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2008-2009
Committees

Administrative Committees
- Board of Directors
- Executive
- Past Presidents Council
- Nominating
- Awards
- Bylaws
- Judicial
Financial Committees
- Finance and Budget
- Development
- Ad Hoc Committee on Corporate Relations
Communications Committees
- Communications Oversight
- Society Website
- Electronic Newsletter
- Publications (Printed Newsletter)
Liaison Committees
- Membership
- Affiliation
- International Relations
- Latin American Relations
Education Committees
- Education
- Subcommittee on Resident Section
- Annual Meeting
- Mid Year Meeting
Scientific Committees
- Research
- Task Force on Benchmarking
- Scientific Papers
Practice Areas Committees
- Office-Based Anesthesia
- Regional Anesthesia
Ad-Hoc Committees
- Medical Directors
Task Forces
 





ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES

2008-2009 Board of Directors - TOP

President

Tong J. Gan, M.D. (2009)

President-Elect

Jeffrey B. Brand, M.D. (2009)

Vice President

Thomas W. Cutter, M.D. (2009)

Secretary
Peter S. A. Glass, M.D. (2010)
Treasurer

Alan P. Marco, M.D. (2009)

Immediate Past President

Girish P. Joshi, M.D. (2009)

Directors:

Janet Pavlin, M.D. (2010)

Shireen Ahmad, M.D. (2010)

Meena S. Desai, M.D. (2009)

Douglas Merrill, M.D. (2009)

John A. Dilger, M.D. (2009)

Mary Ann Vann, M.D (2009)

Ex-officio board members
ASA Delegate

Barbara S. Gold, M.D. (2009)

Alternate

Lucinda L. Everett, M.D. (2010)

Newsletter Editor

Kumar G. Belani, M.D.

A&A Section Editor

Peter S.A. Glass, M.D.

Executive Committee - TOP

Tong J. Gan, M.D., President

2009

Tong J. Gan, M.D., President-Elect

2009

Jeffrey B. Brand., Vice President

2009

Thomas W. Cutter, M.D., Secretary

2010

Alan P. Marco, M.D., Treasurer

2009

Girish P. Joshi, M.D., Immediate Past President

2009

Past Presidents Council (no terms) - TOP

Girish P. Joshi, M.D., Chair

2007-08 Immediate Past President

Walter G. Maurer, M.D.

2006-07

Lucinda L. Everett, M.D.

2005-06 

Kathryn E. McGoldrick, M.D.

2004-05

Frances Chung, M.D.

2003-04

Lydia A. Conlay, M.D., Ph.D.

2002-03

Barbara S. Gold, M.D.

2001-02

J. Lance Lichtor, M.D.

2000-01

Richard A. Kemp, M.D.

1999-00

Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D.

1998-99

Sujit K. Pandit, M.D.

1997-98

Joseph F. Johnston, M.D.

1996-97

Raafat S. Hannallah

1995-96

Paul F. White, M.D.

1994-95

Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D.

1993-94

Herbert D. Weintraub, M.D.

1992-93

Beverly K. Philip, M.D.

1991-92

Harry C. Wong, M.D.

1990-91

Surinder K. Kallar, M.D.

1989-90

Burton S. Epstein, M.D.

1988-89

Bernard V. Wetchler, M.D.

1986-88

Nominating Committee- TOP

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., Chair

2008 Immediate Past President

Girish Joshi, M.D.

2008 President

Jeffry Brand, M.D.

2008 Vice President

Alan P. Marco, M.D.

2008 Treasurer

Tong J. Gan, M.D., ex-officio

2008 President-Elect

Committee on Awards (DSA) - TOP

Raafat Hannallah, M.D., Chair

2008

Rebecca Twersky, M.D.

2009

Fred Ernst, M.D.

2009

Jeffrey Apfelbaum, M.D.

2009

Scott Springman, M.D.

2009

Barbara S. Gold, M.D.

2008

Beverly K. Philip, M.D.

