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February 2000
Volume 64 |
Number 2
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| 2000 Officers'
Profiles: The Leaders of Our Society |
President Ronald A. MacKenzie, D.O.

Professional Appointments: Consultant and former Vice-Chair,
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic; Assistant Professor
of Anesthesiology, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota.
ASA Involvements: President-Elect (1999); First Vice-President
(1998); Secretary (1992-97); Assistant Secretary (1987-91); Delegate
(1981-83); Director (1983-87); Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Membership
Recruitment and Retention (1996) and Committee on Membership and
Credentials (1987-91); Member, four reference committees and committees
on Component Society Affairs, Manpower, Occupational Health of
Operating Room Personnel and Planning.
Affiliations: President (1991), President-Elect (1990),
Minnesota Society of Anesthesiologists; Delegate (1987-92), Minnesota
Medical Association.
Education & Honors: D.O., Kansas City College of Osteopathic
Medicine; Residency, Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, Cleveland Clinic
and Mayo Clinic; twice named "Teacher of the Year," Anesthesiology,
Mayo Graduate School; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology;
Fellow, American College of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. MacKenzie and his wife, Nancy, reside
in Rochester, Minnesota, and are the parents of two children.
President-Elect Neil Swissman, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Private practitioner
and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Nevada-Reno
College Medical School, Reno, Nevada.
ASA Involvements: First Vice-President (1999); Treasurer
(1997-98); Assistant Treasurer (1994-96); Director (1989); Alternate
Director (1987-88, 1991-93); Delegate (1983-87); Member, committees
on Communications, Economics, Professional Liability, and Quality
Improvement and Practice Management.
Affiliations: President (1976), Clark County (Nevada) Medical
Society; President (1978-79), Nevada State Medical Association;
Member, American Medical Association and International Anesthesia
Research Society.
Education & Honors: M.D., Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio; Residency, Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow,
American College of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. Swissman and his wife, Debbie, reside
in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Immediate Past President John B. Neeld, Jr., M.D.
Professional Appointments: Chair, Department of Anesthesiology,
Northside Hospital and Northside Anesthesiology Consultants, Atlanta,
Georgia.
ASA Involvements: President (1999); President-Elect
(1998); First Vice-President (1997); Treasurer (1994-96); Assistant
Treasurer (1992-93); Delegate (1982-91); Alternate Director (1983-91);
Member, committees on Governmental Affairs and Anesthesia Care
Team.
Affiliations: President (1980), President-Elect (1979), Vice-President
(1978), Greater Atlanta Society of Anesthesiologists; Executive
Committee (1
982-91), Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists; Director (1991),
Medical Association of Atlanta; Delegate (1991), Medical Association
of Georgia; Director (1991), Northside Hospital, Inc., Atlanta.
Education & Honors: M.D., Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Residency, Emory University
Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology;
Fellow, American College of Anesthesiologists; Associate Fellow,
American College of Chest Physicians.
Personal Notes: Dr. Neeld and his wife, Gail, reside in
Atlanta, Georgia.
First Vice-President Barry M. Glazer, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Staff Anesthesiologist and
former Chair (1986, 1989-90, 1995-96), Department of Anesthesiology,
St. Francis Hospital Center, Beech Grove, Indiana.
ASA Involvements: Speaker of the House of Delegates (1994-99);
Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates (1991-94); Alternate Director
(1987-91); Delegate (1980-91); Chair, Committee on Communications
(1989-91); Member, committees on Newsletter and Bylaws.
Affiliations: President (1994-96), President-Elect (1992-94),
Secretary-Treasurer (1990-92), Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists;
President (1991-93), Secretary-Treasurer (1980-82), Indianapolis
Society of Anesthesiologists; Member, Board of Directors (1996-present),
American Institute of Parliamentarians; Member, Board of Directors
(1993-present), Indianapolis Medical Society; Member, American
Medical Association, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists,
American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, American
Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, Indiana State
Medical Association, International Anesthesia Research Society,
Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia and National Association of
Parliamentarians.
