Miguel Abalo, MD
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Ca-2 Anesthesiology Resident
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Ajay B Antony, MD
University of Florida – Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Dr. Antony is Assistant Professor in the Division of Pain Medicine. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Pain Medicine at University of Florida, College of Medicine. Dr. Antony is a member of many professional academic societies such as the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS), the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) and the International Neuromodulation Society (INS). He has lectured both nationally and internationally on neuromodulation and other topics in pain medicine. Dr. Antony teaches national training courses for fellows and practicing physicians on both spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation. His clinical practice and research at the University of Florida has a focus on neuromodulation and minimally invasive advanced treatments for pain.
Jeffrey S Block, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Jeffrey S. Block, M.D. achieved his bachelor’s degree in chemistry/psychology from Emory University in 1978, and his Medical Doctorate in1982 from the University of Miami. He is a Board-Certified Anesthesiologist, Fellowship trained in Pain Management & Addiction Medicine, and a nationally respected authority in health-care and agricultural science. Dr. Block was the Florida Medical Association\’s “Designated Expert on Botanical Medicines”, and authored the mandated education for all Florida licensed physicians treating patients using cannabinoid medicines. In 2014, Block was additionally appointed by Florida’s Surgeon General to determine the rules to Florida’s first cannabis law.
Elird Bojaxhi, MD
Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Dr. Bojaxhi received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Baylor University with a minor in chemistry and philosophy. He received his M.D. degree from Texas Tech Health Science Center, completed his residency training in anesthesiology at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Bojaxhi joined as faculty at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL in 2014, and he is currently an Assistant Professor and Consultant in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Associate Fellowship Director of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine. His academic interests include management of postoperative acute pain, regional anesthetic techniques and Point of Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) with emphasis in gastric ultrasonography. Dr. Bojaxhi has presented at regional and national meetings on topics such as: Enhanced Recovery after Surgery, Point of care gastric ultrasonography, Truncal regional analgesic techniques, Intraoperative intravenous lidocaine, Utility of low dose ketamine and acute pain management, etc.
Jodi Bosak, MD
Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Orlando, Florida
Dr. Jodi Bosak is the Director of Obstetric Anesthesia at Winnie Palmer Hospital in Orlando, FL. She serves as the lead anesthesiologist for the Fetal Surgery Care Center and initiated the protocols for the surgeries. She completed and is board certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology, as well as being a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. She works for Anesthesiologists of Greater Orlando, a group managed by Envision Healthcare, as the only female partner in the group. She participates on numerous committees within Orlando Health. She has been very active with the FSA as a co-chair of the Membership Committee and as a Delegate to the ASA. She is on the Committee of Obstetric Anesthesia for the ASA and on the Media Committee for SOAP.
Robert Brooker, MD
Memorial Regional Hospital
Hollywood, Florida
Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood Florida, Associate Clinical Professor, Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Current practice includes care of patients undergoing conventional cardiac surgery, complex aortic reconstruction, heart transplant, VAD, structural heart procedures and adult congenital heart surgery.
Ryan Chadha, MD
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Ryan Chadha is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida. He did his residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and his fellowship in liver transplant anesthesia from Columbia University Medical Center in NY. He is the physician director for GI and Bronchoscopy Anesthesia as well as the Associate Program Director of the Anesthesia residency at Mayo Clinic Florida. His interests include ERAS and its implementation across all surgical disciplines, perioperative outcomes in liver transplantation, and optimizing anesthesia care for interventional GI and bronchoscopy procedures.
Zachary B Deutch, MD
University of Florida Health, Jacksonville
Department of Anesthesiology
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Dr. Deutch has been a faculty member at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville for the past 6 years. He currently serves at Medical Director of Perioperative Services at UF Health Jacksonville\’s North Campus. Prior to relocating to North Florida, Dr. Deutch was a partner in a large, multi-site private anesthesia group in New England. Professional interests include practice management and perioperative efficiency, cardiac anesthesia and TEE, and ambulatory anesthesia.
John Dombrowski
The Washington Pain Center
Washington D.C.
Dr. John F Dombrowski is a board certified anesthesiologist practicing both anesthesia and pain medicine in Washington DC. Recently, he received board certification in addiction medicine. Dr. Dombrowski is the medical director of three medical assistant treatment programs for addiction. He is a frequent speaker on addiction and pain medicine. He has been seen on Fox news, Today Show and Russian TV
Richard Epstein, MD
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
Miami, Florida
Dr. Epstein is Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and serves as the Director of Perioperative Analytics. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1978, and was a Professor of Anesthesiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia until joining the UM faculty in January 2016. He has authored over 175 peer-reviewed publications, most of which are in the area of clinical informatics. Dr. Epstein is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Clinical Informatics, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Michael C Hanes, MD
Jax Spine & Pain Centers
Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Hanes is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Medicine specialist. He is a leading expert in the treatment of chronic pain and dorsal root ganglion stimulation in Northeast Florida. Dr. Hanes is a published educator and national speaker in the field of interventional pain management and is a strong proponent of providing safe, effective and empathetic care options to patients experiencing chronic or acute pain.
