Congratulations to Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA, who was selected as President-Elect for the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) for a two-year term (2019-2021). SATA is a professional association serving the needs of anesthesiologists and critical care specialists involved in the practice of transplantation medicine and surgery. As the complex field of transplantation continues to rapidly develop, SATA aims to advance the scope of practice and further develop the field of transplant anesthesiology.