EdD / Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

WICTA Excellence in Mentoring Award

  • Y. Yuliana Salamanca-Padilla, MD / The Lewis Katz School of Medicine – Temple University

WICTA Outstanding Service Award

  • Choy R. Lewis, MD / Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Seema P. Deshpande, MBBS / University of Maryland School of Medicine

Outstanding Fellow Award

  • Ariana Elder, MD / Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Karen Souter Award

  • Ragini G. Gupta, MD / Emory University School of Medicine

    2025

    WICTA She Leads Award

    • Kathryn Glas, MD

    WICTA Excellence in Mentoring Award

    • G Burkhard Mackenson, MD, PhD

    WICTA Outstanding Service Award

    • Shanna Sykes Hill, MD
    • Chandrika Garner, MD

    Outstanding Fellow Award

    • Emily Bergbower, MD

    Karen Souter Award

    • Smriti Mahaju Bajracharya, MD

    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