Congressman Andrew P Harris, MD
Representing the 1st District of Maryland
Cockeysville, Maryland
Congressman Harris is the only anesthesiologist ever elected to Congress. Before his election to Congress in 2010, he was a Maryland State Senator for 12 years, serving as the only physician in the Maryland State Senate. He was also a faculty member at Johns Hopkins for over 30 years, and now practices in a community hospital in his district on the few days a year that House ethics law allows.
He sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, and is the second highest ranking Republican on the HHS subcommittee.
Greg V Hickman, MD, FASA
Andrews Institute
Gulf Breeze, Florida
Dr. Hickman received a Pharmacy degree from the Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis and went to Med School at East TN State Univ. He did his Anes residency at UAB in Birmingham. Dr. Hickman has been a regional anesthesia advocate since joining ASRA as a resident in 1989. he began doing interscalene blocks for shoulder surgery as an attending at UAB in 1990. He began working with Dr. Jim Andrews, the famous Orthopedic Sports Medicine physician, in 1992. He now serves as the Medical Director and Anesthesia Director at the Andrews Institute ASC in Gulf Breeze, FL. His patients have included many famous athletes from around the globe for the past 27 years. He became an early proponent of USRA. He has lectured internationally and all across the USA on USRA techniques for the last 11 years.
He is a cofounder of the popular website: Blockjocks.com and continues to offer a preceptorship in Regional Anesthesia at the Andrews Institute twice a month to observe his busy practice.
Jennifer Hochmann Cohn
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Dr Jennifer Hochman Cohn attended the University of Florida College of Medicine. She did her anesthesia residency and obstetrical anesthesia fellowship at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and has since remained on faculty.
Lydia Jorge, MD
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine/ Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Lydia Jorge-Reynolds completed her medical education at Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN, and her Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship and Residency locally at the University of Miami. Dr. Jorge-Reynolds’ areas of interest are Pediatric Anesthesia in the Premature Infant and Pediatric Transplant Anesthesia. She serves as the Chief Pediatric Anesthesiologist for the Pediatric Transplant Selection Committee. As an educator, she is a moderator for the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), involved in Quality Improvement projects for residents and fellows, and a course instructor for MOCA simulation at the University of Miami. She has traveled internationally to participate in medical mission trips in developing countries, such as Haiti. Her research interests include pediatric transplant, perinatal anesthesia, and healthcare development.
Charles H. Kates, DDS
North Miami Beach, Florida
Dr. Kates is a graduate of Indiana University, and did his residency training in Oral/Maxillofacial surgery at Metropolitan Hospital, NYC, USN Hospital in Maryland, and Coney Island Hospital in NYC. His anesthesia residency was at St. Mary\’s Hospital in Maryland, Maimonides Hospital in NYC, and Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC. His board certifications include: American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, American Dental Board of Anesthesiology, and the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Kates is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Chief of Anesthesia and Pain Management, division of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery and dentistry, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami Florida. He is also an Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesia at NOVA University College of Medicine in Davie Florida. He practices Oral/Maxillofacial surgery and Anesthesiology in Aventura Florida.
Nicholas Koehler, MD
Tampa General Hospital
Seffner, Florida
I am a graduate of the University of South Florida with an undergraduate degree in chemistry and biology. I graduated from Ross University School of Medicine and did my internship at Louisiana State University. I did my anesthesiology residency through Mount Sinai St Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and a two year pain management fellowship at the University of South Florida. I am board certified in anesthesiology, pain management, and addiction medicine
Linda T Le-Wendling, MD
University of Florida – Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Dr. Le-Wendling completed her residency and fellowship in Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia at the University of Florida. She stayed as faculty in the Division of Acute and Pain Medicine and has been practicing Acute Pain since 2008. Currently, she is the fellowship program director, with 7 fellows and over 12000 acute pain procedures performed in 2018.
Jean M Miles, MD, FASA
Memorial Healthcare System
Miami, Florida
Dr. Jean Miles serves as the Chief of Obstetric Anesthesia for the Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Fla. which has 11,000 deliveries/year system wide. As system Chief, she works with the obstetric anesthesiologists to standardize processes, protocols and equipment to allow for a consistent approach to patient care across the system. Dr. Miles has been a dedicated member of Sheridan/Envision leadership team since 1993, and she has served as Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood Florida. During that time, she developed an excellent reputation in the community for her clinical skills and leadership in matters relating to obstetric anesthesia. Dr. Miles is a member of Florida Perinatal Quality Committee since 2014. She was appointed to the Patient Safety Committee for the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 2013 – an uncommon recognition for a non-academic anesthesiologist. As part of the Patient Safety Committee, Dr. Miles helps fulfill its mission to examine all aspects of maternal and pregnancy related outcomes with emphasis on improving the delivery of safe maternal and neonatal outcomes. She has completed two missions to the Democratic Republic of Congo for treatment of Obstetric Fistulae Repairs in 2015 and 2016.
