Past Presidents of SOAP
SOAP is honored to count among our past Presidents many of the luminaries in obstetric anesthesiology. We are indebted to these outstanding colleagues for their leadership and commitment.
| 2025-2026 |
Ron George, MD, FRCPC |
| 2024-2025 |
Heather C. Nixon, MD |
| 2023-2024 |
May Pian-Smith, MD |
| 2022-2023 |
Klaus Kjaer, MBA, MD |
| 2021-2022 |
Edward (Ted) Yaghmour, M.D., FASA |
| 2020-2021 |
Ruthi Landau, M.D. |
| 2019-2020 |
Lisa R. Leffert, M.D. |
| 2018-2019 |
Mark I. Zakowski, M.D., FASA |
| 2017-2018 |
Brendan Carvalho, M.B., B.Ch., FRCA, M.D.C.H. |
| 2016-2017 |
John T. Sullivan, M.D., M.B.A. |
| 2015-2016 |
Manuel C. Vallejo, D.M.D., M.D. |
| 2014-2015 |
Robert R. Gaiser, M.D., FASA |
| 2013-2014 |
Barbara M. Scavone, M.D. |
| 2012-2013 |
McCallum R. Hoyt, M.D., M.B.A. |
| 2011-2012 |
Maya S. Suresh, M.D. |
| 2010-2011 |
Robert D’Angelo, M.D. |
| 2009-2010 |
Lawrence C. Tsen, M.D. |
| 2008-2009 |
Linda S. Polley, M.D. |
| 2007-2008 |
Gurinder M.S. Vasdev, M.D. |
| 2006-2007 |
David J. Wlody, M.D. |
| 2005-2006 |
William R. Camann, M.D. |
| 2004-2005 |
M. Joanne Douglas, M.D., F.R.C.P. |
| 2003-2004 |
Richard N. Wissler, M.D. |
| 2002-2003 |
Joy L. Hawkins, M.D. |
| 2001-2002 |
Valerie A. Arkoosh, M.D. |
| 2000-2001 |
Alan C. Santos, M.D., M.P.H. |
| 1999-2000 |
David H. Chestnut, M.D. |
| 1998-1999 |
David J. Birnbach, M.D. |
| 1997-1998 |
Gerard M. Bassell, M.D. |
| 1996-1997 |
Sheila E. Cohen, M.B., Ch.B. |
| 1995-1996 |
Mieczyslaw (Mike) Finster, M.D. |
| 1994-1995 |
Barbara Leighton, M.D. |
| 1993-1994 |
Richard Rottman, M.D. |
| 1992-1993 |
Lloyd F. Redick, M.D. |
| 1991-1992 |
Sanjay Datta, M.D. |
| 1990-1991 |
Jay S. DeVore, M.D. |
| 1989-1990 |
Virginia Williams, M.D. |
| 1988-1989 |
Samuel C. Hughes, M.D. |
| 1987-1988 |
Desmond Writer, M.B., Ch.B. |
| 1986-1987 |
Richard Clark, M.D. |
| 1985-1986 |
John B. Craft, Jr., M.D. |
| 1984-1985 |
Robert Hodgkinson, M.D. |
| 1983-1984 |
Graham McMorland, M.B., Ch.B. |
| 1982-1983 |
Thomas H. Joyce, III, M.D. |
| 1981-1982 |
Michael H. Plumer, M.D. |
| 1980-1981 |
Gerard W. Ostheimer, M.D. |
| 1979-1980 |
Francis (Frank) M. James, III, M.D. |
| 1978-1979 |
John C. Morrison, M.D. |
| 1977-1978 |
David Ralston, M.D. |
| 1976-1977 |
Charles P. Gibbs, M.D. |
| 1975-1976 |
Brett Gutsche, M.D. |
| 1974-1975 |
Sol M. Shnider, M.D. |
| 1973-1974 |
Preston V. Dilts, Jr., M.D. |
| 1972-1973 |
Alice Blanche Basford, M.D. |
| 1971-1972 |
James A. Evans, M.D. |
| 1970-1971 |
Bradley E. Smith, M.D. |
| 1969-1970 |
Robert F. Hustead, M.D. |
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