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25thAnniversary25 Years of Servingthe SpecialtyCelebrating Anesthesia Education & ResearchFor the past 25 years, the service of individuals such as William Hamilton, MD, our first board president, the financialsupport of donors such as Gertie Marx, MD, who remembered FAER in her estate, and the passion of the countlessmedical students, residents and physicians who dedicate themselves to the field of anesthesia have all contributed greatly tothe success of FAER.Our achivements, however, were preceeded by several important events. In 1972, the ASA established a committee onresearch with a distribution budget of $10,000. In addition, the Parker B. Frances Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri,funded young investigators focused on research in anesthesiology. When the ASA established the Burroughs WellcomeFoundation Research Fellowship in 1980, researchers in anesthesia received further financial support. But it wasn’t until1985, when Peter McDermott, MD, PhD, with the support from Clifford Parish of the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation,proposed the establishment of a separate, tax-exempt organization, that the first real conversations about what wouldeventually become FAER took place.Those conversations concluded October 21, 1986, when the ASA House of Delegates approved the formation of theFoundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. The goal of FAER would be to facilitate continuous improvements inanesthesiology by fostering and encouraging education, research and scientific progress in anesthesiology.Recount now the 25 great years of FAER and service to the specialty.1986The ASA House of Delegates establishes the Foundation for Anesthesia Educationand Research (FAER) to facilitate continuous improvements in anesthesiology byfostering and encouraging education, research and scientific progress.ASA, the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation and the Parker B. Frances Foundation eachprovide funding to create FAER.Nine anesthesiologists serve as the founding board members of FAER, includingWilliam Hamilton, MD, elected as the first board president in 1987.1987FAER’s first board of directors meeting is held in Chicago.FAER awards its first research grants.William K.Hamilton, MD1988Martin Helrich, MD, is appointed FAER’s first executive director.The FAER endowment fund is established.Martin Helrich, MD10
1989FAER receives its first bequest from Gertie Marx,MD. The funds are earmarked to support obstetricalanesthesia and maternal welfare.The FAER Advisory Board is formed.Representatives from corporations who activelysupport anesthesiology now contribute to thestrategic direction of FAER.FAER initiates the Annual Meeting ResidentScholar Program, which provides funds forresidents in anesthesiology to attend the ASAannual meeting each year.1990FAER awards its first Educational Grant. The funds help Kevin B. Gerold,DO, JD, MA, pursue his research study “Computer-based Instructionin Anesthesiology” at the University of Maryland Medical System. Dr.Gerold now serves as an assistant professor and attending physician in theDepartment of Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins.1991The FAER endowment fund exceeds $1 million.FAER establishes the Research Fellowship Grant program.1993Research activity supported by FAER during the yearexceeds $1 million.Gertie Marx, MD andBetty Pearce Stephenson, MDKevin B. Gerold,DO, JD, MA25th Anniversary1995Under the new leadership of Alan D. Sessler, MD, the FAERoffice moves to Rochester, Minnesota, from Baltimore,Maryland.1996The FAER endowment fund reaches $5 million, allowingFAER to initiate the Clinical Research Starter Grantprogram, developed to foster patient-oriented research.Patricia A. Kapur, MD,accepts a contributionfrom John L. Waller, MD.Talmage Egan, MD, wasamong the first ClinicalResearch Starter Grantrecipients.FAER Annual Report | 11
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Page 5 and 6: FAER ProgramsMentored Research Trai
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Page 9 and 10: FAER ProgramsChallenging & Rewardin
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Page 15 and 16: 25th Anniversary2005The Medical Stu
Page 17 and 18: 25th AnniversaryJohn R. Moyers, MD,
Page 19 and 20: DonorsGiving to FAERDonations made
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Page 23 and 24: 2011 Individual Donors$15,000 or Mo
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Page 29 and 30: Financial HighlightsINCOMEDonations
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