Meet the PAAD's QI and Implementation Science team
Myron Yaster MD
We have approximately 25 members on the PAAD’s executive council who serve as our writers, reviewers, and editors. I thought it was high time that I introduce them to you and have asked them to submit a head shot photo and short bio. I will introduce all of them to you over the next few weeks.
Lynn D. Martin, M.D., M.B.A. is a Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine (1982) and his M.B.A. for the University of Tennessee (2010). He completed residencies in both Pediatrics (Phoenix Children’s Hospital: 1982-86) and Anesthesiology (Johns Hopkins University: 1986-88) followed by fellowships in pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University (1988-90). He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with specialty certification in pediatric anesthesia and the American Board of Pediatrics with specialty certification in pediatric critical care medicine. Dr. Martin was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (1990-93) and Seattle Children’s (1994-2023). While at Seattle Children’s, he served as the Director of the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine (2001-14) and Medical Director for Continuous Improvement and Innovation (2013-20).
During his tenure of leadership at Seattle Children’s, Dr. Martin clearly demonstrated his focus, passion, and commitment for quality improvement and patient safety. He co-founded the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network (PRAN) and Wake Up Safe (WUS) which is the quality improvement initiative for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. Finally, He is the 2023 recipient of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Myron Yaster Life Time Achievement Award
Dr. Todd Glenski is a Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist at Children's Mercy Kansas City and an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He serves as Medical Director in the Department of Evidence-Based Practice, Program Director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, and Co-Director of the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee. He currently also serves as the President of the Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists.
Megha Karkera Kanjia, M.D. I am a pediatric anesthesiologist at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. My passion for QI and Safety started during my fellowship training and was spurred into action by my mentors and team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the Anderson Center where I completed my Advanced Fellowship in QI and Safety. I am currently the Director of Quality Improvement for Pediatric Anesthesia at TCH and truly enjoy looking at opportunities to improve the quality and access to care that we deliver for pediatric patients for periprocedural anesthetics in our community. Together, we can learn from each other how to make each of our communities better, safer, efficient, and stronger.
Dr. Conor Mc Donnell is a poet and physician at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He is the author of two collections of poems (most recently, This Insistent List) and three chapbooks. A third collection, What We Know So Far Is, will be published in Fall 2025. His poetry has appeared in various Canadian and international publications. He has also published poetry in noted medical journals such as JAMA, and CMAJ.
He is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto where he is a funded researcher of pediatric hospital safety, pediatric medication error, and opioid stewardship. He recently joined forces with the Narrative Based Medicine Lab at U of T to launch Case Repertory (an online platform publication for physician / scientist / healthcare workers’ narrative based case histories) where, as Editor in Chief, he hopes to engage and promote the voice of the patient in collaboration with their health-carers.
He is a frequently invited international lecturer and presenter on pediatric perioperative care and error prevention, and is the current Vice-President of the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesiology Society.
Conor also works weekends in Sellers & Newel rare/used bookstore where they have words for people like him.
Dr. Kim Strupp graduated from medical school at The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her Residency in Anesthesiology in 2012 and Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology in 2013 at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic (Rochester). She joined the faculty at the University of Colorado in 2013 and has been practicing at Children's Hospital Colorado since that time. She spends most of her clinical time as a pediatric anesthesiologist and also spends 6-8 weeks a year as an attending on the acute pain service.
Dr. Strupp serves as the Clinical Quality Director in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia with an interest in quality improvement and patient safety. She is also the program director for the 2nd year Pediatric Perioperative Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Fellowship. She is an Associate Vice Chair for the Quality & Safety Committe for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, and was a member of the development team for the Pedi Crisis app.
Some of Dr. Strupp’s most recent publications include research on the effects of COVID-19 on pediatric anesthesiologists and implementation of a process to provide influenza vaccines under anesthesia.
Outside of work, Dr. Strupp enjoys spending time with her family including her husband (Mike), two children (Killian & Kaiden), and her dog (Lily). She enjoys snowboarding and is excited that both her kids are old enough to be in all-day ski lessons this year so she can get back on the mountain!
Odinakachukwu (Odi) Ehie, MD, FASA, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology, UCSF Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Dr. Ehie is a pediatric anesthesiologist whose interests include Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Global Health, as well as Education. As a UCSF Teachers Scholar in 2020, she started a diversity curriculum for anesthesia and surgery residents, and she has held a teaching position as a UCSF Bridges coach from 2017 to 2021 for the School of Medicine thus providing a foundation in the Differences Matter Initiative. Dr. Ehie joined the UC Berkeley / UCSF Joint Medical Program in 2021 as the Head of Clinical Skills Curriculum.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, she completed her anesthesia residency program at New York University Langone Medical Center. She later completed her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Stanford Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital where she focused on Global Health Education in Vietnam. Not only does she currently serve as the Anesthesia Co-Director for the Health Volunteer Overseas, but she also serves as Designee Chair of the SEA Global Health Outreach Committee. She is currently the Chair for the California Society of Anesthesiologists Committee of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI), Vice Chair of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, and she is the Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care.
David Buck, MD, MBA, is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He completed both his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship and advanced fellowship in quality improvement at Cincinnati Children’s. He currently serves as Vice Chief of Quality Improvement and Safety for the Department of Anesthesiology and has lectured nationally and internationally on quality improvement. Dr. Buck is a previous president of Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative.