
Our directors set the highest standards for care in anesthesiology
Meet Our Board
Get to know the leaders who cultivate the ABA’s vision and establish standards for the field of anesthesiology.
Former Directors
Thank you to all of our former directors for their commitment and dedication to advancing the highest standards of anesthesiology.
David O. Warner, M.D.
2010-2022
Santhanam Suresh, M.D., MBA, FAAP
2010-2022
Rupa J. Dainer, M.D.
2015-2022
Andrew J. Patterson, M.D., Ph.D.
2011-2022
Deborah J. Culley, M.D.
2009-2021
James P. Rathmell, M.D.
2009-2021
Brenda Fahy, M.D.
2008-2020
Daniel J. Cole, M.D.
2008-2020
William W. Hesson, J.D.
2011-2017
J. Jeffrey Andrews, M.D.
2005-2017
Cynthia A. Lien, M.D.
2004-2016
David L. Brown, M.D.
2003-2015
Douglas B. Coursin, M.D.
2001-2013
Mark A. Rockoff, M.D.
2000-2012
Glenn P. Gravlee, M.D.
1999-2011
Mark A. Warner, M.D.
1998-2010
Steven C. Hall, M.D.
1998-2010
Kenneth J. Tuman, M.D.
1997-2009
David H. Chestnut, M.D.
1997-2009
Patricia A. Kapur, M.D.
1996-2008
Orin F. Guidry, M.D.
1996-2008
Raymond C. Roy, Ph.D., M.D.
1993-2005
M. Jane Matjasko, M.D.
1992-2004
Stephen J. Thomas, M.D.
1991-2003
Bruce F. Cullen, M.D
1989-2001
Francis M. James III, M.D.
1988-2000
John R. Ammon, M.D.
1987-1999
Myer H. Rosenthal, M.D.
1986-1998
David E. Longnecker, M.D.
1986-1998
Lawrence J. Saidman, M.D.
1985-1997
D. David Glass, M.D.
1985-1997
Carl C. Hug, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
1984-1996
William D. Owens, M.D.
1984-1996
Stephen Slogoff, M.D.
1981-1993
Robert K. Stoelting, M.D.
1980-1992
Judith H. Donegan, M.D., Ph.D.
1983-1991
Alan D. Sessler, M.D.
1977-1989
Wendell C. Stevens, M.D.
1975-1988
James F. Arens, M.D.
1975-1987
Richard J. Kitz, M.D.
1974-1986
Martin Helrich, M.D.
1974-1986
Harry H. Bird, M.D.
1973-1985
Robert M. Epstein, M.D.
1973-1985
Oral B. Crawford, M.D.
1973-1985
C. Philip Larson, Jr., M.D.
1973-1985
E. S. Siker, M.D.
1972-1984
E. O. Henschel, M.D.
1972-1984
Richard A. Theye, M.D.
1971-1983
Albert M. Betcher, M.D.
1969-1981
James E. Eckenhoff, M.D.
1967-1979
Arthur S. Keats, M.D.
1969-1976
Donald W. Benson, M.D.
1971-1975
Robert T. Patrick, M.D.
1967-1975
William K. Hamilton, M.D.
1962-1974
John Adriani, M.D.
1962-1974
James H. Matthews, M.D.
1965-1973
Richard H. Barrett, M.D.
1961-1972
E. M. Papper, M.D.
1960-1972
David M. Little, Jr., M.D.
1962-1971
Robert D. Dripps, M.D.
1959-1971
Albert Faulconer, M.D.
1956-1967
Milton C. Peterson, M.D.
1953-1967
Forrest E. Leffingwell, M.D.
1956-1965
Stuart C. Cullen, M.D.
1950-1962
Frederick P. Haugen, M.D.
1949-1962
Donald L. Burdick, M.D.
1949-1962
Harvey C. Slocum, M.D.
1950-1961
Scott M. Smith, M.D.
1950-1960
Curtiss B. Hickcox, M.D.
1948-1959
Rolland J. Whitacre, M.D.
1947-1956
Meyer Saklad, M.D.
1944-1956
John S. Lundy, M.D.
1938-1955
Edward B. Tuohy, M.D.
1951-1955
Charles F. McCuskey, M.D.
1940-1953
Henry S. Ruth, M.D.
1938-1951
John W. Winter, M.D.
1947-1950
Ralph M. Tovell, M.D.
1938-1949
Paul M. Wood, M.D.
1938-1948
E. A. Rovenstine, M.D.
1938-1948
Philip D. Woodbridge, M.D.
1938-1947
Ralph M. Waters, M.D.
1938-1946
H. Boyd Stewart, M.D.
1938-1946
T. Drysdale Buchanan, M.D.
1938-1940
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