Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Officers, Directors, and Committees, 1999

Executive Committee

Robert K. Stoelting, M.D.
APSF President
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

Burton A. Dole, Jr.
APSF Vice-President
Pauma Valley, CA

David M. Gaba, M.D.
APSF Secretary
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Casey D. Blitt, M.D.
APSF Treasurer
Tucson, AZ

Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., M.D.
APSF Executive Director
Boston, MA

Members At Large

Robert C. Black, President
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
Wilmington, DE

Robert A. Caplan, M.D.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Board of Directors

James F. Arens, M.D.
University of Texas
Galveston, TX

Robert Blackshear, M.D.
Becton Dickinson
Sandy, UT

Mary E. Cantrell, M.D.
South Lake Tahoe, CA

Peter B. Carstensen, Ph.D.
FDA
Rockville, M.D.

Frederick W. Cheney, Jr., M.D.
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Seattle, WA

Ruben G. Derderian
North American Drager
Telford, PA

Jan Ehrenwerth, M.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT

John H. Eichhorn, M.D.
University of Mississippi
Jackson, MS

Norig Ellison, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Ardmore, PA

Nancy Gondringer, M.A., CRNA
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lincoln, NE

Michael Good, M.D.
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Martin J. Hatlie, Esq.
National Patient Safety Foundation
Chicago, IL

Joy L. Hawkins, M.D.
University of Colorado
Denver, CO

Robert E. Lee, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
JCAHO
Oakbrook Terrace, IL

David E. Lees, M.D.
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Anthony A. Meyer, M.D.
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Ervin Moss, M.D.
New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists
Verona, NJ

Beverly K. Nichols, CRNA
University of Texas
Galveston, TX

Susan L. Polk, M.D.
University of Chicago
Evanston, IL

Pamel J. Roberts
Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange
Lawrenceville, NJ

Frederick Robertson, M.D.
Marquette Medical Systems
Milwaukee, WI

Keith Ruskin, M.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Alan D. Sessler, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

George J. Sheplock, M.D.
Indiana University
Carmel, IN

Mary Szela
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL

Sally Trombly, R.N., J.D.
Risk Management Foundation
Cambridge, MA

Jan van den Berg
Hewlett-Packard Company
Andover, MA

Robert A. Virag
Mallinckrodt Anesthesiology
St. Louis, MO

Mark A. Warner, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

W. David Watkins, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

David Wharton, MPH, RN
Ada, OK

Committees of APSF:
Editorial Board

John H. Eichhorn, M.D., Editor

Robert C. Morell, M.D., Assoc. Editor

Joan Christie, M.D.

Jan Ehrenwerth, M.D.

Ralph A. Epstein, M.D.

Nancy Gondringer, CRNA

David E. Lees, M.D.

Karen Posner, Ph.D.

Jeffery S. Vender, M.D.

Committee on Education and Training

Michael Good, M.D., Chairman

Paul Baumgart, MBA
Datex-Ohmeda

Mary Cantrell, M.D.

Joan M. Christie, M.D.
Tampa, FL

Alan Harvey, M.D., D.M.D.
Springfield, MA

Timothy N. Harwood, M.D.
Winston-Salem, NC

Thomas Mancuso, M.D.
Atlanta, GA

Anthony A. Meyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Chapel Hill, NC

Beverly Nichols, CRNA
Galveston, TX

Richard C. Prielipp, M.D.
Advance, NC

Susan Polk, M.D.
University of Chicago

Allen Ream, M.D.
Woodside, CA

Keith Ruskin, M.D.
Hartford, CT

Arthur J. Schneider, M.D.
Hershey, PA

George Sheplock, M.D.
Carmel, IN

Mike Smith, M.D.
Cleveland, OH

N. Ty Smith, M.D.
San Diego, CA

Adam P. Wilczek
Lawrenceville, NJ

David Wharton, R.N.
Ada, OK

Committee on Scientific Evaluation

Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D., Chairman

Steven J. Barker, Ph.D., M.D.
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Sorin Brull, M.D.
University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences

Nassib G. Chamoun
Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.

Peter Davis, M.D.
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Jan Ehrenwerth, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine

Claire Esposito, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine

David Paulus, M.D.
University of Florida, Gainesville

James Philip, M.D.
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Karen Posner, Ph.D.
Univ. of Washington School of Medicine

Ira Rampil, M.D.
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Dwayne R. Westenskow, Ph.D.
University of Utah

Committee on Technology

E. S. Siker, M.D., Chairman

Michael Argentieri
North American Drager

J. Jeffrey Andrews, M.D.
University of Alabama

Lori Cross
Datex Medical Instrumentation
Tewksbury, MA

Fred Evans
Medical Gas Management, Inc.
Bethany, OK

Patrick A. Foster, M.D.
Hershey, PA

Julian M. Goldman, M.D.
Denver, CO

Ervin Moss, M.D.
Verona, NJ

Michael A. Olympio, M.D.
Winston-Salem, NC

Todd G. Peterson, M.D.
Phoenix, AZ

W. Clayton Petty, M.D.
Cedar City, UT

Corporate Advisory Council

Burton A. Dole, Jr., Chairman

Robert H. Blackshear, M.D.
Becton Dickinson Vascular Access

Ruben G. Derderian
North American Drager

John Geisel
Datex-Ohmeda

Michael Hickey
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals

Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., M.D.

Frederick Robertson, M.D.
Marquette Medical Systems

George A. Schapiro
Sonic Force, LLC

E. S. Siker, M.D.

Robert K. Stoelting, M.D.

Mary Szela
Abbott Laboratories

Jan van den Berg
Hewlett-Packard

Robert A. Virag
Mallinckrodt Anesthesiology

George Yariv
Oridion Medical Ltd.