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February 2004
Volume 68
Number 2
   
2004 Officers' Profiles:
The Leaders of Our Society


President
Roger W. Litwiller, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Staff Anesthesiologist, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia.

ASA Involvements: President-Elect (2003); First Vice-President (2002); Delegate (1986-90), Director (1991-01) and Chair of the committees on Finance (1998-00), Governmental Affairs (2001) and Physician Resources (1997-99); Chair, ASAPAC Executive Board (1991-97).

Affiliations: Member, Board of Directors (1984-present), Past President, President-Elect and Newsletter Editor, Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists; Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, VAMPAC; Delegate, House of Delegates, and Member, Legislative Committee and Neurologically Impaired Infant Bill Task Force, Medical Society of Virginia.

Education and Honors: M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida; Residency, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American College of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. Litwiller and his wife, Ona, live in Roanoke, Virginia.

 


Immediate Past President
James E. Cottrell, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, 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: President (2003); President-Elect (2002); First Vice-President (2001); Vice-President for Scientific Affairs (1998-00); Chair and Vice-Chair, Section on Annual Meeting; Chair, committees on Patient Safety and Risk Management, Annual Meeting Scientific Papers, Neurosciences and Anesthetic Action, and Subspecialty Representation; Member, committees on Research, Annual Meeting Review, Newsletter, Panels, Refresher Courses, Scientific Papers and Planning.

Affiliations: President (1982-84) and District I Director, New York State Society of Anesthesiologists; President (1989-92), President-Elect, Secretary and Treasurer, Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs; President (1980-83), Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer, Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Neurologic Supportive Care.

Education and Honors: M.D., West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; 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.

 



President-Elect
Eugene P. Sinclair, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Medical Director, Healthsouth Surgery Center of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

ASA Involvements: Speaker of the House of Delegates (2000-02); Vice-Speaker (1994-99); Director (1987-93); 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.

 


First Vice-President
Orin F. Guidry, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Ochsner Clinic and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.

ASA Involvements: Treasurer (1999-03); Assistant Treasurer (1997-98); Director (1992-96); Alternate Director (1988-91); 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) and Secretary (1982-84), Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists; Director and Chair (1984-89), Mississippi Medical Political Action Committee; Secretary-Treasurer, 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 and his wife, Nancy, reside in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 


Vice-President for Scientific Affairs
Bruce F. Cullen, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Attending Staff, Professor and Member, Department Executive Committee, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; Attending Staff, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.

ASA Involvements: Vice-President for Scientific Affairs (2000-present); Vice-Chair, Section on Education and Research (1996-99); Chair (1993) and Vice-Chair (1992), Section on Annual Meeting; Chair, Committee on Scientific Affairs (1991) and Committee on Scientific Papers (1991); Member, committees on Drug Disposition and Anesthetic Action (1999-00), Refresher Courses (1999-00), Surgical Anesthesia (1994-97), Bylaws (1994-95) and various other committees since 1974.

Affiliations: President (2000-01) and Vice-President (1999-00), American Board of Anesthesiology; Secretary (1990-94), Vice-President (1984-86) and President (1987-89), International Anesthesia Research Society; Representative, Section on Medical Schools, American Medical Association (1977-84); Member, Washington State Medical Association (1984-present); Educational Advisory Board (1976-79), Scientific Advisory Board (1978-81), Executive Council (1983-86), Association of University Anesthesiologists; Council Member, Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs (1982-84).

Education and Honors: M.D., University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine; Internship, Blodgett Memorial Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Residency, University of California, San Francisco; Diplomate and Certificate of Recertification, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American College of Anesthesiology.

Personal Notes: Dr. Cullen and his wife, Miriam, reside in Seattle, Washington.

 


Vice-President for Professional Affairs
Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Associate Chair, Department of Anesthesia, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts, and Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesia, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

ASA Involvements: Member, House of Delegates (1987-03); Chair, Committee on Economics (2002-03); Chair, Board of Directors Committee on Administrative Affairs (2002-03); Director, former District 2 (Massachusetts) (1997-2002);

Affiliations: Secretary (1987-93), Vice-President, President-Elect, President (1993-96), Executive Committee (1984-present) and Chair, Committee on Economics (1988-present), Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists; Member, House of Delegates (1996-present), Committee on Professional Liability (2003), Massachusetts Medical Society; American Board of Anesthesiology Associate Examiner (2003-present); American Medical Association ASA Representative (1997-03); Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Board of Directors (2002-present).

Education and Honors: M.D., Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; Internship in Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of Boston; Residency and Chief Resident, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.

Personal Notes: Dr. Hannenberg and his wife, Carol, also a physician, live in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and have two daughters. He is the Founder and Coordinator of the Boston Marathon Runners Injury Clinic.

 


Secretary
Peter L. Hendricks, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Center East, Birmingham, Alabama.

ASA Involvements: Secretary (2003-present); Assistant Secretary (2000-02); 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) and 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) Children’s 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 Secretary
Gregory K. Unruh, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Associate Professor and Director, Anesthesiology Resident Education, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

ASA Involvements: Assistant Secretary (2003-present); Chair, committees on Clinical Forum (1998-02), Physician Resources (1999-02) and the Board of Directors Committee on Scientific Affairs (2001-02); Member, committees on Outreach Education and Information Management; State Delegate, ASA Legislative Conference (1989-present); Secretary, Midwest Caucus (2000-02); Director, former District 17 (Kansas and Missouri) (1995-02).

