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February 2004
Volume 68 |
Number 2 |
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2004
Officers' Profiles:
The Leaders of Our Society |
| President
Roger W. Litwiller, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| Immediate
Past President
James E. Cottrell, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| President-Elect
Eugene P. Sinclair, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| First
Vice-President
Orin F. Guidry, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| Vice-President
for Scientific Affairs
Bruce F. Cullen, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| Vice-President
for Professional Affairs
Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| Secretary
Peter L. Hendricks, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| Assistant
Secretary
Gregory K. Unruh, M.D. |
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| 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.
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| Treasurer
Roger A. Moore, M.D. |
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| 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,
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| Assistant
Treasurer
John M. Zerwas, M.D. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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