2012-2013 BOARD AND COMMITTEES

ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS at the May 3, 2012 Business Meeting:

First Vice President: Robert R. Gaiser, M.D. (Board Term: May 2012 - May 2016)

Second Vice President: Manual C. Vallejo Jr, M.D., D.M.D. (Board Term: May 2012 - May 2017) 

Treasurer: John T. Sullivan, M.D., M.B.A (Term: May 2012 - April 2013) 

Director at Large: Brendan Carvalho, MBBCh, FRCA, MDCH

 (Term: May 2012 - May 2014) 

SOAP Delegate to the ASA House of Delegates: Richard N. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D.        

(Term: May 2012 - April 2014)

SOAP Alternate Delegate to the ASA House of Delegates: Paloma Toledo, M.D.        

(Term: May 2012 - April 2014) 

2015 Meeting Host/Location: Brenda Bucklin, M.D., 

 (Term: April 2013 - April 2016) Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

2012 - 2013 Board of Directors

McCallum R. Hoyt, M.D., M.B.A. - President

(position term ends 2012; automatic succession to Immediate Past President)

Barbara M. Scavone, M.D.. – President-Elect

(position term ends 2012; automatic succession to President) 

Robert R. Gaiser, M.D. – 1st Vice President 

(position term ends 2012; automatic succession to 1st Vice-President)

Manual C. Vallejo Jr., M.D., D.M.D. - 2nd Vice President

(2nd VP position term ends 2012 with automatic succession to 1st Vice President) 

Kenneth E. Nelson, M.D. - Secretary and 2011 Meeting Host

John T. Sullivan, M.D. - Treasurer (term ends 2013)

Maya S Suresh, M.D. - Immediate Past President (position term ends 2013)

Richard N. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D. - ASA Delegate (term ends 2014)

Paloma Toledo, M.D. - ASA Alternate Delegate (term ends 2014)

Brendan Carvalho, MBBCh, FRCA, MDCH - Director at Large (term ends 2014)

Vilma Ortiz, M.D. - 2013 Meeting Host (term ends 2014)

Jose Carvalho, M.D. - 2014 Meeting Host (term ends 2015)

William R. Camann, M.D. - Journal Liaison (continuing, appointed position)

Craig M. Palmer, M.D.  – Chair, ASA Committee on OB Anesthesia

(appointed by ASA President-Elect) 

Lawrence C. Tsen, M.D. - Chair, Educational Track Subcommittee on OB Anesthesia

of the ASA (appointed by ASA President-Elect)

Michael A. Froelich, M.D. - Newsletter Editor (appointed, term ends 2014)

Executive Committee

McCallum Hoyt, M.D., M.B.A. - President
Barbara M. Scavone, M.D. – President-Elect 
Robert R. Gaiser, M.D. - 1st Vice President
Kenneth E. Nelson, M.D. - Secretary
John T. Sullivan, M.D. - Treasurer
Maya S. Suresh, M.D. - Immediate Past President
Richard N. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D. - ASA Delegate

2012 Annual Meeting Program Committee (Updated 1/17/12)

McCallum R. Hoyt, M.D., M.B.A. (Chair)
Dennis Shay, M.D. (Host)

Pamela Angle, M.D.

Katherine Arendt, M.D.

William Camann, M.D.
Jill Mhyre, M.D.
Vilma Ortiz, M.D.

Quisqueya "Kiki" Palacios, M.D.
Craig Palmer, M.D.

Barbara M.Scavone, M.D.
Richard Smiley, M.D.  
John Sullivan, M.D., M.B.A.

Maya S. Suresh, M.D.

Manny Vallejo, M.D. 

2012-2013 ASA Committee on Obstetrical Anesthesia (updated 1/19/12)

Craig M. Palmer, M.D. (Chair 2014)

Charles J. Chase, D.O., Adj. (2013)

Patricia A. Dailey, M.D. (2013)

Robert D'Angelo, M.D. (2014)

Robert R. Gaiser, M.D., Adj. (2013)

McCallum R. Hoyt, M.D., M.B.A. (2012)

Grant Lynde, M.D., Adj. (2013)

Heather C. Nixon, M.D., Adj. (2013)

Arvind Palanisamy, M.D., FRCA, Adj. (2013)

Robert H. Small, M.D., Adj. (2012)

Maya S. Suresh, M.D., Ex-Officio (2012)

David J. Wlody, M.D., Adj. (2012)

Cynthia A. Wong, M.D. (2012)

Edward A. Yaghmour, M.D. (2013)

Bylaws Committee (updated 3/15/11)

David Wlody, M.D. (Chair)

Bill Camann, M.D.
Linda Polley, M.D.
Gary Vasdev, M.D.
Ted Yaghmour, M.D.

