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Chair's Distinction Awards Presented to Residents with Top ABA ITE Scores

Drs. Phil Adams (Residency Program Director), Fernando Brea Parrilla, Henry Guo, Konstantinos Alfaras-Melainis (Residency Assistant Program Director), and David Metro (Senior Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Affairs)
Left to right: Drs. Phil Adams (Residency Program Director), Fernando Brea Parrilla, Henry Guo, Konstantinos Alfaras-Melainis (Residency Assistant Program Director), and David Metro (Senior Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Affairs). Not pictured: Drs. Alexander Varzari, Wesley Ramirez, and Craig Johnson.

Our residents Fernando Brea Parrilla, MD (PGY-3), Henry Guo, MD (PGY-2), Craig Johnson, MD (PGY-2), Wesley Ramirez, MD (PGY-3), and Alexander Varzari, MD (PGY-4) received 2024 Chair's Distinction in Anesthesiology Knowledge Awards in recognition of their outstanding performance on the 2024 American Board of Anesthesiology In-Training Examination (ITE), with scores in the 95th percentile.

The ABA ITEs serve as a crucial benchmark, allowing us to gauge the progress and proficiency of our residents and fellows as they progress through their anesthesiology and subspecialty training. Administered annually to all enrolled physicians in anesthesiology residency and fellowship programs, these examinations are pivotal in shaping the future of our field.

Congratulations to Drs. Brea Parrilla, Guo, Johnson, Ramirez, and Varzari for their remarkable achievement!