Dr. Amit Bardia is the program director of the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to being a cardiac anesthesiologist and cardiothoracic intensivist, he is an NIH-funded researcher with a keen interest in perioperative outcomes research aimed at improving health care delivery. Along with hands-on bedside teaching, he has been involved in the development of workshops on mechanical circulatory support devices, the creation of a vascular access team during the COVID-19 pandemic, national level education in bedside trans-thoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiography, and peer teaching at multiple venues on management of patients on extracorporeal life support.