2008

Peter S.A. Glass, M.D.

2008

Douglas Merrill, M.D., board advisor

 

Committee on Bylaws- TOP

Carswell Jackson, M.D., Chair

2008

Fred Ernst, M.D.

2009

Michael Walsh, M.D.

2009

Thomas Conahan, M.D.

2009

Joe Johnston, M.D.

2009

David Wilkinson, M.D.

2008

Richard Kemp, M.D.

2008

Barbara S. Gold, M.D.

2008

Jeffry Brand, M.D., board advisor

2008 Vice President

Judicial Committee- TOP

Walter G. Merrill, M.D., Chair

2008 Immediate Past President

Janet Pavlin, M.D.

2008

Douglas Merrill, M.D.

2009

Mary Ann Vann, M.D.

2009

Meena S. Desai, M.D.

2008

Tong J. Gan, M.D.

2008 President-Elect



FINANCIAL COMMITTEES
- TOP

Committee on Finance and Budget- TOP

Stephen A. Cohen, M.D., M.B.A., Chair

2008

Johnathan Pregler, M.D., Vice-Chair

2008

Lydia Conlay, M.D., M.B.A.

2009

Harry Wong, M.D.

2009

Jeffrey Apfelbaum, M.D.

2009

Andy Poritz, M.D.

2009

Shelley Fleet, M.D.

2009

Irving Hirsch, M.D.

2008

Thomas Jarecky, M.D.

2008

Peter S. Glass, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Annual Meeting

Brian M. Parker, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Mid Year Meeting

.John A. Dilger, M.D. ex-officio

2008 Chair, Development

Alan P. Marco, M.D.,board advisor

2009 Treasurer

Committee on Development- TOP

John A. Dilger, M.D., Chair

2008

Sam Irefin, M.D., Vice Chair

2009

Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D. 

2009

Paul White, M.D., Ph.D.

2009

Raymond Borkowski, M.D.

2009

Michael T. Walsh, M.D.

2009

Tong J. Gan, M.D.

2008

Raymond Hasel, M.D.

2008

Charles McLeskey, M.D.

2008

Thomas Jarecky, M.D.

2008

Lydia A. Conlay, M.D., Ph.D.

2008

Beverly K. Philip, M.D.

2008

Stephen Cohen, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Budget and Finance

Peter Glass, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Annual Meeting

Brian M. Parker, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Mid Year Meeting

Alan P. Marco, M.D. board advisor

2008 Treasurer



COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEES
- TOP

Committee on Communications Oversight- TOP

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., Chair

2008 Immediate Past President

Daniel T. Goulson, M.D

2008 Chair, Society Website

Ali Jahan, M.D.

2008 Chair, E-Newsletter

Kumar G. Belani, M.D.

2008 Chair, Publications

Barbara S. Gold, M.D.

2009 Delegate to ASA

Committee on Society Website- TOP

Daniel T. Goulson, M.D., Chair

2008

Lance Lichtor, M.D.

2009

Mary Ellen Warner, M.D.

2009

Sean Hunt, M.D.

2009

Denise M. Daley, M.D.

2009

Jonathan Pregler, M.D.

2009

Gerald Kitchens, M.D.

2009

Adam F. Dorin, M.D., M.B.A.

2009

Shiva Birdi, M.D.

2009

Ashu Wali, M.D. 2009

Robert Helfand, M.D.

2008

D. John Doyle, M.D.

2008

Nancy Wilkes, M.D.

2008

Catherine L. Cooper, M.D.

2008

Arthur Foreman, M.D.

2008

Ali Jahan, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, E-Newsletter

Kumar G. Belani, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Publications

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., board advisor

2008 Chair, Communications Oversight

Committee on Electronic Newsletter- TOP

Ali Jahan, M.D., Chair

2008

Ashu Wali, M.D., Vice-Chair

2008

Brian Parker, M.D.

2009

Suhas Kalghatgi, M.D., B.S.

