Moeen K. Panni, M.B. B.Chir (M.D.), Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the department of anesthesiology, and program director of the obstetrical anesthesiology fellowship, at the University of Florida College Of Medicine – Jacksonville was presented with the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) 2011 Teacher of the Year Award. The 43rd annual meeting, Providing Safe Outcomes for Mother and Baby, was held April 13-17, 2011 in Henderson, Nev.
The SOAP Teacher of the Year Award recognizes outstanding practitioners of obstetric anesthesiology who have demonstrated superior teaching primarily of anesthesiology residents and fellows, and secondarily of obstetricians, nurses, midwives, and the lay public.
The mission of SOAP is to improve the pregnancy-related outcomes of women and neonates through the support of obstetric anesthesiology research, the provision of education to its members, other providers, and pregnant women, and the promotion of excellence in clinical anesthetic care.