Grants


Committee

APSF Scientific Review Committee Members 2013

Steven K. Howard, MD
Chair, APSF Scientific Evaluation Committee

Staff Anesthesiologist
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Stanford University School of Medicine
3801 Miranda Avenue, 112A
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone: (650) 858-3938
Facsimile: 650-852-3423
Email: showard@stanford.edu

Karen L. Posner, PhD
Vice-Chair, APSF Scientific Evaluation
Committee

Laura Cheney Professor in
Anesthesia Patient Safety
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Box 356540
University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195-6540
Telephone: (206) 616-2630
Facsimile: (206) 543-2958 
Email: posner@u.washington.edu

Peter J. Davis, MD
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief 
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583
Telephone: (412) 692-5259
Facsimile: (412) 692-8658
Email: davispj@anes.upmc.edu

David Paulus, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
J. Hillis Miller Health Center
1600 Southwest Archer Rd.
Gainesville, FL 32610-0254
Telephone: (352) 846-1309
Facsimile: (352) 392-7029
Email: DPaulus@anest.ufl.edu

Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD  
Professor of Anesthesiology and
Health Management & Policy 
Department of Anesthesia 
University of Iowa   
Iowa City, IA 52242 
Telephone: (319) 621-6360 
Email: Franklin-Dexter@UIowa.edu 
Web: www.FranklinDexter.net

Harish Ramakrishna, MD, FASE
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Cardiac Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ 85054
Telephone: (480) 342-2446
Facsimile: (480) 342-2319
Email: Ramakrishna.Harish@mayo.edu

David B. Goodale, PhD, DDS
Executive Medical Director
DBG Pharma LLC
668 Casey Lane
West Chester, PA 19382
Telephone: (610) 203-4326
Email: dbgpharma@gmail.com 

Ira Rampil, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and
Neurological Surgery
Director of Clinical Research
Department of Anesthesiology
University Hospital L4-060 SUNY 
FAA Designated Medical Examiner
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8480
Telephone: (631) 444-2975
Facsimile: (631) 444-2907
Email: irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu 
 

Jeana E. Havidich, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor 
Department of Anesthesiology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
Telephone: (603) 650-5000 
Facsimile: (843) 792-2726
Email: Jeana.E.Havidich@dartmouth.edu

Karen J. Souter, MB BS, MSc, FRCA
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 
Box 356540
University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195-6540
Telephone: (206) 685-3459 
Facsimile: (206) 543-2958
Email: kjsouter@u.washington.edu

Gary R. Haynes, PhD, MD
Professor and Chair   
Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care 
3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Blvd. 
P. O. Box 15250 
St. Louis, MO 63110-0250
Telephone: (314) 577-8750 
Facsimile: (314)  268-5102
Email: ghaynes@slu.edu

Sally Trombly, RN, MPH, JD
Executive Director
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Risk Management Program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
Telephone: (603) 650-3909
Facsimile: (603) 650-7848
Email: Sally.Trombly@Hitchcock.org

Steven K. Howard, MD
Staff Anesthesiologist 
VA Palo Alto Health Care System 
Associate Professor of Anesthesia 
Stanford University School of Medicine 
3801 Miranda Avenue, 112A 
Palo Alto, CA 94304 
Telephone: (650) 858-3938 
Email: showard@stanford.edu

Rebecca S. Twersky, MD,MPH
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Research
Medical Director, Ambulatory Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 6
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Telephone: (718) 613-8742
Facsimile: (718) 613-8794
Email: RTwersky@chpnet.org

Alfred E. Lupien, PhD, CRNA
Professor, Nurse Anesthesia Program
Mount Marty College 
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Telephone: (605) 322-8090 Email: alfred.lupien@mtmc.edu

Robert Virag
TRIFID Medical Group, LLC
14337 Cypress Hill Drive
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Telephone: (314) 878-4620
Facsimile: (309) 218-1129
Email: rvirag@trifidmedical.com

Roger S. Mecca, MD
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Covidien: Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions
2101 Faraday Ave.,
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Telephone: (760) 603-5865
Facsimile: (760) 603-5362
Email: Roger.Mecca@covidien.com

Matthew B. Weinger, MD
Norman Ty Smith Chair in Patient Safety
and Medical Simulation,
Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical
Informatics, and Medical Education
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
1211 21st Avenue South
732 Medical Arts Building
Nashville, TN 37212
Telephone: (615) 936-6598
Facsimile: (615) 936-7373
Email: matt.weinger@vanderbilt.edu

Christopher O'Connor, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic and Liver Transplant Anesthesia
Rush University Medical Center
1653 West Congress Parkway
Suite 762 Jelke
Chicago, IL 60612
Telephone: (312) 942-6504
Facsimile: (312) 942-8858
Email: Christopher_Oconnor@rush.edu