RICHARD A. BEERS, M.D.

2008 NYSSA
Immediate Past President


Dr. Beers


Academic Rank and Title:
Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY

NYSSA Involvements:
House of Delegates Voting Member (1994-present)
District #5
Treasurer (1995)
Secretary (1996)
Vice-President (1997)
President (1998)
District Director (2000-2004)
NYAPAC Chair (1998-2004)
Vice-President (2005)
President Elect (2006)
President (2007)

Affiliations:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology (1991)
Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)
Alternate Delegate, Young Physicians’ Section (1995)
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Delegate (2000-present)
Onondaga County Medical Society
Alternate Delegate to MSSNY (2000)
Delegate to MSSNY (2001-present)

Education and Honors:
Penn State Scholars’ Program (1977)
Bausch and Lomb Math & Science Award (1978)
Eagle Scout (1978)
Valedictorian, Conestoga Senior High School (1979)
Katzman Pathology Prize (1981)
B.S., Science, Summa cum Laude, Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, PA (1982)
M.D., Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (1984)
Intern and Assistant Resident, General Surgery (Categorical), University
of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (URSM&D), Rochester, NY
(1984-1985)
Research Fellow, Surgery, URSM&D, Rochester, NY (1986-1987)
Resident, Anesthesiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Hershey, PA (1987-1990)
Attending of the Year, Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Upstate Medical
University (1993, 2004)

Personal Notes:
Dr. Beers and his wife, Mary Ruth, reside in Fayetteville, New York and have three children.



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