President
Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.

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: President-Elect (2006); 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.

Immediate Past President
Orin F. Guidry, M.D.

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

ASA Involvements: President (2006); 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.

President-Elect
Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D.

Professional 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: First Vice-President (2006); Delegate, (2003-05), 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; Member, Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs (SAAC) (2004-present) and President-Elect, Association of Anesthesiology Program Directors (AAPD) (2006-07); 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 Anesthesiology.

Personal Notes: Dr. Apfelbaum and his wife, Carol, live in Northbrook, Illinois, with their two children

First Vice-President
Roger A. Moore, M.D.

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 (2004-06); 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.

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

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

ASA Involvements: Vice-President for Professional Affairs (2004-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.

Vice-President for Scientific Affairs
Charles W. Otto, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Professor of Anesthesiology and Associate Professor of Medicine, 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), Associate Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology (1986-2006); 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.

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: Secretary (2005-present); 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 Certificate of Recertification, 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.

Assistant Secretary
Arthur M. Boudreaux, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs and Associate Chief of Staff, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama.

ASA Involvements: Assistant Secretary (2006-present); Director (2003-05) and Alternate Director (1997-03) for Alabama; Chair, Committee on Anesthesia Care Team (2003-05); Member, committees on Anesthesiologist Assistants 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.

Treasurer
John M. Zerwas, M.D.

Professional Appointments: 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 (2004-06); 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; and Member, Texas House of Representatives (2007-present).

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.

Assistant Treasurer
James D. Grant, M.D.

Professional Appointments: Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan (2006-present); Attending Staff, Departments of Anesthesiology, William Beaumont Hospital System, Royal Oak and Troy, Michigan (1991-present); Chair, Michigan Board of Medicine (2004-present); Michigan Controlled Substances Advisory Commission (2003-present).

ASA Involvements: American Medical Association Section Council on Anesthesiology (2000-present); Member, Board of Directors (2002-06), Alternate Director for Michigan (1999-2002), Secretary, Midwest Caucus (2002-06); Delegate, House of Delegates (1995-98), Alternate Delegate, House of Delegates (1993-94); Member, committees on Annual Meeting Site Selection, Communications, Governmental Affairs, Economics, Young Physicians, Membership, Legislative Review and Annual Meeting Reference Committee (1998, 2002-05).

Affiliations: President (1999-00), President-Elect (1998-99), Secretary-Treasurer (1996-98), Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists; Alternate Delegate from the Michigan State Medical Society to the American Medical Association House of Delegates (2000-present); Member, Finance Committee (2005-present), Legislative Review (2004-05) and Board of Directors (2004-present), Michigan State Medical Society; Chair, Michigan Doctors Political Action Committee (2004-06).

Education and Honors: M.D., Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Residency in Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Awarded the Michigan Doctors Political Action Committee Distinguished Service Award in 2006.

Personal Notes: Dr. Grant and his wife, Lisa Grant, M.D., live in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with their two children.

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

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; and Member, American College of Physician Executives.

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.

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 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 have a daughter and a son.