WINNING TEAM CAPTAINS

LARGE TIER

SMALL TIER

University of Michigan

Chad M. Brummett, MD

University of Iowa

Loren E. Smith, MD, PhD

Detlef Obal, MD, PhD, DESA

David Run Zhou Ye, MD, PhD

Columbia University

Charles W. Emala Sr., MS, MD

May Hua, MD, MSc

Anjan Saha, MD, PhD

University of Virginia

Nadia Lunardi, MD, PhD

Priyanka Singla, MBBS, MD

Each winning team will be awarded a commemorative trophy, Grand Rounds presented by a FAER leader, FAER-funded celebration, and well-deserved recognition as champions!

Thanks to the incredible contributions of our donors, Team Captains, and all those who took part in the 5th annual Anesthesiology Giving Competition (AGC), this year's competition proved the most successful AGC in the competition's history, achieving 124% of its updated $500,000 goal!

Together, a total of

$621,352

was raised in support of anesthesiology's

early career physician-investigators from

1,551 donors!

Join FAER in celebrating all of the institutions that

made this competition such a resounding victory for anesthesiology and in thanking our Team Captains for helping make this competition possible!

AGC 2026 TOP RUNNERS-UP

Below are the Teams and Captains - arranged in descending order - that finished in the top five for this year's competition.

MOST $ RAISED

LARGE TIER

SMALL TIER

Medical College of Wisconsin

Thomas J. Ebert, MD, PhD

Cynthia A. Lien, MD, FASA

Astrid G. Stucke, MD

University of Wisconsin

Elizabeth Townsend, MD

University of Colorado

Benjamin H. Cloyd, MD, MIPH

Rodrigo Sagastegui

University of Chicago

Zheng Xie, MD, PhD, FASA

University of Washington

C. Michael Crowder, MD, PhD

University of Virginia

Nadia Lunardi, MD, PhD

Priyanka Singla, MBBS, MD

University of California,

San Francisco

Dieter Adelmann, MD, PhD

Catherine L. Chen, MD, MPH

Alexendar Perez, MD, PhD

Henry Ford Health System

Adnan Hussain, MD

 John D. Mitchell, MD

GREATEST # OF DONORS

LARGE TIER

SMALL TIER

University of California,

San Francisco

Dieter Adelmann, MD, PhD

Catherine L. Chen, MD, MPH

Alexendar Perez, MD, PhD

University of Wisconsin

Elizabeth Townsend, MD

University of Utah

Norman E. Taylor, MD, PhD

University of Chicago

Zheng Xie, MD, PhD, FASA

Vanderbilt University

Medical Center

Edward R. Sherwood, MD, PhD

Marie-Louise Meng, MD

Henry Ford Health System

Adnan Hussain, MD

 John D. Mitchell, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Thomas J. Ebert, MD, PhD

Cynthia A. Lien, MD, FASA

Astrid G. Stucke, MD

University of Iowa

Loren E. Smith, MD, PhD

Detlef Obal, MD, PhD, DESA

David Run Zhou Ye, MD, PhD

AGC 2026 Honorable Mentions

We're excited to share several honorable mentions, recognizing some of this year's competitors for exciting or unique successes. Stay tuned for FAER's article in December about AGC 2026 featuring even more honorable mentions!

A Rallying Record!

FAER would like to offer a special thank you to Michael O'Reilly, MD, for his profoundly generous gift of $100,000 on behalf of the University of Michigan, led by Team Captain Chad M. Brummett, MD. Dr. O'Reilly's gift represents the single largest individual donation in the AGC's history!

Bookending with Style!

It's always fun to see who makes the first gift of the AGC, and who makes the last. This year, both these honors went to the Team Captain of the University of Colorado Benjamin H. Cloyd, MD, MIPH, whose generous giving waved the starting and ending flag for this year's competition!

An Entrance to Remember!

The University of Chicago took part in its first-ever AGC this year. Led by Team Captain Zheng Xie, MD, PhD, FASA, they entered with flying colors too, raising $11,067 from 61 donors - over double their goal! This stellar first showing earned their Team third place for both Number of Donors (#) and Amount Raised ($) among Small Tier teams!

A Gift From Around the World!

Support for the AGC isn't restricted to the U.S. - it reaches around the world! This year, the University of Washington, led by Team Captain C. Michael Crowder, MD, PhD, saw Murali Sivarajan, MB, BS, FACA, donate in support of the Team's AGC efforts and FAER from all the way in India!

Jumping with Generosity!

Every year, FAER is honored to see Teams and donors go above and beyond to surpass their past AGC records. This was precisely the case with the University of Utah, led by Team Captain Norman E. Taylor, MD, PhD. Blowing past their 2026 goal of $10,000, their Team raised a whopping $25,009 from 118 donors - more than four times their total raised in 2025!

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