2009

Robert Helfand, M.D.

2009

Melinda L. Mingus, M.D.

2008

Beverly K. Philip, M.D.

2008

Adam F. Dorin, M.D., MBA

2008

Denise Daley, M.D.

2008

Daniel T. Goulson, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Website

Kumar Belani, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Publication

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., board advisor

2008 Chair, Communications Oversight

Committee on Publications ( Printed Newsletter)- TOP

Kumar G. Belani, M.D., Chair (newsletter editor)

2008

Uma Munnur, M.D., Vice Chair

2009

Douglas Mayers, M.D.

2009

Martin Nitsum, M.D.

2009

Zeev Friedman, M.D.

2009

Gary Hill, M.D.

2009

Victoria Smoot, M.D.

2009

Stephen A. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.

2008

Adam F. Dorin, M.D., MBA

2008

Christian Apfel, M.D.

2008

Daniel T. Goulson, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Website

Ali Jahan, M.D., ex-officio

2007 Chair, E-Newsletter

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., board advisor

2007 Chair, Communications Oversight



LIAISON COMMITTEES
- TOP

Committee on Membership - TOP

F. Barry Florence, M.D., Chair

2008

Roger Mattison, M.D.

2009

Sheryl Smith, M.D.

2009

Yung-Fong Sung, M.D.

2009

Ali Jahan, M.D

2009

Connie Khnah Tran, M.D

2009

Anne Hackett, M.D

2009

David Mercier, M.D

2009

Uma Munnur, M.D.

2008

Meena Desai, M.D.

2008

John Reynolds, M.D.

2008

Alan Bielsky, M.D.

2008 Chair, Resident Section

Thomas W. Cutter, M.D., board advisor

2008 Secretary

Committee on Affiliation - TOP

Beverly K. Philip, M.D., Chair

2008, Representative to AAAHC

Girish Joshi, M.D., Vice-Chair

2008 President

Burton S. Epstein, M.D.

2009

Jeffery Apfelbaum, M.D.

2009

Ramesh Patel, M.D.

2009

Michael Walsh, M.D.

2009

Irving Hirsch, M.D.

2008

Barbara Gold, M.D.

2009 ASA Delegate

Lucinda L. Everett, M.D.

2009 ASA Alternate Delegate

Raafat S. Hannallah, M.D.

2008 Representative to IAAS

Kathryn McGoldrick, M.D.

2008 Representative to IAAS

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., board advisor

2008 Immediate Past President

Committee on International Relations - TOP

Raafat S. Hannallah, M.D., Chair

2008

Kathryn McGoldrick, M.D. Vice-Chair

2008

Paul White, M.D., Ph.D.

2008

Gabriella Bettelli, M.D.

2009

Kari T. Korttila, M.D., Ph.D.

2009

Girish P. Joshi, M.D.

2009

Gordon Kerr, M.D.

2009

Gareth Kantor, M.D.

2009

Betty Lee Hoang, M.D.

2009

Suhas Kalghatgi, M.D.

2009

David Wilkinson, M.D.

2008

Binod Sinha, M.D.

2008

Ashu Wali, M.D.

2008

Kumar Belani, M.D.

2008

Tianzou Li, M.D.

2008

Manuel Galindo, M.D.

2008 Chair, Latin American Relations

Ugo Baccaglini, M.D., ex-officio

IAAS President

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., board advisor

2008 Immediate Past President

Committee on Latin American Relations - TOP

Manuel Galindo, M.D., Chair

2008

Arnaldo Valedon., M.D., Vice Chair

2009

Hernando DeSoto, M.D.

2009

Atilio Barbeito, M.D.

2008

Juan Carlos Duarte, M.D.

2008

Efraim Peralta Z., M.D.

2008

John Reynolds, M.D.

2008

Raafat S. Hannallah, M.D.