CME Committee (updated 5/14/12)

Kiki Palacios, M.D. ( Chair)
Lawrence Tsen, M.D.
Robert D'Angelo, M.D.
Maya Suresh, M.D.
McCallum Hoyt, M.D., M.B.A.
Manny Vallejo, Jr., M.D.
Val Arkoosh, M.D.
Stephen Pratt, M.D.
Joy Hawkins, M.D.
Kathy Zuspan, M.D.
Grace Shih, M.D.
Helene Finegold, M.D.
David Mann, M.D. 
Brownyn Cooper, M.D.
Christopher Cambic, M.D.
Melissa Pant, M.D.
Alice Oswald, M.D.   

Disbursement Committee (updated 6/28/11)

Economics and Government Affairs (updated 7/5/11)

Curtis Baysinger, M.D. (Chair)
James Bates, M.D.
Jill Boyle, M.D.
Patricia Dailey, M.D.
Andrew Harris, M.D.
McCallum Hoyt, M.D.
Lisa Leffert, M.D., Ph.D.
James McMichael, M.D.
Donald Penning, M.D.
Lang Ha T. Pham, M.D.
Tracie Saunders, M.D.
Paloma Toledo, M.D.
Bernard Wittels, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D. 

Education Committee (updated 1/20/12)

A=Awards I = Information P= Programs 

Manuel C. Vallejo, M.D. (A) (Committee Chair)

Grace H. Shih, M.D. (Chair Programs Sub-Committee)

Cathleen Peterson-Layne, M.D. PhD. (Chair Information Sub-Committee)

Mark Zakowksi, M.D. (Chair Awards Sub-Committee)
Ahmed Fikry Attaallah, M.D. (A)

Arthur L. Calimaran, M.D. (A)

Thomas Chalifoux, M.D. (I)

Cheryl A. DeSimone, M.D. (P)
Helene Finegold, M.D. (P)
Regina Y. Fragneto, M.D. (A)
Stephanie Goodman, M.D. (P)
Joanne C. Hudson, M.D. (I)
Ellen Lockhart, M.D. (P)

David Mann, M.D. (P)
Edward McGonigal, M.D. (A)
Robert S.F. McKay, M.D. (P)
Jill Mhyre, M.D. (I)

Richard Month, M.D. (A)
May C. Pian-Smith, M.D. (I)

Lee S. Perrin, M.D. (A)
Stephen D. Pratt, M.D. (P)
Deborah Qualey, M.D. (P)

Sue Ranasignhe, M.D. (A)
Divina J. Santos, M.D. (I)

Joy Schabel, M.D. (A)
Marsha L. Wakefield, M.D. (I)
Ashutosh Wali, M.D. (I)
Richard Wissler, M.D. (I)
David J. Wlody, M.D. (P)

International Outreach Committee (updated 7/30/11)

Ashraf Habib, M.D. (Chair)

Terrence Allen, M.D.

Sabri Barsoum, M.D.

Ed Bryan, M.D.

Ferne Braveman, M.D.

Brittany Cline, M.D.

Lisa Councilman, M.D.

Patricia Dalby, M.D.

Michael Froelich, M.D.

Ronald George, M.D.

Wendy Gore-Hickman, M.D.

Ali Kamani, M.D.

Ku-Mie Kim, M.D.

Virgil Manica, M.D.

David Mann, M.D.

Holly Muir, M.D.

Yemi Olufolabi, M.D.

Medge Owen, M.D.

Vernon Ross, M.D.

John Schultz, M.D.

Margaret Sedensky, M.D.

Dennis Shay, M.D.

Susan Kay Stein, M.D.

Gary Vasdev, M.D.

Ivan Velickovic, M.D.
 

Legacy Committee (updated 4/28/11)

Joanne Douglas, M.D., (Chair)
Douglas Bacon, M.D.
Curtis Baysinger, M.D.
Ferne R. Braveman, M.D.
Don Caton, M.D.
Richard Clark, M.D.
Mike Finster, M.D.
Bev Minzter, M.D.
Alex Pue, M.D.
Divina Santos, M.D.
Bradley E. Smith, M.D.
Gurinder Vasdev, M.D.
Kathryn Zuspan, M.D.

