Academic Rank and Title:
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY @ Buffalo School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Oncology
Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Chief, Surgical Anesthesia
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY
NYSSA Involvements:
Representative to the Residents Section (1989 - 1992)
Committees
Substance Abuse (1993 - 1995)
Government and Legal Affairs (1996 - present)
Public Education and Information (1996 - 2001)
Communications (2006 - present)
Continuing Medical Education and Remediation (2006 - present)
District 7
Delegate (1994 - present)
Alternate Director (1998 - 2000)
Director (2000 - 2008)
PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology
Sub-Committee on Time Out With the Experts (1994 - 2000)
Sub-Committee on Workshops
- Member (1999 - 2000)
- Vice Chair (2001 - 2005)
- Chair (2006 - 2009)
Sub-Committee on Scientific Panels (1997 - present)
Reference Committee #2, House of Delegates
Vice Chair (1997 - 1999, 2001 - 2003)
Chair (2004 - present)
Member, Board of Directors (2000 - present)
Vice President (2009)
President Elect (2010)
President (2011)
Immediate Past President (2012)
Affiliations:
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners (1989)
American Society of Anesthesiologists (1989 - present)
Delegate (2000-present)
Women Physicians’ Association (1989 - 1992)
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (1991 - present)
International Anesthesia Research Society (1992 - present)
American Society of Regional Anesthesia (1992 - present)
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology (1993)
Society for Education in Anesthesia (1993 - 2002)
Journal Reviewer, Anesthesia and Analgesia (1998 - present)
(MSSNY) Medical Society of the State of New York (1999 - present)
Medical Society of the County of Erie (1999 - present)
Emerging Leaders Society, United Way of Buffalo/Erie County (2003 - present)
American Association of Clinical Directors (2004 - present)
American Medical Association (2004 - present)
Education:
Manhattan College, Magna Cum Laude Bronx, New York (1984, B.Ch.E.)
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine (1988, M.D.)
Preliminary year, Department of Internal Medicine Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo,
New York (1988-1989)
Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY at Buffalo Graduate
Medical/Dental Education Consortium (1989-1992)
Awards and Honors:
Lawrence H. Golden Award for outstanding intern in Medicine (1989)
Robert D. Dripps, M.D. Memorial award for outstanding resident in Anesthesiology (1992)