Education & Honors: M.D., Indiana University School of
Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Residency, Indiana University
Hospitals; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow,
American College of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. Glazer and his wife, Janet, have one
daughter and reside in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Vice-President for Scientific Affairs James E. Cottrell, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Professor and Chair, Department
of Anesthesiology and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Practice,
State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn,
New York; Regional Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Long Island
College Hospital, Brooklyn; Chief of Anesthesiology, Kings County
Hospital Center, Brooklyn; Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology,
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
ASA Involvements: Vice-President for Scientific Affairs
(1998-present); Chair and Vice-Chair of the Section on Annual
Meeting and Chair of the committees on Patient Safety and Risk
Management, Annual Meeting Scientific Papers, Neurosciences &
Anesthetic Action, and Subspecialty Representation. Member, committees
on Research, Annual Meeting Review, Newsletter, Panels, Refresher
Courses, Scientific Papers and Planning.
Affiliations: President (1982-84), District I, New York
State Society of Anesthesiologists; President (1989-92), President-Elect,
Secretary and Treasurer, Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs;
President (1980-83), Vice President, Secretary/ Treasurer, Society
of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Neurologic Supportive Care.
Education & Honors: M.D., West Virginia University, Morgantown,
West Virginia; Anesthesia Residency, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow,
American College of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. Cottrell has lectured extensively worldwide,
authored or co-authored more than 90 scientific papers, 114 abstract
presentations and 20 book chapters, and was co-editor of three
textbooks.
Secretary Thomas H. Cromwell, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Chair, Department of Anesthesia,
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
ASA Involvements: Director (1993-99); Delegate (1985-93);
Chair (1989, 1995) and Member, four House of Delegates reference
committees; Member, committees on Governmental Affairs, Communications,
Professional Diversity, Practice Management and Quality Improvement,
and Professional Liability.
Affiliations: President (1990), Director and Chair, Peer
Review Committee, California Society of Anesthesiologists; Planner
(1993), Presenter (1994), Western Scientific Assembly, California
Medical Association; Chair (1994-present), California Caucus.
Education and Honors: M.D., University of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa; Residency, University of California, San Francisco, California;
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American
College of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr.. Cromwell and his wife, Jean, reside
in Belvedere, California.
Treasurer Orin F. Guidry, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Chair, Department of Anesthesiology,
Ochsner Clinic and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.
ASA Involvements: Treasurer (1999-present); Assistant Treasurer
(1997-98); Director (1992-96); Alternate Director (1988-92) Chair,
committees on Governmental Affairs (1989-91), Legislative Review
(1995-96) and Surgical Anesthesia (1994-96); Member, Board of
Directors, ASA Political Action Committee and American Medical
Association Section Council.
Affiliations: President (1981-82), Secretary (1982-84),
Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists; Director and Chair (1984-89),
Mississippi Medical Political Action Committee; Member (1996-present),
Board of Directors, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research;
Director, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Education and Honors: M.D. and Residency (general surgery),
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana;
Residency (anesthesiology), University of Mississippi School of
Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi; Diplomate, Certificate of Recertification
and Certificate of Special Qualifications in Critical Care Medicine,
American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American College of
Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. Guidry resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Assistant Secretary Peter L. Hendricks, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Vice-Chair, Department of
Anesthesiology, Medical Center East, Birmingham, Alabama.
ASA Involvements: Director, (1996-99); Chair, Committee
on Anesthesia Care Team (1996-97); Member, committees on Ethics,
Governmental Affairs, Standards of Care, Professional Liability,
Economics; Member, House of Delegates Reference Committee and
Board of Directors Review Committee.
Affiliations: Alternate Director (1991-97); President (1988-89),
Secretary/Treasurer (1986-88), Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists;
Member, International Anesthesia Research Society, Society for
Ambulatory Anesthesia, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
Education and Honors: M.D., University of Texas Medical
Branch, Galveston, Texas; Residency, National Naval Medical Center,
Bethesda, Maryland; Fellowship (pediatric anesthesia) ChildrenÕs
National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Diplomate, American
Board of Anesthesiology.
