Volume 22, Number 4
December 2007

First Anesthesiologist Elected and Inducted into the Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Dr Davy Cheng (Professor and Chair/Chief, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre and St Joseph’s Health Care London, and the University of Western Ontario) is the first anesthesiologist elected and inducted into the Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS), in September 2007. The mission of the Academy is to provide advice on key issues relevant to the health of Canadians (www.cahs-acss.ca). The CAHS works in partnership with the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Engineering to form the three Members Academies of the Council of Canadian Academies. Fellows elected to the Academy are recognized by their peers nationally and internationally for their contribution to the promotion of health sciences. And they will have demonstrated leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies and commitment to advance academic health sciences

Dr Davy Cheng was also elected as the Canadian Member on the Board of Trustees of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) at the Annual Meeting in March 2007. IARS is the oldest anesthesia society, founded in 1925. His influence at both the front-lines and the policymaker’s table, have been acknowledged through national and international awards of recognition.