Leila Mei Pang

Dr. Leila Pang was appointed as Ngai Jubilee Professor Emerita of Anesthesiology at the Columbia University Medical Center on July 1, 2019, following her official retirement on June 30th, having served more than 40 years at the institution.

Dr. Pang joined the department of anesthesiology as Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics in 1976 and continued her rise through the ranks of academic professorship. Her clinical and teaching talents led her to be named Anesthesiology Residency Program Director in 2002 and Vice Chair for Resident Education in 2004.

In July of every year — for more than four decades — Dr. Pang met each new cohort of residents for clinical orientation in the operating room. Her trainees, their patients and her patients have been the beneficiaries of her superb skill and experience in anesthesia and in intensive care for children and infants undergoing transplantation, and those with chronic pain, cancer, congenital abnormalities, problems with airway management and apnea, and cardiothoracic and vascular disease.

Upon her retirement Dr. Pang was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Department of Anesthesiology for her contributions as a scholar, clinician, mentor and leader. Dr. Pang’s expertise has also led to numerous invitations for her to share her clinical and academic expertise as a lecturer and presenter at national symposiums and societies, and at other institutions. She has held significant offices in national subspecialty societies, and she has published numerous articles, reviews, book chapters, and abstracts. In addition, since 2002, Dr. Pang has been a member of the Medical Advisory Board of the Children of China Pediatrics Foundation which provides multi-specialty medical treatment and surgery to children in Chinese orphanages.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated 

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Education

Undergraduate Education

University of Hawaii, BA, Philosophy 1962 - 1966

Medical Education

State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, MD, 1966 - 1970

Internship

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-CUMC, CHONY, Pediatrics, 1970 - 1971

Residency

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-CUMC, Anesthesiology, 1971 - 1973

Fellowship

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-CUMC, Anesthesiology & Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonary Disease, 1973 – 1976

Academic Appointments

  • Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, July 1976 – June 1984, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, July 1984 – June 1993, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, July 1993 – June 2006, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
  • Ngai-Jubilee Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, July 2006 – December 2009, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
  • Ngai-Jubilee Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, January 2010 – June 2013, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
  • Ngai-Jubilee Professor of Anesthesiology at CUMC, July 2013 – July 2019

Administrative Titles 

  • Vice Chair for Resident Education
  • Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program

Training

  • Intern in Pediatrics, Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York, July 1970 – June 1971
  • Assistant Resident in Anesthesiology, Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York, July 1971 – June 1973
  • Fellow in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, July 1973 – June 1974
  • Fellow in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, July 1974 – June 1976

Special Honors

  • Mortar Board (National Woman's Society for Academic Achievement and Service), 1965-66

Department and University Committees Hospital Committees

  • University Committees
    • Orthopedic Surgery 5-Year Review Committee, 1988-91
    • Faculty of Medicine, Committee on Appointments and Promotions, 2013 – June 2019
    • Academy of Clinical Mentoring and Excellence, July 2016 – present
      • Subcommittee on Mentoring, August 2016 - June 2019
    • Electronic Medical Record Task Force, March 2016 – June 2016
    • P&S Education Leadership Committee, July 2016 – June 2019
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital CUIMC Committees
    • Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC), July 2002 - June 2018
      • GMEC Ad Hoc Task Force for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, July 2002
      • GMEC Evaluation Sub-Committee for Core Residency Programs, December 2015 - June 2018
      • GMEC Internal Review Committee for: Pediatric Dentistry, Neuropathology, Pediatric Rheumatology, Otolaryngology
  • Department of Anesthesiology Committees
    • Executive Committee At-Large Member, 1979-81, 2002 – June 2019
    • Research Committee, 1979-88
    • Sabbatical Leave Committee, 1979-88
    • E.M. Papper Lectureship Committee, 1983-84
    • Committee on Human Investigation, 1983 - June 2019
    • Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1984 - June 2019
      • Secretary, 1999 - 2017
    • Alumni Affairs Committee, 1994 – 2012
    • Faculty Development Committee, 2001 - June 2018
      • Chairman, 2001 – 2012
      • Secretary, 2012 – 2017
    • Advanced Training Fellowship Committee, 2002 - 2016
    • Equal Opportunity Committee, 1979 - 2016
      • Chairman, 1999 - 2016
    • Resident Evaluation Committee, 1992 - June 2019
      • Vice-Chairman, 2002 – 2012,
    • Resident Education Committee, 1996 - June 2019
      • Chairman, 2002 - June 2018
    • Resident Recruitment Committee, 2002 - June 2018
    • Residents’ Concern Committee, Member 2002 - June 2019
      • Chairman 2002 -2012
    • Clinical Competency Committee, 2002 - June 2019
  • Anesthesiology Service - The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital CUIMC Committees:
    • Executive Committee At-Large Member, 1979-81, 2002 - June 2019
    • Long Range Planning Committee, 1982-84
    • Management Committee, 1980-82, 1993-96
      • Secretary, 1981-82
    • Resource Allocation Panel, 1979 -85
    • Staff Review Committee, 1992 - 2000
    • Committee on Resident Well-Being
      • Chairman, July 2002 - Sept 2002
  • National Committees and Organizations
    • American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association
      • Component Committee on Research Review, 1978-81
      • Scientific Assembly on Pediatrics, Program Committee, 1979-80
    • Society for Education in Anesthesia
      • Subcommittee on Subspecialty Curriculum, 1986-91
      • Committee on Resident Curriculum, 2002 – 2019
      • Publication Committee
        • Chair 2004 – 2013
      • Editor for SEA Newsletter Anesthesia Education, 2004 – 2013
      • Membership Committee, 2009 – June 2019
      • Resident Education Committee Member, 2004 – June 2019
      • Faculty Development Committee Member, 2016
      • National Annual Meeting Program Director
        • “Advancing Your Program to the Next Level”, October 2004, Las Vegas, NV
    • Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations and Perioperative Medicine, 2009 - June 2018
      • Association of Anesthesiology Core Program Directors (AACPD), 2009 - June 2018
        • Council Member AACPD, 2009 – 2013
    • Editorial Reviewer: Ad Hoc Reviewer for Transplantation, 2003

Hospital Affiliations 

  • NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
  • NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated 

Pediatric Anesthesiology

 

Last updated April 3, 2020