Bellinger Moody, RHIA, CPC-I, CPC, CCP
Medac Anesthesia Business Partners
North Augusta, South Carolina
Bellinger has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry and 22 years of experience in anesthesia and pain management billing, coding, reimbursement, education, and management. Bellinger is President of Medac – a national anesthesia revenue cycle management company – where he oversees RCM operations for approximately 11,500 anesthesia and chronic pain providers, as well as 500+ employees. Prior to being appointed CEO and eventually President of Medac, Bellinger served as Chief Compliance Officer at Medac for 17 years. Through his experience in anesthesia revenue cycle management compliance for anesthesia and pain practices across the country, he has gained many valuable insights into anesthesia RCM and Practice management issues impacting anesthesia practices. His rare experience provides a national perspective on Medicare, Medicaid, and private payer coding and billing policy variability for payment of anesthesia and chronic pain services, as well as national perspective on anesthesia coding, billing, compliance, managed care contracting, practice management, hospital contract negotiations, anesthesia group governance, and anesthesia provider compensation. Bellinger is also very experienced in cardiac anesthesia, hospitalist, and critical care documentation, coding, billing, and payment rules and exceptions.
Bellinger has a BS in Business Administration from Morehouse College. He is a nationally Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), a nationally Certified Professional Coder (CPC) through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), a nationally Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) through the Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Compliance Institute, an AAPC Approved Professional Medical Coding Curriculum (PMCC) Coding Instructor, a member of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), a member of the Healthcare Billing Management Association (HBMA), and a member of the Anesthesia Administrator\’s Assembly (AAA).
Mary Dale Peterson, MD, MSHCA
Driscoll Health System
Mary Dale Peterson, M.D., MSHCA, FACHE, FASA, is president-elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Dr. Peterson is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Driscoll Health System; emeritus staff at Driscoll Children’s Hospital; and president and CEO of Driscoll Children’s Health Plan, a non-profit, community-based health insurance plan, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is also a clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Dr. Peterson received her Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University. She completed her Doctor of Medicine and anesthesiology residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Dr. Peterson also completed a Master of Science in Health Care Administration at Trinity University in San Antonio. She is board-certified in anesthesiology and critical care medicine. Dr. Peterson resides in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Steven Porter, MD
Mayo Clinic
Department of Anesthesiology
Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Steven B. Porter is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. After receiving a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, he completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in anesthesiology at Mt Sinai Medical Center in New York where he was an Eliasberg Clinical Scholar. He then went out to complete a fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida where he joined the faculty. More recently, he became the program director for Mayo Clinic Florida’s Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, the medical director for Mayo Clinic Florida’s Quality Academy, and the chair of his hospital’s Controlled Substance and Pain Oversight Team. He has been involved in the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists since moving to Jacksonville in 2011 and is a member of the annual meeting planning committee.
Suvikram Puri, MD
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida
Dr. Suvikram Puri is the Medical Director and Fellowship Director of Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology at Tampa General Hospital with TeamHealth. He completed his residency at the Medical College of Georgia and fellowship training at the University of Florida. Dr. Puri is active in several ASA committees while serving as an alternate delegate to the ASA and 1 of 3 FSA west coast district director. He is also the chair of the FSA pain committee. Suvikram currently resides in Tampa with his beautiful wife, Katie, and their two very spoiled dogs, Dr. Waffles and Homer the Great.
Yehuda Raveh, MD
University of Miami – Affiliates
Miami, Florida
Johnathan R. Renew, MD
Mayo Clinic
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
J. Ross Renew MD graduated from Clemson University (Chemistry, BS). He completed medical school at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. After medical school, he moved to Jacksonville and completed his Anesthesiology residency at Mayo Clinic Florida. Upon completion of this training, he moved his family to Rochester, MN to complete a fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology. Dr. Renew then returned to Jacksonville as he joined the staff of Mayo Clinic Florida.
Dr. Renew is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Associate Program Director for the department’s residency program. He is also the Director of Perioperative Echocardiography. In addition to these responsibilities, Dr. Renew is an active researcher with interests in neuromuscular blockade and monitoring, transesophageal echocardiography, and quality improvement.