2008 Chair, Internat. Relations

John Dilger, M.D., board advisor

 



EDUCATION COMMITTEES
- TOP

Committee on Education - TOP

Shireen Ahmad, M.D., Chair

2008

Roger Mattison, M.D., Vice-Chair

2008

Wayne A. Gerard, M.D.

2009

Connie Tran, M.D.

2009

Gordon Kerr, M.D.

2009

Jay Weller, M.D.

2009

Niradja Rahan, M.D.

2009

Susan Cymbor, M.D.

2009

Stefan Lucas, M.D.

2009

Parisa Partownavid, M.D.

2009

Mary Ellen Warner, M.D.

2009

Catherine, Cooper, M.D.

2008

Fred Shapiro, M.D.

2008

Ashu Wali, M.D.

2008

Lucinda L. Everett, M.D.

2008

Alan Bielsky, M.D.

2008 Chair, Resident Section

Thomas Cutter, M.D., board advisor

 

Subcommittee on Resident Section (reports to Education) - TOP

Alan Bielsky, M.D.(CA2), Chair

2008 SAMBA rep. to ASA Resident HOD

Ruchir Gupta, M.D.(CA1), Vice Chair

(Chair Elect)2008

Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D.(CA1)

2008

David W. Kelley , M.D.

2008

Matthew Wood, M.D.

2008

Mary Bolden, M.D.

2008

Lane Graves, M.D.

2009

Heike Knorpp, M.D.

2009

Shireen Ahmad, M.D.

Chair, Education Committee 2008

Thomas W. Cutter, M.D., board advisor

 

Committee on Annual Meeting- TOP

Peter Glass, M.D., Chair

2008

Thomas Cutter, M.D., Vice-Chair

2009

Raymond Borkowski, M.D.

2008

Fred Shapiro, M.D.

2008

Adam F. Dorin, M.D.

2008

Douglas A. Merrill, M.D.

2009

Kenneth Bachenberg, M.D.

2009

Uma Munnur, M.D.

2009

Fatima Ahmad, M.D.

2009

Girish P. Joshi, M.D.

2009

Shireen Ahmad, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Education

Brian Parker, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Scientific Papers

John Dilger, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Development

Stephen A. Cohen, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Finance and Budget

Brian Parker, M.D. ex-officio

2008 Chair, Mid Year Meeting

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., board advisor

 

Committee on Mid Year Meeting - TOP

Thomas Cutter, M.D., Chair

(for 10/06 & 10/07 meeting) 2009

Brian Parker, M.D., Vice Chair

(will chair 10/08 meeting) 2008

David Kim, M.D.

2008

Catherine Cooper, M.D.

2008

Donald Mathews, M.D.

2008

Nancy Wilkes, M.D.

2008

James Shanks, M.D.

2008

Fred Shapiro, M.D.

2009

Douglas Mayers, M.D.

2008

Shireen Ahmad, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Education

Brian Parker, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Scientific Papers

John Dilger, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Development

Stephen A. Cohen, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Finance and Budget

Peter Glass, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Annual Meeting

Thomas Cutter, M.D.

2008 Immediate Past Chair MYM

Walter G. Maurer, M.D., board advisor

 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
- TOP

Committee on Research - TOP

Lee Fleisher, M.D., Chair

2008

Frances Chung, M.D.

2009

Spencer Liu, M.D.

2009

Fred Orkin, M.D.

2009

Michael E. Goldberg, M.D.

2008

Brian Parker, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Scientific Papers

Peter S.A. Glass, M.D., board advisor

 

Committee on Clinical Outcomes and Performance Measures - TOP

Lucinda L. Everett, M.D., Chair

2008

Doug Merrill, M.D., Vice Chair

2009

Tong J Gan, M.D.

2008

Lee Fleisher, M.D.

2008

Dan Goulson, M.D.

2008

Hector Vila, M.D.

2008

Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D.

2008

Beverly K. Philip, M.D.

2008

Girish P. Joshi, M.D.

