Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Officers,
Directors, and Committees, 2005

Executive Committee (Officers)

Robert K. Stoelting, MD
APSF President
Indianapolis, IN

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD
APSF Executive Vice President
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

George A. Schapiro
APSF Executive Vice President
Hillsborough, CA

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

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

Casey D. Blitt, MD
APSF Treasurer
Tucson, AZ

Executive Committee (Members at Large)

Robert A. Caplan, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Nassib G. Chamoun
Aspect Medical Systems
Newton, MA

Board of Directors

James F. Arens, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Michael Argentieri
Dräger Medical
Telford, PA

Paul A. Baumgart
GE Healthcare
Madison, WI

Casey D. Blitt, MD

Sorin J. Brull, MD
Jacksonville, FL

Robert A. Caplan, MD

Peter B. Carstensen, PhD
FDA
Rockville, MD

Nassib G. Chamoun

Frederick W. Cheney, Jr., MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Joan M. Christie, MD
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD

William T. Denman, MD
Tyco Healthcare
Boston, MA

Burton A. Dole, Jr.

Jan Ehrenwerth, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Norig Ellison, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Ardmore, PA

David M. Gaba, MD

Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA

Walter Huehn
Philips Medical Systems
Germany

R. Scott Jones, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Rodney C. Lester, PhD, CRNA
Houston, TX

Loreen Mershimer
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL

Edward C. Mills
Preferred Physicians Medical Risk
Retention Group
Mission, KS

Terri G. Monk, MD
Duke University
Durham, NC

Robert C. Morell, MD
Niceville, FL

Ervin Moss, MD
New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists
Verona, NJ

Denise O’Brien, MSN, RN
ASPAN
Ypsilanti, MI

John M. O’Donnell, CRNA
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Susan L. Polk, MD
University of Chicago
Evanston, IL

Richard C. Prielipp, MD, FCCM
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Frederick A. Robertson, MD
Mequon, WI

Keith J. Ruskin, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT

George A. Schapiro

Robert K. Stoelting, MD

Raul A. Trillo, MD
Baxter Anesthesia and Critical Care
New Providence, NJ

Sally T. Trombly, RN, JD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Rebecca S. Twersky, MD
Lawrence, NY

Robert A. Virag
Trifid Medical Group, LLC
Chesterfield, MO

Mark A. Warner, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Matthew B. Weinger, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Robert Wise, MD
JCAHO
Oakbrook Terrace, IL

 

APSF Committees:
Newsletter Editorial Board

Robert C. Morell, MD, Editor

Addie Larimore, Editorial
Assistant

Sorin J. Brull, MD

Joan M. Christie, MD

Jan Ehrenwerth, MD

John H. Eichhorn, MD

Regina King
Baxter Anesthesia and Critical Care

Lori A. Lee, MD
University of Washington

Rodney C. Lester, PhD, CRNA

Glenn S. Murphy, MD

Denise O’Brien, MSN, RN

Karen L. Posner, PhD
University of Washington

Keith J. Ruskin, MD

Wilson Somerville, PhD
Wake Forest University

Jeffery S. Vender, MD
Evanston, IL

Committee on Education
and Training

Richard C. Prielipp, MD, Chair

Kenneth J. Abrams, MD
Montville, NJ

Joan M. Christie, MD

Alan M. Harvey, MD
Springfield, MA

Timothy N. Harwood, MD
Winston-Salem, NC

Jeana E. Havidich, MD
Charleston, SC

R. Scott Jones, MD
Charlottesville, VA

Deborah Lawson, AA
Solon, OH

Samsun (Sem) Lampotang, PhD
Gainesville, FL

Thomas J. Mancuso, MD
Atlanta, GA

Susan L. Polk, M.D

Keith J. Ruskin, MD

Arthur J.C. Schneider, MD
Hershey, PA

Michael Smith, MD
Cleveland, OH

N. Ty Smith, MD
San Diego, CA

Matthew B. Weinger, MD

David Wharton, RN
Ada, OK

Committee on Scientific Evaluation

Sorin J. Brull, MD, Chair

Karen L. Posner, PhD, Vice-Chair

Peter J. Davis, MD
Children’s Hospital of
Pittsburgh

Jan Ehrenwerth, MD

David B. Goodale, PhD, DDS

Jeana E. Havidich, MD
Medical University of South Carolina

Alfred Lupien, PhD, CRNA
Medical College of Georgia

Christopher O’Connor, MD
Rush Medical College

David Paulus, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville

Richard C. Prielipp, MD

Ira Rampill, MD
State University of New York

Karen J. Souter, MB
University of Washington

Sally T. Trombly, RN, JD

Robert A. Virag

Matthew B. Weinger, MD

Committee on Technology

Michael A. Olympio, MD, Chair
Winston-Salem, NC

Abe Abramovich
Datascope Corporation

Nassib G. Chamoun

Michael P. Dosch, CRNA, MS
Pontiac, MI

James D. Eisenkraft, MD
New York, NY

Patrick Foster, MD
Hershey, PA

Julian M. Goldman, MD
Boston, MA

Bill Jonnalee, CertAT
Lebanon, NH

Siegfried Kastle
Philips Medical Systems

Richard Lenardon
Dräger Medical

Michael Mitton, CRNA
GE Healthcare

Ervin Moss, MD

Francis R. Narbone, CRNA
Chicago, IL

John M. O’Donnell, CRNA

Kenneth C. Plitt, CRNA
Newton, MA

Bonnie Reinke
GE Healthcare

Frederick A. Robertson, MD
Milwaukee, WI

Chet I. Wyman, MD
Baltimore, MD

Corporate Advisory
Council

George A. Schapiro, Chair

Abe Abramovich
Datascope Corporation

Michael Argentieri
Dräger Medical Inc.

Paul A. Baumgart
GE Healthcare

Casey D. Blitt, MD

Judson Boothe
Kimberly-Clark

Nassib G. Chamoun
Aspect Medical Systems

Stuart M. Cohen, MD
Cerner Corporation

Philip Croxford
Arrow International

Joseph Davin
Spacelabs Medical

William T. Denman, MD
Tyco Healthcare

Cari Duncan
Organon

Robert Evans, MD
Docusys, Inc.

Michael S. Ferrara
Becton Dickinson

William Floyd
Aspect Medical Systems

Bruce Gingles
Cook Critical Care

David Goodale, PhD, DDS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Elizabeth Holland
Abbott Laboratories

Walter Huehn
Philips Medical Systems

Regina King
Baxter Anesthesia and Critical Care

Charles McLeskey, MD
Abbott Laboratories

Steven C. Mendell
LMA of North America

Edward C. Mills
Preferred Physicians Medical Risk Retention Group

Brian Mulnix
Endo Pharmaceuticals

Lou Obendorf
Medical Education
Technologies, Inc.

Patty Reilly
Tyco Nellcor

Marcus Schabacker, MD
B. Braun Medical

Laurie Schechter
Smiths Medical

Maria Shepherd
Oridion

Robert K. Stoelting, MD

Robert A. Virag
Trifid Medical Group, LLC

Barry Wicker
Vital Signs