R. Scott Dingeman, MD, FAAP
I am a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Children’s National. My areas of clinical expertise are pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric regional anesthesiology, and pediatric pain management. I completed my residency at Cornell Medical Center, and my pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. My research has focused on the use of regional anesthesiology techniques to reduce opioid consumption in children undergoing surgery. I serve on the board of directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, and I was the Program Chair for the society’s 2018 annual meeting.
Melody Herman, MD
I am the Director of Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine at Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. I completed my residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and RAAPM fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. I routinely teach block workshops at ASRA, ASA, and the CSA annual meetings, as well as creating short sonoanatomy videos, “Nerve Block TikToks”. I also serve on ASRA’s Private Practice SIG, am a member of the ASRA’s Website and Social Media Committee, and serve as the US representative for the ESRA International Committee. Although my parents named me “Melody” because my father repaired musical instruments for a living, I am the only one of their four children who does not play music, though I do appreciate music and occasionally sing while blocking.
Nadia Hernandez, MD
I completed my anesthesiology residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY, followed by fellowship training in regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. After training, I moved back home to Texas where I serve as an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Texas (UT) at Houston McGovern School of Medicine and Division Chief of Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine. I am also one of the co-founding members of the ASRA Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound Special Interest Group. I enjoy spending time with my family, Louboutin shoes, and nouvelle cuisine.
Hari K. Kalagara, MBBS, MD
I completed my regional anesthesia fellowship at Cleveland Clinic in 2017, during which time I was the recipient of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Resident/Fellow of the Year Award. In addition, I have also earned a European Diploma in Regional Anesthesia (EDRA), as well as certifications in perioperative echocardiography and critical care echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE). I currently work as an Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, where my main areas of clinical interest are regional anesthesia and PoCUS. I currently serve as the Chair of POCUS courses for ASRA Pain Medicine.
Meg Rosenblatt, MD, FASA
I am a Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopedics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside and West Hospitals. I also serve as a member of the ASRA Board of Directors, the Immediate Past-Chair of the 2020 annual meeting of the ASA and the General Chair of the 2021 NYSSA-PGA. I also serve as a Senior Question Editor and an Oral Examiner for the ABA. I lecture nationally and internationally about regional anesthesia topics and local anesthetic systemic toxicity, and moderate peripheral nerve block workshops.