2009

Peter Glass, M.D., board Advisor

 

Committee on Scientific Papers - TOP

Brian Parker, M.D., Chair

2008

Donald M. Mathews, M.D., Vice-Chair

2008

Ashraf Habib, M.D.

2009

James Mayfield, M.D.

2008

Anne E. Hackett, M.D.

2008

Denise M. Daley, M.D.

2008

Frances Chung, M.D.

2009

Kevin Klein, M.D.

2009

Samuel Irefin, M.D.

2009

Ramprasad Sripada, M.D.

2009

Mike Goldberg, M.D.

2009

Wayne Gerard, M.D.

2009

Peter Glass, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Annual Meeting

Lee Fleisher, M.D., ex-officio

2008 Chair, Research

Janet Pavlin, M.D., board advisor

 



PRACTICE AREAS COMMITTEES
- TOP

Committee on Office-Based Anesthesia - TOP

Michael T. Walsh, M.D., Chair

2008

Arnaldo Valedon, M.D., Vice Chair

2009

Roy G. Soto, M.D.

2009

Scott Springman, M.D.

2009

Joe Johnston, M.D.

2009

Glenn Woodworth, M.D.

2009

Fred Shapiro, M.D.

2009

Fatima Ahmad, M.D.

2008

Richard Finder, D.D.S.

2008

Robert Helfand, M.D.

2008

Viola Devany, M.D.

2008

Laurie Antonik, M.D.

2008

Dee W. Isackson, D.D.S., M.D.

2008

Meena Desai, M.D., board advisor

2008

Committee on Regional Anesthesia - TOP

Karen Nielsen, M.D., Chair

2008

Scott Croll, M.D., Vice Chair

2008

Brian Williams, M.D.

2009

Michael F. Mulroy, M.D.

2008

Robert L. Cross, M.D.

2008

Michael E. Goldberg, M.D.

2008

Stephen Sharnick, M.D.

2008

Marguerite Group, M.D.

2009

Marcy S. Tucker, M.D.

2009

Robert A. Doty, M.D.

2008

Stefan Lucas, M.D.

2008

Mary Bolden, M.D.

2008

P. Partownavid, M.D.

2008

Linda Wat, M.D.

2008

Meena S. Desai, M.D., board advisor

 



AD HOC COMMITTEES
- TOP

Ad Hoc Committee on Medical Directors (Term 5/05 – 5/08) - TOP

Douglas Merrill, M.D., Chair

2008

Johnathan L. Pregler, M.D.

2008

Grover R. Mims, M.D.

2008

Ken Bachenberg, M.D.

2008

James Shanks, M.D.

2008

Irving Hirsch, M.D.

2008

Sean Hunt, M.D.

2008

Sheryl Smith, M.D.

2008

Paul Patane, M.D.

2008

Mary Ann Vann, M.D., board advisor

2008


TASK FORCES
- TOP

Task Force on Ambulatory and Office-Based Anesthesia Fellowships - TOP

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Shireen Ahmad, M.D., Chair

2008

Lydia A. Conlay, Ph.D., Vice Chair

2008

Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D.

2008

Kumar G. Belani, M.D.

2008

Frances Chung, M.D.

2008

Thomas W. Cutter, M.D.

2008

Meena S. Desai, M.D.

2008

John A. Dilger, M.D.

2008

John A. Dilger, M.D.

2008

Burton S. Epstein, M.D.

2008

Lucinda L. Everett, M.D.

2008

Lee Fleisher, M.D.

2008

Tong J. Gan, M.D.

2008

Peter S. Glass, M.D.

2008

Barbara S. Gold, M.D.

2008

Raafat S. Hannallah, M.D.

2008

Girish P. Joshi, M.D.

2008

Patricia A. Kapur, M.D.

2008

Kathryn E. McGoldrick, M.D.

2008

Douglas G. Merrill, M.D.

2008

D. Janet Pavlin, M.D.

2008

Beverly K. Philip, M.D.

2008