Media Committee (updated 6/28/11)

Michael Froelich, M.D. (Chair)

William Camann, M.D.

Paula A. Craigo, M.D.
Bhavani Kodali, M.D.

Cathleen Peterson-Layne, M.D.
Jessica Rock, M.D.

Vernon Ross, M.D.
Mark I. Zakowski, M.D. 

Membership Committee (updated 9/19/10)

Vernon Ross, M.D. (Chair)

Audrey Alleyne, M.D.

Terry Breen, M.D.

Arthur Calimaran, M.D.
Lisa Councilman, M.D.
Patricia Dalby, M.D.
Cheryl A. DeSimone, M.D.
Regina Fragneto, M.D.
Robert Gaiser, M.D.

Robin J. Goldsmith, M.D.
Davida Grossman, M.D.

Christopher F. James, M.D.
Virgil Manica, M.D.

Chawla Mason, M.D. 
Holly Muir, M.D.
Donald H. Penning, M.D.
Divina Santos, M.D.
Maya Suresh, M.D.
John Thomas, M.D.

Lawrence Tsen, M.D.
Rakesh Vadhera, M.D.
Gary Vasdev, M.D.
Ashutosh Wali, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D.  

Patient Safety Committee (updated 3/15/11)

Jill Mhyre, M.D. (Chair)

Rishi Adsumelli, M.D.
Audrey Alleyne, M.D.
Yaakov Beilin, M.D.
Paula Craigo, M.D.
Ed McGonigal, M.D.
Robert McKay, M.D.
Jill M. Mhyre, M.D.
Heather Nixon, M.D.
Lang-Ha Pham, M.D.
May Pian-Smith, M.D.
Grace Shih, M.D.
Rakesh Vadhera, M.D.
Richard Wissler, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D.
Jessica Wolin, M.D. 

Research Committee (updated 6/28/11)

Richard Smiley, M.D. (Chair)

Mrinalini Balki, M.D.

Brian Bateman, M.D.

Yaakov Beilin, M.D.
David Campbell, M.D.

Brendan Carvahlo, M.D.
Robert D'Angelo, M.D.
Pamela Flood, M.D.
Yehuda Ginosar, M.D.

Laura Goetzl, M.D.

Ashraf Habib, M.D.
Stephen Halpern, M.D.

Ayesa Hilvano, M.D. 
Philip Hess, M.D.
Ruth Landau, M.D.
Barbara Leighton, M.D.
Peter Pan, M.D.
Edward Riley, M.D.
B. Scott Segal, M.D.
Cynthia Wong, M.D.
Paloma Toledo, M.D.

Resident Affairs Committee (updated 6/30/11)

Paloma Toledo, M.D. (Chair)
Jeanette Bauchat, M.D.

Shobana Chandrasekhar, M.D.

Helene Finegold, M.D.

Ashraf Habib, M.B., B.Ch.

Nicole Higgins, M.D.

Joanne Hudson, M.D.

Jamie Murphy, M.D.
Joanie Spiegel, M.D.
Sukran Sahin, M.D.
Anasuya Vasudevan, M.D., M.B., B.S.
Jared Anderson, M.D. (Resident)
Jessica Booth, M.D. (Resident)
Laurie Chalifoux, M.D. (Resident)
Charese Dakhil, M.D. (Resident)
D. Matt Hatch, M.D. (Resident)
Ben Lowry, M.D. (Resident) 

Ad Hoc Accreditation of Obstetric Anesthesia (updated 6/28/11)

Alan Santos, M.D. (Chair)

David Birnbach, M.D.
Bill Camann, M.D.
Brendan Carvalho, M.D.
Joy Hawkins, M.D.
Nicole Higgins, M.D.
Donald Penning, M.D.
Linda Polley, M.D.
John Sullivan, M.D.
Lawrence Tsen, M.D.
Gary Vasdev, M.D.
Richard Wissler, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D.
Cynthia Wong, M.D. 

Web Site Task Force (updated 6/28/11)

Michael A. Froelich, M.D. (Chair)
William Camann, M.D.

Bhavani Kodali, M.D.
Vernon Ross, M.D.
Richard Smiley, M.D.
Barbara Scavone, M.D.