Aileen Adriano, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford University and a nationally recognized leader in coaching and faculty development. She serves as Associate Division Chief, former Associate Residency Program Director, and faculty scheduler for Stanford’s Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Adriano co-chairs the Society for Education in Anesthesiology’s Coaching Task Force and has helped shape the culture of coaching both at Stanford and across the country. Her work focuses on professional identity formation, values-aligned growth, and building scalable coaching programs that support physicians at every career stage.

Bryan Mahoney, MD, FASA is Residency Program Director and Vice Chair of Education at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and West Hospitals, and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed medical school and residency at Mount Sinai, followed by fellowship in Obstetric Anesthesiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Mahoney trained in simulation education at the HELPS Center and later helped establish the first ASA-endorsed MOCA simulation program at Ohio State, where he also developed a popular simulation-based physiology course. He became Program Director in 2014 and Vice Chair of Education in 2019.

He has held education leadership roles with SEA, SOAP, and the ASA. A former visual artist, he enjoys reading German Idealist philosophy. His core teaching principle: study great educators, build on what works, and let learners know you are firmly in their corner.

Marianne Chen, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford University with a clinical focus in liver transplant anesthesia, critical care, and perioperative point-of-care ultrasound. She completed medical school at Boston University, internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and residency and fellowship training in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Stanford. Dr. Chen is Board Certified in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.

She has held multiple education leadership roles, including Clerkship Director for the General Operating Room rotation and Associate Program Director for the combined Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine Residency. She currently serves as Residency Program Director for the Stanford Department of Anesthesiology, where she leads program development, trainee mentorship, and curriculum innovation across perioperative and critical care domains.

Matthew Caldwell is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist with expertise in perioperative echocardiography and a national leader in the use of clinical data to support competency-based medical education. He completed his anesthesiology residency and adult cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital after earning his MD from Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Caldwell’s academic work sits at the intersection of high-functioning clinical teams, nontechnical skills, and large-scale electronic health record analytics. As a member of the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center, his research explores how experience data and longitudinal patterns can be used to understand learning trajectories, improve coaching, and align educational processes with real-world clinical practice. His recent publications span anesthesiology education, operative team performance, and the use of EHR data to advance precision education.