Sapna Kudchadkar is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA). She received her BA in biochemistry and French at Washington University and MD at the University of Chicago (USA). She completed residencies in paediatrics and anesthesiology, followed by fellowships in both paediatric critical care and paediatric anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins. After clinical training, she completed a PhD in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where she was awarded the Sommer Scholar Award for PhD candidates who “exemplify scientific excellence, energy, ambition, political acumen and a determination to change the world" through public health research. Dr Kudchadkar’s clinical and research focus is functional outcomes after paediatric critical illness and major surgery and the interplay of sedation optimisation, sleep promotion, delirium prevention, and early mobilisation in paediatric ICU care. She is the founder and Director of the Johns Hopkins PICU Up! Program, which has been implemented in paediatric ICUs internationally, and is the Lead PI for PARK-PICU study (Prevalence of Acute Rehabilitation for Kids in the PICU), which includes more than 200 sites across North America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, and Brazil. Dr Kudchadkar is the Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.