Affiliations: President (1994-96), Past President (1996-98), Treasurer (1990-92) and Legislative Committee (2000-present), Kansas Society of Anesthesiologists; President (1992-93), Vice-President (1991-92), Treasurer (1989-90) and Secretary (1988-89), Kansas City Society of Anesthesiologists; Alternate Delegate (1997), Delegate (1995-96), Governing Council (1994-96) and Chair, Annual Meeting Reference Committee (1999), Kansas Medical Society.

Education and Honors: M.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine; Internship (internal medicine), Residency (internal medicine) and Residency (anesthesiology), Kansas University Medical Center; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners.

Personal Notes: Dr. Unruh and his wife, Bonnie, live in Olathe, Kansas, with their three children.

 


Treasurer
Roger A. Moore, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Chair of Anesthesia, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey, and Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey.

ASA Involvements: Assistant Treasurer (1999-03); Director (1995-98); Alternate Director (1992-94); Member, Board Committee on Scientific Affairs (1996-98); Secretary-Treasurer (1996-99), Member, ASA Political Action Committee (1991-99); Member, committees on Communications, Newsletter and Ambulatory Surgical Care.

Affiliations: President (1989-91), Vice President (1987-89) and Chair, Judicial Committee (1987-present), New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists; Vice President (1996-98) and Secretary-Treasurer (1995-96), Mid Atlantic Caucus; President (2001-03); Vice-President (1999-01) and Secretary-Treasurer (1994-98), 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 (1996-02), Examination Question Writer (1986-02), American Board of Anesthesiology; Treasurer (1999-present), New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists Political Action Committee.

Education and Honors: M.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Residency, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Fellowship (pediatric anesthesia and intensive care), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.

Personal Notes: Dr. Moore and his wife, Jonni, have two children and reside in Moorestown, New Jersey.



Assistant Treasurer
John M. Zerwas, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Anesthesiologist, Greater Houston Anesthesiology, PA, Houston, Texas; Senior Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.

ASA Involvements: Texas District Director (2002-03); American Medical Association Delegate (2004), Alternate Delegate (2000-03); Chair, committees on Governmental Affairs (2001-03), Quality Management and Departmental Administration (1998-01), Anesthesia Consultation Program (1997-present), Annual Meeting Reference Committee 3 (1999, 2003); Member, ASAPAC Executive Board (1998-present), Committee on Practice Management (1998-03), Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration (1996-present).

Affiliations: President (1996-97), President-Elect (1995-96), Treasurer (1993-95), Texas Society of Anesthesiologists; Chair, Nominating Committee (1998), Legislative Affairs (1990-94/1997-00); Member, Nominating Committee (1995-present), Committee on Administrative Affairs (1997-99), Legislative Affairs (1990-present); President (1992), Treasurer (1989-91), Texas Gulf Coast Anesthesia Society; Director (1998-present), Treasurer (2002-03), President-Elect (2003-present), Texas Healthcare Trustees; Treasurer (2000-present), Association for Anesthesiologist Assistants Education.

Education and Honors: M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Anesthesiology Residency and Internship/Residency in Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas; Diplomate and Certificate of Recertification, American Board of Anesthesiology.

Personal Notes: Dr. Zerwas and his wife, Cynthia, live in Richmond, Texas, with their four children.



Speaker of the House of Delegates
Candace E. Keller, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Anesthesiologist, New Mexico Anesthesia Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

ASA Involvements: Speaker (2003-present) and Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates (2000-02); Alternate Director (1991-99); Member, committees on Quality Management and Departmental Administration, Performance and Outcomes Management, Membership, Physician Resources, Professional Diversity, Anesthesia Care Team, Young Physicians Liaison Committee to AMA.

Affiliations: Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists President (1995), President-Elect (1994) and Secretary (1986-89); President (2000-01), President-Elect (1999-00), Secretary-Treasurer (1994-98), Mississippi State Medical Association; Delegate (1999-03) and Alternate Delegate (1992-98) to AMA House of Delegates; Delegate to AMA Young Physicians Section (1989-91); Member (1992-97) and Co-Chair (1995-97), AMA Women in Medicine Advisory Panel; Member, American Institute of Parliamentarians.

Education and Honors: M.D., University of Mississippi School of Medicine; M.P.H., Harvard University School of Public Health; Residency (general surgery), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi; Residency (anesthesiology), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.



Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates
John P. Abenstein, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Medical School, Faculty Member of the Biomedical Engineering Program, Mayo Graduate School, and Consultant for the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

ASA Involvements: Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates (2003-present); Alternate District Director (1998-02), Delegate (1996-02), Member, Reference Committee (1998, 2000, 2001) and committees on Governmental Affairs and Equipment and Facilities.

Affiliations: President (1997-98), President-Elect (1996-97), Vice-President (1995-96), Secretary-Treasurer (1992-95) and Executive Committee (1992-present), Minnesota Society of Anesthesiologists; State Delegate, ASA Legislative Conference (1996-present); Political Action Committee (2000-present) and Chair, Reference Committee (1999), Minnesota Medical Association.

Education and Honors: M.D., Loyola Stritch School of Medicine; Internship, Residency and Fellowship (cardiac anesthesiology), Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Certified Parliamentarian, American Institute of Parliamentarians.

Personal Notes: Dr. Abenstein and his wife, Sandra, live in Oronoco, Minnesota, and have a daughter and a son.

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