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August 1996
Volume 60 |
Number 8
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| Martin Helrich,
M.D., to Receive ASA's Highest Honor |
Wilson C. Wilhite, Jr., M.D., Chair
1995 Committee on Distinguished Service Award
The ASA 1995 Distinguished Service Award will be presented to
Martin Helrich, M.D., during the ASA Annual Meeting in New Orleans,
Louisiana, at the Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture on Monday,
October 21, 1996.
The ASA Distinguished Service Award is the highest award bestowed
by the Society on an anesthesiologist for meritorious service
and achievement during a career in anesthesiology.
A native of New York, Dr. Helrich received his undergraduate degree
from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and his M.D. degree
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. He completed his
anesthesiology residency in 1950 and a research fellowship in
1951 at New York University Bellevue Medical Center, New York,
New York.
Dr. Helrich is Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland School
of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, where his career spanned more
than 30 years as Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology
(1956-87). The competence and successes of the more than 300 anesthesiology
residents who trained during his tenure were complemented by a
prodigious research program. The esteem and respect of his colleagues
are reflected by the naming of the Martin Helrich Chair and, more
recently, the dedication of the school's anesthesia library in
his name.
He recently completed his service as Executive Director of the
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), having
served in that capacity from 1987 to 1995. His effectiveness in
establishing important liaisons with industry, corporations, funding
agencies and individuals were in large measure responsible for
FAER's success in supporting and fostering many careers in anesthesiology.
He retired in January 1995.
Among many other prestigious posts he held were his chairship
of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee on
Respiratory and Anesthetic Drugs (1970-74) and Consultant Medical
Officer to the FDA (1986-88). He was a long-time Consultant to
the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland; Veterans
Administration Hospitals in Baltimore and Fort Howard, Maryland;
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and U.S. Army
Hospital, Fort Meade, Maryland.
Dr. Helrich was also active on the American Board of Anesthesiology,
serving as a Director (1976-86), Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
(1976-81), Secretary-Treasurer (1981-85) and President (1985-86),
and adding greatly to the development of the specialty during
that time. He served 12 years as a member of the Residency Review
Committee for Anesthesiology, culminating in his chairship (1978-82).
It is for these lifelong achievements that ASA will appropriately
confer upon Dr. Helrich its highest honor for distinguished service.
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