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February 2006
Volume 70 |
Number 2 |
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2006
Officers' Profiles:
The Leaders of Our Society |
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President
Orin F. Guidry, M.D.

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| Professional
Appointments: Department of Anesthesiology,
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana.
ASA Involvements: President-Elect
(2005); First Vice-President (2004); 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) Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Anesthesiology
(2003) and Surgical Anesthesia (1994-96); Chair, task
forces on Procedure-Based Reimbursement (1996-98),
Data Collection (1998-99) and Graduate Medical Education
(2000-02); Member, Board of Directors, ASA Political
Action Committee.
Affiliations: President (1981-82)
and Secretary (1982-84), Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists;
Director and Chair (1984-89), Mississippi Medical
Political Action Committee; Secretary-Treasurer (1998-03),
Member, Board of Directors of the Foundation for Anesthesia
Education and Research (1995-present); Director, American
Board of Anesthesiology.
Education and Honors: M.D., 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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| Immediate
Past President
Eugene P. Sinclair, M.D.

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| Professional Appointments:
Chief of Anesthesia Service, Orthopaedic Hospital
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
ASA Involvements: President (2005);
President-Elect (2004); Speaker of the House of Delegates
(2000-02); Vice-Speaker (1994-99); Director (1987-93);
Alternate Director (1984-86); Alternate Delegate (2003-present),
AMA Section Council on Anesthesiology; 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 Medicine, 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
and Certificate of Recertification, 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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| President-Elect
Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.