Personal Notes: Dr. Hendricks and his wife, Lynn, have
three children and reside in Birmingham, Alabama.
Assistant Treasurer Roger A. Moore, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Director of Pediatric
Anesthesia and Attending Anesthesiologist, Deborah Heart and Lung
Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey.
ASA Involvements: Assistant Treasurer (1999); Director
(1995-98); Alternate Director (1992-95); Member, Board Committee
on Scientific Affairs (1996-98); Secretary-Treasurer (1996-99),
Member, ASAPAC Board of Trustees (1991-99); Member, committees
on Communications, Newsletter and Ambulatory Surgical Care.
Affiliations: President (1989-91), Vice President (1987-89),
Chair, Judicial Committee (1987-present), New Jersey State Society
of Anesthesiologists; Vice President (1996-98), Secretary-Treasurer
(1995-96), Mid Atlantic Caucus; Secretary-Treasurer (1994-present),
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; Chair, Anesthesia
Section (1984-85), Secretary, Anesthesia Section (1983-84), Medical
Society of New Jersey; Fellow (1982-98), American Academy of Pediatrics;
Associate Oral Board Examiner - Senior (1996-present), Examination
Question Writer (1986-present), American Board of Anesthesiology;
Member, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
Education & Honors: M.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
Virginia; Residency, University of Pennsylvania, Department of
Anesthesia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Fellowship (pediatric
anesthesia and intensive care), ChildrenÕs Hospital of Philadelphia;
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Personal Notes: Dr. Moore and his wife, Jonni, have two
children and reside in Browns Mills, New Jersey.
Speaker of the House of Delegates Eugene P. Sinclair, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Medical Director,
Healthsouth Surgery Center of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
ASA Involvements: Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates
(1994-99); Director (1987-94); Alternate Director (1984-86); Member,
committees on Ambulatory Surgical Care, Bylaws, and Quality Improvement
and Practice Management, and several task forces studying practice
parameters, practice management and exclusive contracts; ASA Representative,
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Ambulatory Health Care PTAC.
Affiliations: President (1974-75), Milwaukee Society of
Anesthesiologists; Member, Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia,
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, International
Anesthesia Research Society, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists,
Milwaukee Society of Anesthesiologists, State Medical Society
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Medical Society, American Institute
of Parliamentarians and National Association of Parliamentarians.
Education and Honors: M.D., Marquette University School
of Medicine; Residency, Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and Veterans' Administration Hospital, Wood, Wisconsin;
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American
College of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. Sinclair and his wife, Jean, have five
children and reside in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.
Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates Candace E. Keller, M.D.
Professional Appointments: Staff Anesthesiologist,
Wesley Medical Center and Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg,
and Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi;
Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, University of
Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi.
ASA Involvements: Alternate Director (1991-99); Member,
committees on Quality Improvement, Membership, Physician Resources,
Professional Diversity, Anesthesia Care Team; Chair, Young Physicians
Liaison Committee to AMA (1989-91); Chair (1997-99), House of
Delegates Reference Committees.
Affiliations: President (1995), President-Elect (1994),
Secretary (1986-89), Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists;
President-Elect (1999), Secretary-Treasurer (1994-98), Board of
Trustees (1994-present), Delegate, House of Delegates (1989-present),
Mississippi State Medical Association; Delegate (1999-present),
Alternate Delegate (1992-98), Reference Committee (1996), American
Medical Association; Delegate, AMA Young Physicians Section (1989-91);
Women in Medicine Advisory Panel (1992-97), Co-chair (1995-97);
Representative to Society for Advancement of WomenÕs Health Research
Medical Health Advisory Board (1993-97).
Education and Honors: M.D., University of Mississippi School
of Medicine; Residency (general surgery) University of Mississippi
Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi; Residency (anesthesiology),
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Diplomate,
American Board of Anesthesiology; Graduate, American Institute
of Parliamentarians.
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