SATA Leadership

The Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia is led by a dedicated Executive Board and Council of transplant anesthesiologists from leading institutions across North America.

Lorenzo De Marchi, MD

Message from the President

Welcome to the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia. As an ASA-recognized subspecialty society, SATA represents the field of transplant anesthesiology across North America, with a commitment to advancing our specialty through education, research, and the collaboration of the clinicians who care for transplant patients every day.

Whether you are a trainee, a nurse anesthetist, or an attending physician, I invite you to join us and help shape the future of our growing specialty.

Lorenzo De Marchi, MD

President, SATA · Professor of Clinical Anesthesia, Director of Transplant Anesthesia, MedStar-Georgetown University Hospital

Our Mission

Since 2011

In 2011, members of the anesthesia community who cared for transplant patients created an informal society allowing participants to share information and ideas designed to improve donor and recipient care. The intent of this society was to harness the enthusiasm and motivation of transplant anesthesiologists to drive innovation in the fields of abdominal and thoracic transplantation and intensive care. The society membership articulated three guiding principles: to provide a common meeting ground for scientific development, to increase anesthesia presence in related collegial transplant societies and organizations, and to advocate for the professional interests of transplant anesthesiologists.

The Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) was legally incorporated in 2016 to solidify a home base for transplant anesthesiologists. SATA endorses the concept that integrating the anesthesiologist into all aspects of transplant patient care and policy development ultimately benefits the best interests of the patients.

Executive Board

2025–2027
Lorenzo De Marchi, MD

President

Lorenzo De Marchi, MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesia · Director of Transplant Anesthesia
MedStar-Georgetown University Hospital

Jiapeng Huang, MD

President-Elect

Jiapeng Huang, MD, PhD, FASA, FASE

Professor & Vice Chairman · Medical Director of Operating Rooms
University of Louisville

Gebhard Wagener, MD

Immediate Past President

Gebhard Wagener, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University Medical Center

Tetsuro Sakai, MD

Past President

Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA

Professor and Chair
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M. Susan Mandell, MD

Past President

M. Susan Mandell, MD, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Center

Ernesto Pretto, Jr., MD

Founding President

Ernesto Pretto, Jr., MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Ranjit Deshpande, MD

Secretary

Ranjit Deshpande, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology · Director, Transplant Anesthesiology
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Ryan Nazemian, MD

Treasurer

Ryan Nazemian, MD

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Executive Councilors

Dieter Adelmann, MD

Executive Councilor

Dieter Adelmann, MD, PhD

2025–2027

Associate Professor, Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco

Ryan Chadha, MD

Executive Councilor

Ryan Chadha, MD

2025–2027

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Cara Crouch, MD

Executive Councilor

Cara Crouch, MD, MBA, FASA

2025–2027

Clinical Operations Director · OR Director, Anesthesiology
University of Colorado Anschutz

Richa Dhawan, MD

Executive Councilor

Richa Dhawan, MD

2024–2026

Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
The University of Chicago

Michael D. Kaufman, MD

Executive Councilor

Michael D. Kaufman, MD

2024–2026

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Immediate Past Councilors

2023–2025
Raymond M. Planinsic, MD

Immediate Past Councilor

Raymond M. Planinsic, MD, FASA

Professor · Director, Transplant Anesthesiology and Transplant QI
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC

Michael Ander, MD

Immediate Past Councilor

Michael Ander, MD, FASA

Associate Professor · Director of Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Loyola University Medical Center

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