Amanda Saab, MD
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Brent E Seibel, MD, FACOG
University of Florida – Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Seibel received his Medical Education at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, followed by Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL. After 7 years of private OB/GYN practice, he returned to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville to practice, teach and pursue clinical special interests in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, general obstetrics and gynecology and simulation training where he currently serves as Chief, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology (North Campus), Medical Director, Simulation Education OBGYN and Medical Director, UF Health Women\’s Specialists – North.
Saurin J Shah, MD, BA
University of Florida – Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Current Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at UFCOM-Jacksonville. Previously was the Interim Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Chief, Perioperative Services UF Health Jacksonville. Has held numerous leadership positions at various healthcare institutions throughout his career, focusing on developing and growing cost efficient and effective lines of service. More recent practice has been focused on second victim phenomena and wellness
Cameron R Smith, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Dr. Smith completed an undergraduate degree in biomedical science at the University of Guelph, followed by a Master\’s degree in clinical pharmacology at the University of Toronto and a PhD in Physiology and Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University. After medical school he completed both a residency in Anesthesiology and a fellowship in Acute and Perioperative Pain medicine at the University of Florida before joining the faculty. Since that time he has developed an interest in both clinical practice and clinical research in acute pain medicine, especially regional anesthetic techniques in the head and neck as they apply to both perioperative care as well as the management of headaches and complex facial pain.
Fouad Souki, MD
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Dr. Fouad G. Souki is an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the University of Miami who has over a decade of experience in the field of Anesthesiology. He earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut and completed his anesthesia residency and fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Florida. Currently, he is Director of Transplant Anesthesia Fellowship Program and Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He has authored articles and book chapters on various anesthesia topics and been involved in numerous educational activities. Dr. Souki has particular interest in the monitoring and reversal of neuromuscular blocking agents and he has lectured numerous times on this topic.
Bruce Spiess, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, Florida
Dr Bruce D. Spiess is presently the Associate Chair for anesthesiology at the University of Florida, School of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. He was born to academic parents and grew up steeped in a research background with his father being a geneticist and his mother a biochemist. Dr Spiess attended Denison, University in Granville Ohio, and they just bestowed upon him in 2017 their highest honor- The Alumni citation for his research work in Medicine. He attended Rush Medical College in Chicago followed by The Mayo Clinic for Anesthesiology training, where he specialized in cardiothoracic anesthesiology and was chief resident. He returned to Rush for his first faculty position from 1983-1990. From there he travelled to Seattle, Washington to become the Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at the University of Washington. Spiess left Washington State when a business opportunity for his new wife became available in Richmond, Virginia. He took the position of Vice Chairman of Anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond where he stayed for 17 years until pursuing his present position at the University of Florida. Dr Spiess has focused his research upon blood: its critical oxygen carrying capacity, oxygen therapeutic pharmaceutical development (previously known as “blood substitutes”), risks of blood transfusion, and coagulation/coagulopathies and development of monitoring technologies. His extensive work in blood transfusion risks has led him to be an outspoken proponent of patient blood management. He has authored over 200 peer reviewed academic articles, more than 40 book chapters, seven textbooks and appeared on the Discovery Channel and in many other lay media. His work has been funded mostly by the US Department of Defense and he has led major conferences for the DOD, NIH, FDA with regards to critical blood issues. As it pertains to patient blood management Dr Spiess has spoken at SABM a number of times and on every continent (expect Antarctica- where blood management is not a great issue). He has worked with government agencies (Australia) to enhance the support for liberal thinking on blood management. His present work at University of Florida has a major focus on trying to get that very large medical center to become a showplace for anemia correction, excellence in transfusion decision making as well as a world center for bloodless medicine. Dr Spiess is particularly proud of his involvement with the special forces, the United States military and his efforts to help government agencies understand the issues of “When Blood is not an Option”.
Albert J Varon, MD, FCCM, FASA
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
Miami, Florida
Dr. Albert J. Varon is Miller Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Chief of Anesthesiology at the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, Florida. Dr. Varon is Vice Chair of the ASA Committee on Trauma and Emergency Preparedness (COTEP) and a founding member of both, the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists and the Trauma Anesthesiology Society. He is also the editor of the textbook “Essentials of Trauma Anesthesia” now on its second edition, and author of many peer-reviewed publications, editorials, and book chapters in the areas of trauma anesthesia, critical care, hemodynamic monitoring and resuscitation.
Lara Zador, MD
Henry Ford Health Systems
Detroit, Michigan
Dr. Lara Zador, MD, began her clinical career as a social worker treating homeless, mentally ill people in Harlem, New York. Such work led to the pursuit of a Medical Degree at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Zador completed her residency in anesthesiology at Yale University School of Medicine in 2015 and went on to pursue a fellowship in Pain Medicine at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. After completing fellowship, Dr. Zador returned home to the Detroit area in 2016 and joined the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Perioperative at the Henry Ford Medical Center. Academic interests include multidisciplinary management of chronic pain and physician burnout.