Washington University Department of Anesthesiology is thrilled to be participating in this year’s Academic Giving Competition supporting the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)!

In short, the Academic Giving Competition – or AGC – is putting us in a fun, but fierce competition with other academic anesthesiology departments to raise funds for FAER. All funds raised directly support FAER’s mission to develop the next generation of physician-investigators.

As many of you may know, FAER has had a massive impact on our department. In the past 25 years, 22 members of our department have received research grants from FAER, totaling more than $2.5 million. In addition, FAER’s medical student anesthesia research fellowship (MSARF) program has helped 22 medical students spend summers in our laboratories since 2008, and FAER’s resident scholar program (RSP) has helped our residents present their research work at ASA. In any case, we all benefit from FAER’s work. You can learn more about FAER and its current activities here.

And BIG news! We have a $7,500 matching gift generously provided by several of our vice chairs, including Dr. Dolores Njoku, Dr. Omokhaye Higo, Dr. Chakrapol Lattanand, and Dr. Robert Gereau. This means that every donation from you is matched 1:1 (doubled!) during the AGC until we reach $7,500.