Dr. Eugenia Ayrian is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and a Vice Chair of Education at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She earned her medical degree at the Medical Institute in Yerevan, Armenia, and completed her Anesthesiology residency training at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.  Dr. Ayrian’s clinical interests are in neurosurgical anesthesia. She has contributed articles and abstracts to peer reviewed literature, authored book chapters, and presented multiple invited scientific lectures at national and international conferences. Dr. Ayrian is dedicated to the process of education. She received an Award for Outstanding Teaching of Medical Students and for Dedicated Service to the Committee on Admissions. Dr. Ayrian is the Secretary of California Society of Anesthesiologists and the Chair of the Neuroanesthesiology Committee of the ASA. Additionally, she is a Director-at-Large of the Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) Board of Directors.