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| Professional
Appointments: Chair, Department of Anesthesiology,
Pain Medicine and Critical Care at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute, Buffalo, New York, and Professor and Chair
of Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo, State University
of New York School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
ASA Involvements: First Vice-President (2005);
Member, Board of Directors (2002-04); Alternate Delegate
(1991-94) and Delegate (1995-2004), House of Delegates;
Alternate Delegate (2004-present), AMA Section Council
on Anesthesiology; Chair, Committee on Newsletter
(1997-03); member, committees on Panels (1994-97),
Pain Medicine (1994-99), Communications (1997-03)
and CME Strategic Planning (2003-present); ASA
NEWSLETTER Editor (1997-03).
Affiliations: Past President (2002), President
(2001), President-Elect (2000) and Vice-President
(1999), New York State Society of Anesthesiologists
(NYSSA); Past President (2005), President (2004),
President-Elect (2003) and Vice-President (2002) of
the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain
Medicine; Member, Board of Directors of the Foundation
for Anesthesia Education and Research (2002-present).
Education and Honors: M.D., State University
of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New
York, Harvard School of Public Health Program for
Chiefs of Clinical Services and Harvard School of
Public Health Advanced Program for Chiefs of Clinical
Services; Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts; National Institutes of Health
Predoctoral Fellowship and Ph.D. (physiology), University
at Buffalo, State University of New York; Diplomate
and Certification in Pain Medicine, American Board
of Anesthesiology.
Personal Notes: Dr. Lema and his wife, Suzanne, live
in East Amherst, New York. They have three adult children.
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| First
Vice-President
Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D.
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Appointments: Professor and Chair, Department
of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago;
member, Executive Committees of Pritzker School of
Medicine and Medical Staff, University of Chicago
Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois.
ASA Involvements: Delegate, (2003-present),
AMA Section Council on Anesthesiology; Chair, committees
on Ambulatory Surgical Care (1992-95), Quality Management
and Departmental Administration (2001-05), Refresher
Courses (2001-02); Chair, Task Force on Intraoperative
Awareness and Brain Function Monitoring (2005); Member,
committees on Ambulatory Surgical Care, Information
Management, Practice Management, Representation to
AMA, Local Arrangements and the Ad Hoc Committee on
Sedation Credentialing Guidelines.
Affiliations: President (2000-01),
President-Elect (1999-00), First Vice-President (1998-99),
Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists; Secretary/Treasurer,
Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs (SAAC) and
Association of Anesthesiology Program Directors (AAPD)
(2004-present); member, SAAC/AAPD Council (2003-present);
President (1993-94), President-Elect (1992-93), First
Vice-President (1991-92), Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia.
Education and Honors: M.D., Northwestern
University School of Medicine; Intern (medicine),
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia;
Residency, University of Pennyslvania; Fellowship
(anesthesiology), University of Pennsylvania; Diplomate,
American Board of Anesthesiolgy.
Personal Notes: Dr. Apfelbaum and
his wife, Carol, live in Northbrook, Illinois, with
their two children.
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| Vice-President
for Scientific Affairs
Charles W. Otto, M.D.
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| Professional
Appointments: Professor of Anesthesiology
and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University
of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona.
ASA Involvements: Vice-President
for Scientific Affairs (2005-present); Delegate (1986-04),
Alternate Delegate (1983-86), Alternate Director for
Arizona (1989-04); Chair, Western Caucus (2000-04);
Chair, Section on Society Subspecialties (2003-04),
Section on Annual Meeting (2002), committees on Scientific
Papers (1999-00), Refresher Courses (1998-99) and
Annual Meeting Review (2002-03); Vice-Chair of the
Section on Education and Research (2000-03) and Section
on Annual Meeting (2001).
Affiliations: President (1984), President-Elect
(1983-84), Vice-President (1982-83), Secretary-Treasurer
(1980-83) and Director (1985-89), Arizona Society
of Anesthesiologists; Member, Board of Directors of
the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
(1996-present), Senior Associate Examiner for the
American Board of Anesthesiology (1995-present); President
(2004), President-Elect (2003) and Vice-President
(2002), Academy of Anesthesiology.
Education and Honors: M.D., University
of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Residency (medicine),
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; Fellowship
(critical care medicine), Massachusetts General Hospital;
Residency, (anesthesiology), Massachusetts General
Hospital; Diplomate, Certification in Critical Care
Medicine and Certificate of Recertification, American
Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American College
of Anesthesiologists.
Personal Notes: Dr. Otto and his
wife, Carol, live in Tucson, Arizona, and have two
children.
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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: Vice-President
for Professional Affairs (2003-present); 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) (1997-02).
Affiliations: President (1996), President-Elect
(1995), Vice-President (1994), Secretary (1987-93),
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); AMA Relative Value
Update Committee ASA Representative (1997-03); Member,
Board of Directors of the Foundation for Anesthesia
Education and Research (2002-present); Anesthesia
Patient Safety Foundation Board of Directors (2004-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 and Certificate
of Recertification, 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
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
(2003-05); 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: Past President (1996-98),
President (1994-96), 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 and Certification in Critical Care Medicine,
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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| Assistant
Secretary
Arthur M. Boudreaux, M.D.
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Professional Appointments: Vice-Chair
for Clinical Affairs and Associate Chief of Staff
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital,
Birmingham, Alabama.
ASA Involvements: Director (2003-05)
and Alternate Director (1997-03) for Alabama; Chair,
Committee on Anesthesia Care Team (2003-05); member,
committees on Anesthesia Education and Practice (2004-05),
Professional Education Oversight (2005-06), Travel
Reimbursement and Per Diem (2004-05), Panels (2002-04),
Ethics (1999-03) and Standards of Care (1997-99);
Chair, ASA Caucus Leadership Group (2002-04) and ASA
Southern Caucus (2001-04) of the House of Delegates;
liaison to American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
and American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants;
member, Executive Board, ASA Political Action Committee
(2001-04).
Affiliations: President (1995-97), President-Elect
(1993-95), Secretary/Treasurer (1990-91), Executive
Committee (1990-05), Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists;
President, Association for Anesthesiologist Assistants
Education (2003-05).
Education and Honors: M.D., Louisiana
State University School of Medicine; Residency, University
of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine; Diplomate
and Certificate of Recertification, American Board
of Anesthesiology.
Personal Notes: Dr. Boudreaux and
his wife, Glenda, live in Birmingham, Alabama, and
have two children attending Auburn University.
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| Treasurer
Roger A. Moore, M.D.
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| Professional Appointments:
Chair Emeritus 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: Treasurer (2004-present);
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 (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.
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| Assistant
Treasurer
John M. Zerwas, M.D.
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Founding Member and President (1996-00), Greater Houston
Anesthesiology, PA, Houston, Texas; Senior Vice-President
and Chief Medical Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare
System (2003-present).
ASA Involvements: Assistant Treasurer
(2004-present); Texas District Director (2002-03);
Delegate (2004-present), Alternate Delegate (2000-03),
AMA Section Council on Anesthesiology; Chair, committees
on Governmental Affairs (2001-03) and Quality Management
and Departmental Administration (1998-01), Anesthesia
Consultation Program (1997-03), Annual Meeting Reference
Committee (1999, 2003); Member, ASAPAC Executive Board
(1998-04), Committee on Practice Management (1998-03),
Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration
(1996-04).
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; President (2004-present),
President-Elect (2003-04), Treasurer (2002-03), Director
(1998-present), Texas Healthcare Trustees; Treasurer
(2000-present), Association for Anesthesiologist Assistants
Education.
Education and Honors: M.D., Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Residency and
Internship (anesthesiology) and Residency (surgery),
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio,
Texas; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Personal Notes: Dr. Zerwas and his
wife, Cynthia, live in Richmond, Texas, and have four
children.
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| Speaker
of the House of Delegates
Candace E. Keller, M.D.
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| Professional Appointments:
Private Practice Anesthesiologist.
ASA Involvements: Speaker (2003-present)
and Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates (2000-02);
Alternate Director (1991-99); Alternate Delegate (2004-present),
AMA Section Council on Anesthesiology; 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: President (1995), President-Elect
(1994) and Secretary (1986-89), Mississippi Society
of Anesthesiologists; 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.
Personal Notes: Dr. Keller lives
in Miramar Beach, Florida.
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| 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
and Certification in Critical Care Medicine, American
Board of Anesthesiology; Certified Parliamentarian,
American Institute of Parliamentarians.
Personal Notes: Dr. Abenstein and
his wife, Sandra, live in Oronoco, Minnesota, and
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