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1. Full Name
2. Name and City/State of the Hospital for which you work.
3. Hospital and University Titles.
4. Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained.
5. Name and City/State of Medical School attended; degree and year obtained.
6. Name and City/State of Hospital where internship done; type and dates of Internship.
7. Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesia Residency done; dates of training.
8. Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training done (if applicable); type and dates of fellowship.
9. Name and City/State of Hospital/University where any additional training done (if applicable); type and dates of training
10. Prior involvement with SPA (if applicable); describe briefly.
11. Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable); describe briefly.

1. Jayant K. Deshpande, MD
2. Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN.
3. Professor of Pediatrics/Anesthesiology; Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care and Anesthesia.
4. Boston University, Boston, MA, A.B. 1973.
5. University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, M.D. 1976.
6. University of Tennessee Affiliated Hospitals, Memphis, TN 1977 - 1978
7. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1981 - 1983.
8. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1983.
9. LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN - Pediatrics Residency 1978 - 1981.
10. Chairman, Publications Committee; Editor, Society Newsletter.
11. AAP-Section on Anesthesiology Executive Committee.

1. Joseph Franklin Cassady, Jr., MD
2. Wolfson Children's Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
3. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Medical School
4. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, BA 1975
5. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY MD 1979
6. University of Louisville Affiliated Hospitals, Louisville, KY, July 1979 - June 1982, Anesthesiology.
7. University of Kentucky Affiliated Hospitals, Lexington, KY, July 1980 - June 1982, Anesthesiology.
8. Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC, August 1982 - July 1983, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine.
9. Not applicable.
10. I have served as a member of the SPA Education Committee since 1996, and have never missed a meeting of the Committee during that time. I attended the first-ever Fall SPA Meeting in Las Vegas in 1987.
11. Chairman, Florida State Task Force on Pediatric Anesthesia Outcomes, 1999 - present. Elected member, Board of Directors, Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, 1996 - present. Member, Committee on Refresher Courses (Annual Meeting) American Society of Anesthesiologists, first term 1987 - 1989, second term 2000 - present. Member, Subcommittee on Pediatric Anesthesia, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1997 - present. Member, Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2000 - present. Member, Anesthesia Quality Assurance Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000 - present. Conference Chairman and Program Director, "Pediatric Anesthesia for the General Anesthesiologist" (A nationally-focused Annual Nemours Foundation Medical Conference held at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island Resort, 1995 - 1999). Conference Chairman and Program Director, Florida Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, 1996 - 1998. Invited Manuscript Reviewer, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Pediatric Section, 1999 - present.

1. Nancy L. Glass, MD
2. Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
3. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Department of Anesthesiology. Director of Operating Room Clinical Service. Director Pediatric Pain Service.
4. Rice University, Houston, TX, 1971 - 1974, BA 1986.
5. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, MD 1978
6. Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1979.
7. University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX, 1986 - 1987, Anesthesiology. Pediatric Residency, Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, TX, 1979 - 1981.
8. Children's Hospital, Washington, DC, PCCM Fellowship, 1981- 1983.
9. Not applicable.
10. I have organized the regional anesthesia workshops for the last 3 years for the Winter/Spring meeting, and I have taught same for about 5 years. Member of SPA since 1990.
11. Member ASA since residency. Taught pediatric regional workshops at ASA Annual Meeting 1998 & 1999. ABA Examiner since 1996. Member AACD since 1997. Invited speaker, IARS 1998. Invited speaker, ASRA 1999.

1. Frank Howard Kern, MD
2. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
3. Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia.
4. George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1974 - 1978 - Zoology.
5. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1978 - 1982 M.D.
6. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 1982
7. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1985 - 1987
8. Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care 1987 - 1988.
9. Not applicable
10. Served on the Education and Finance Committees, Program Director for the Fall 2000 and Fall 2001 Meetings.
11. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists - Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Workshop for the SCA - Spring 1994 and Spring 1995. American Society of Anesthesiologists - member.

1. Ronald S. Litman, DO
2. Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY.
3. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics and Dentistry; Chief - Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology.
4. SUNY - Buffalo; B.A. - 1980
5. NY College of Osteopathic Medicine; D.O. - 1985
6. Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY Pediatrics: 1985 - 1986.
7. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 1988 - 1990.
8. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1990 - 1991.
9. Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital - Pediatric Residency 1986 - 1988.
10. Publications Committee - Writing Journal Article Reviews for Newsletter.
11. Member of AAP Section on Anesthesiology QA Committee.

1. Lynn D. Martin, MD
2. Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
3. Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program; Associate Professsor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine.
4. Utah State University, Logan, UT, B.S. 1978
5. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, M.D. 1982.
6. Phoenix Hospital Affiliated Pediatric Program, Phoenix, AZ; Pediatric Residencey, 1982 - 1985, Chief Pediatric Resident, 1985 - 1986.
7. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 1987 - 1989.
8. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1987; Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Anesthesia, 1989 - 1990.
9. Not applicable.
10. I have been an active SPA member since 1989. I have served as a member of the SPA Committee on Research and the Education Committee since 1996. I recently had the privilege and honor of serving as the Program Chairman for the SPA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL in 1998 and Dallas, TX in 1999.
11. I have been an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Anesthesiology since 1995. I also had the opportunity to speak at the XXXIII Congress of Turkish Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Society in Mercin, Turkey on several pediatric topics.

1. Lynda J. Means, MD
2. James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN.
3. Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Critical Care & Acute Pain Management Service; Professor of Anesthesia and Surgery.
4. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; BS 1973.
5. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; MD 1977.
6. Indiana University Medical Center, Pediatric 1977-1978,
7. Indiana University Medical Center, Pediatrics 1978 - 1980; Anesthesia 1980 - 1982
8. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Pediatric Anesthesia & Critical Care, 1982 - 1983.
9. Not applicable.
10. 1996 Nominations Committee; Pediatric Editor, Anesthesia and Analgesia; 1996 Long Range Planning Committee.
11. 1988 - Present - American Academy of Pediatrics; 1988 - 1991- Education Committee; 1989 - Present - Executive Committee; 1996 - 1998 - Chairperson; 1996 - 1998 Inaugural Editor; sent in Newsletter.

1. James M. Steven, MD
2. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
3. Associate Anesthesiologist-in-Chief; Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics.
4. Columbia College; AB 1975.
5. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; MD 1981.
6. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Pediatrics, 1981 - 1982.
7. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Pediatrics, 1982 - 1984; The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Anesthesia, 1984 - 1986.
8. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care, 1986 - 1987.
9. Not applicable.
10. Member SPA since 1989, Membership Committee 1996 - Present, Education Committee 1998 - Present, Winter Meeting Chair 2001 - 2002.
11. Fellow AAP Section on Anesthesiology 1991 - Present.

1. Joseph R. Tobin, MD
2. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
3. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics. Section Head of Pediatric Anesthesiology & Pediatric Critical Care.
4. SUNY at Buffalo, NY; BA 1979.
5. SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, NY; MD 1983.
6. SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, NY: 1983 - 1984.
7. Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD; July 1987 - December 1989.
8. Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD; January 1990 - June 1991.
9. Not applicable.
10. Program Director Annual SPA Meeting, 1996 & 1997. Education Committee Member, 1995 - 1999. Research Committee Member, 1997 - Present. Director - Board of Directors, 1997 - Present.
11. Member ASA Subcommittee on Anesthetic Action and Biochemistry. Question Writer - ABA In-Training Exam.