Kanwaljeet J. S. (“Sunny”) Anand

Kanwaljeet J. S. (“Sunny”) Anand is Medical Director for the PICU at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and Chief of Pediatric Critical Care in Memphis, Tennessee. He completed his medical training at University of Indore (India). He was a Rhodes Scholar at University of Oxford (U.K.), where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in clinical medicine. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, followed by pediatric residency training at Boston Children’s Hospital and fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Anand has received numerous awards for his research. He was recognized by the Dr. Michael Blacow Award from British Paediatric Association (1986), Pediatric Resident Research Award from American Academy of Pediatrics (1992), the inaugural Young Investigator Award in Pediatric Pain from International Association for the Study of Pain (1994), the Jeffrey Lawson Award from American Pain Society (2000). He was the Windermere Lecturer at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2004), the John S. Liebeskind Visiting Professor (2005) at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the Gregory Mark Taubin Distinguished Professor at George Washington University School of Medicine (2005), Pfizer Visiting Professor in Pain Medicine at Baylor University (2003) and University of Utah (2006), and the 12th Annual Ruth Rappaport Professor (2006) at the Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa). He received the 2009 Nils Rosén von Rosenstein Award from the Swedish Academy of Medicine and Swedish Pediatric Society, the highest international award given to pediatricians every 5 years. For community service, he has received the Father Joseph Biltz Award (2007) from NCCJ and the Dr. Martin Luther King, “Salute to Greatness” Award (2008) from the State of Arkansas. He published >150 peer-reviewed articles, edited multiple books and journal issues on pain management in newborns and children. Dr. Anand was the inaugural holder of the Morris & Hettie Oakley Endowed Chair at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2001-2009) and currently holds the St. Jude Chair of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, as Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, & Neurobiology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center.