Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
2007 - 2008 Committee Listings

Executive/Finance Committee

Gurinder M.S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA- President
Linda S. Polley, MD – President-Elect
Lawrence C. Tsen, MD – First vice President
Robert D’Angelo, MD – Second Vice President
Brenda Bucklin, MD – Secretary
McCallum R. Hoyt, MD, MBA – Treasurer
David J. Wlody, MD – Immediate Past President
Andrew P. Harris, MD, MHS – ASA Delegate

Annual Meeting Program Committee

Linda S. Polley, MD – Chair
Barbara Scavone, MD - Meeting Host
William R. Camann, MD
Robert D’Angelo, MD
Richard Smiley, MD
John Sullivan, MD
Lawrence C. Tsen, MD
Gurinder M. S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA
Raouf Wahba, MD, FRCPC
Kathryn Zuspan, MD

Bylaws Committee

David J Wlody, MD – Chair
William R. Camann, MD
Linda S. Polley, MD
Gurinder M.S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA

ASA Committee on Obstetric Anesthesia

Craig Palmer, MD – Chair
Curtis Baysinger, MD
Yaakov Beilin, MD
David Birnbach, MD, MPH
Brenda Bucklin, MD
Patricia Dailey, MD
Joanna Davies, MB, FRCA
Thomas Davis, MD
Samuel C. Hughes, MD
Corry Kucik, MD
Joseph J. Kyre, MD
Della Lin, MD
Beth Mintzer, MD
Susan Palmer, MD
Patricia Perry, MD
May Pian-Smith, MD
Jeffery Shapiro, MD
David Wlody, MD

Disbursement Committee

Samuel Hughes, MD – Chair
G.M Bassell, MD
Joy Hawkins, MD
McCallum Hoyt, MD, MBA
Alan Santos, MD
Richard Smiley, MD, PhD
John T. Sullivan, MD

Economics and Government Affairs Committee

Donald H. Penning, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Chair
James Bates, MD
Curtis Baysinger, MD
Patricia A. Dailey, MD
Andrew P. Harris, MD, MHS
McCallum Hoyt, MD, MBA
Klaus Kjaer-Pedersen, MD
James McMichael, MD
Lang Ha T. Pham, MD
Tracie Saunders, MD
Bernard Wittels, MD
David Wlody, MD

Education Committee

John T. Sullivan, MD – Chair
Audrey Alleyne, MD
Cheryl Desimone, MD
Robert Eberle, MD
Helene Finegold, MD
Regina Y. Fragneto, MD
Michael Froelich, MD
Stephanie Goodman, MD
MaCallum Hoyt, MD, MBA
Joanne C. Hudson, MD
Ellen Lockhart, MD
Edward T. McGonigal, MD
Robert S. F. McKay, MD
Norah N. Naughton, MD
Medge Owen, MD
Sumedha Panchal, MD
Lee S. Perrin, MD
Linda S. Polley, MD
Stephen D. Pratt, MD
Deborah Qualey, MD
Divina J. Santos, MD
Grace H. Shih, MD
Michael P. Smith, MD
Deborah J. Stein, MD
Manuel Vallejo, MD
Ashutosh Wali, MD
Donald H. Wallace, MD
Jonathon H. Waters, MD
Richard N. Wissler, MD, PHD
David Wlody, MD
Mark I. Zakowski, MD
Kathryn Zuspan, MD

International Outreach Committee

Medge Owen, MD – Chair
Evelyn Ansa, MB, ChB
Sabri Barsoum, MD
Ferne Braveman, MD
Terry Breen, MD
Susan Bright, MD
Kal Chaudhuri MD
Brittany Clyne, MD
Alex Colquhaun, MD
Lisa Councilman, MD
Patricia Dalby, MD
Joanna Davies, MD
Michael Froelich, MD
Wendy Gore-Hickman, MD
Ashraf Habib, MB,ChB
Kehana Kausav, MD
Ali Kamani, MD
Ku-mie Kim, MD, PhD
Virgil Manica, MD
Simon Millar, MD
Holly Muir, MD
Paul Nelson, MD
Yemi Olufolabi, FRCA
Kiki Palacios, MD
Elizabeth Peter, MD
Lang Ha Pham, MD
Vernon Ross, MD
Divina Santos, MD
Ratna Sashidharan, FRCA
John R. Schultz, MD
Marge Sedensky, MD
Dennis Shay, MD
Susan Kay Stein, MD
Gurinder M.S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA
Ivan Velickovic, MD
Ashu Wali, MD, FFARCSI
David Wlody, MD

Membership Committee

Vernon Ross, MD – Chair
David Birnbach, MD, MPH
Arthur Calimaran, MD
Brendan Carvalho, MB, BCh
Brittany Clyne, MD
Lisa Councilman, MD
Patricia Dalby, MD
Cheryl A. DeSimone, MD
Robin J. Goldsmith, MD
Christopher F. James, MD
Ruth Landau, MD
Virgil Manica, MD
Donald H. Penning, MD, MSc, FRCP
Davina Santos, MD
Maya Suresh, MD
Lawrence Tsen, MD
Rakesh Vadhera, MD, FRCA, FFARCSI
Gurinder M.S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA
Ashutosh Wali, MD
David Wlody, MD

Publications Committee

Michael Smith, MD – Chair
Michael Froelich, MD
Andrew Harris, MD, MHS
Linda Polley, MD
Majid Saleem, MD
Scott B. Segal, MD
Gurinder M.S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA
Lela Weems, MD
David Wlody, MD
Jessica Wolin, MD
Mark I. Zakowski, MD

Research Committee

Richard Smiley, MD, PhD, Chair
Yaakov Beilin, MD
Robert D’Angelo, MD
Michael Froelich, MD
Stephen Halpern, MD
Philip Hess, MD
Ruth Landau, MD
Barbara Leighton, MD
Kiki Palacios, MD
Peter Pan, MD
Edward T. Riley, MD
Steven Schwalbe, MD
Scott Segal, MD
Cynthia Wong, MD

Ad-hoc Accreditation of Obstetric Anesthesia

Alan Santos, MD – Chair
David Birnbach, MD, MPH
William R. Camaan, MD
Brendan Carvalho, MB, BCH
Joy Hawkins, MD
Donald H. Penning, MD
Linda Polley, MD
John T. Sullivan, MD
Lawrence C. Tsen, MD
Gurinder M.S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA
Richard N. Wissler, MD, PhD
David Wlody, MD
Cynthia Wong, MD

Ad-Hoc Committee on Patient Safety

Stephen D. Pratt, MD – Chair
David Birnbach, MD, MPH
Robert D’Angelo, MD
Edward T. McGonigal, MD
Robert S. F. McKay, MD
Lang Ha T. Pham, MD
Mai Pian-Smith, MD
Paul Preston, MD
John. Sullivan, MD
Rakesh Vadhera, MD
Richard N. Wissler, MD, PhD

Ad –Hoc Committee on Resident Membership

Joanne C. Hudson, MD - Chair
Katherine Arendt, MD
Amy Cassidy, MD
Richard Chase, MD, PhD
Mihaela Cornea, MD
Jamie Dietz, MD
Matthew J. Fiegel, MD
Helene Finegold, MD
Chris R.Giordano, MD
David A. Lowe, MD
Emily Parke, DO
Sheila Riazi, MD
Vicki Ting, MD
Paloma Toledo, MD
Guringer M.S. Vasdev, MD, FRCA
David Wlody, MD