Past Presidents

SAAAPM was formed by combining Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs (SAAC) and Association of Anesthesiology Program Directors (AAPD) in 2007. Below is listing of SAAAPM Past Presidents.

  • 2020-2021 = Ronald G. Pearl, MD, PhD – Stanford University School of Medicine
  • 2018-2020 = Jeanie P. Wiener-Kronish, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 2016-2018 = Peter Rock, MD, MBA, FCCM – University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • 2014-2016 = Jeffrey R. Kirsch, MD – Oregon Health & Sciences University
  • 2012-2014 = Jane C.K. Fitch, MD – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • 2010-2012 = Berend Mets, MB, ChB, PhD – Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center
  • 2008-2010 = Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, MD – University of Chicago
  • 2007-2008 = Charles A. Vacanti, MD – Harvard Medical School