SAM BOARD MEMBERS

President
Chandy Verghese, MBBS, FRCA 
chandy.verghese@virgin.net
 
President-Elect
P.Allan Klock, Jr., MD
aklock@airway.uchicago.edu
 
Vice President
Elizabeth Behringer, MD
ebehring@uci.edu
 
Secretary
Maya Suresh, MD
msuresh@bcm.tmc.edu
 
Treasurer
Thomas Mort, MD
tmort@harthosp.org
 
Executive Director
Andranik Ovassapian, MD
aovassap@airway.uchicago.edu
 
Valerie Armstead, MD
vearmstead@gmail.com
 
Richard Cooper, MD
richard.cooper@uhn.on.ca
 
David Ferson, MD
dferson@mdanderson.org
 
Lorraine Foley, MD
ljfoley@comcast.net
 
Alonso Mesa, MD
Alonso.Mesa@moffitt.org
 
Frank Stellaccio, MD
fstellaccio@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
 
 
 
 
SAM Past Presidents
 
Andranik Ovassapian, Founding President

Anthony Sanchez

Urlich Braun

Allan P. Reed

Richard Aghababian
 
D. John Doyle 

Carin Hagberg 

 

Airway Gazette
 
Editor-In-Chief
 
Katherine S. Gil, MD
k-gil@northwestern.edu 



Associate Editors

Gail I. Randel, MD
g-randel@northwestern.edu

 
Andranik Ovassapian, MD
aovassap@airway.uchicago.edu
 
 
Administrative Director
Anne-Marie Prince
amprince@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu
 
 
Gazette Layout Editor
K. Nicole Gil
 
  
2007-2008 SAM COMMITTEES
 
Executive Committee
Chair: Chandy Verghese
Consultant: Allan Klock
Carin Hagberg
Elizabeth Berhinger
Allan Klock
Andy Ovassapian
 
Nominating Committee
Chair: Carin Hagberg
Consultant: Allan Klock
Allan Reed                    1 Year
Allan Klock                    1 Year
Valerie Armstead         1 Year
Elizabeth Behringer      1 Year
 
Committee on Annual Scientific Meeting
Chair: Maya Suresh
Consultant: Allan Klock
Sam Metz                       1 Year
Rafi Avitsan                    1 Year
Richard Aghababian     1 Year
Lorraine Foley
Ashu Wali
 
 
Bylaws Committee
Chair: Maya Suresh
Consultant: Elizabeth Behringer
Andranik Ovassapian
William Rosenblatt
David Ferson
Irene Osborn  1 Year
 
Communications Committeee
Chair: Carin Haberg
Consultant: Allan Klock
Andrew Zura                      1 Year
Gail Randel                        1 Year
Bettina Schmidt                 1 Year
Duscia Bajic                       2 Years
 
Finance Committee
Chair: Allan Klock
Chris Christodoulou           1 Year
Jerry Klafta                          1 Year
Magboul Magboul              1 Year
Alonso Mesa                      1 Year
 
Research Committee
Chair: Carin Hagberg
Consultant: Allan Klock
Tom Mort                           2 Years
Elizabeth Behringer          2 Years
Rich Levitan                       2 Years
Maya Suresh                     2 Years
David Ferson                    2 Years
 
Subcommittee on Annual Scientific Meeting
Overseen By: Chandy Verghese
 
Subcommittee on Workshops And Technical Exhibits
Chair: Maya Suresh         2 Years
Ashu Wali
Lorraine Foley
 
Subcommittee on Posters And Scientific Exhibits
Chair: Tom Mort         2 Years
Frank Stellacio           1 Year 
Jerome Klafta             1 Year
Elizabeth Behringer    2 Years
Frans Rutten (Netherlands  Emergency Medicine)
 
International Committee
Chair: Ashu Wali
Arndt Timmerman (Germany)  1 Year
Pedro Charco (Spain)  1 Year
Peter Borg (Netherlands  Emergency Medicine)
Jean Louis Bourgain (France)
 
Subspecialties Liaison Committee
Chair: Richard Aghababian      2 Years
Robert Levine                             2 Years
Paul Flint (ENT)                          2 Years
 
Local Arrangements
Program Director:  David Ferson
Carin Hagberg
Maya Suresh
Ashu Wali            
Gabriel Mena    
 
Airway Registry
Chair: Lorraine Foley
Lynette Mark
Jon Berall
Miguel Colon-Morales
Judah Schorr
Malcolm Klein
 
DSA Committee
Chair: William Rosenblatt
John Doyle
Alan Reed
Lorraine Foley
Andy Ovassapian
Associate Editors

Gail I. Randel, MD
g-randel@northwestern.edu

 
Andranik Ovassapian, MD
aovassap@airway.uchicago.edu
 
 
Administrative Director
Anne-Marie Prince
amprince@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu
 
 
Gazette Layout Editor
K. Nicole Gil
 
  
2007-2008 SAM COMMITTEES
 
Executive Committee
Chair: Chandy Verghese
Consultant: Allan Klock
Carin Hagberg
Elizabeth Berhinger
Allan Klock
Andy Ovassapian
 
Nominating Committee
Chair: Carin Hagberg
Consultant: Allan Klock
Allan Reed                    1 Year
Allan Klock                    1 Year
Valerie Armstead         1 Year
Elizabeth Behringer      1 Year
 
Committee on Annual Scientific Meeting
Chair: Maya Suresh
Consultant: Allan Klock
Sam Metz                       1 Year
Rafi Avitsan                    1 Year
Richard Aghababian     1 Year
Lorraine Foley
Ashu Wali
 
 
Bylaws Committee
Chair: Maya Suresh
Consultant: Elizabeth Behringer
Andranik Ovassapian
William Rosenblatt
David Ferson
Irene Osborn  1 Year
 
Communications Committeee
Chair: Carin Haberg
Consultant: Allan Klock
Andrew Zura                      1 Year
Gail Randel                        1 Year
Bettina Schmidt                 1 Year
Duscia Bajic                       2 Years
 
Finance Committee
Chair: Allan Klock
Chris Christodoulou           1 Year
Jerry Klafta                          1 Year
Magboul Magboul              1 Year
Alonso Mesa                      1 Year
 
Research Committee
Chair: Carin Hagberg
Consultant: Allan Klock
Tom Mort                           2 Years
Elizabeth Behringer          2 Years
Rich Levitan                       2 Years
Maya Suresh                     2 Years
David Ferson                    2 Years
 
Subcommittee on Annual Scientific Meeting
Overseen By: Chandy Verghese
 
Subcommittee on Workshops And Technical Exhibits
Chair: Maya Suresh         2 Years
Ashu Wali
Lorraine Foley
 
Subcommittee on Posters And Scientific Exhibits
Chair: Tom Mort         2 Years
Frank Stellacio           1 Year 
Jerome Klafta             1 Year
Elizabeth Behringer    2 Years
Frans Rutten (Netherlands  Emergency Medicine)
 
International Committee
Chair: Ashu Wali
Arndt Timmerman (Germany)  1 Year
Pedro Charco (Spain)  1 Year
Peter Borg (Netherlands  Emergency Medicine)
Jean Louis Bourgain (France)
 
Subspecialties Liaison Committee
Chair: Richard Aghababian      2 Years
Robert Levine                             2 Years
Paul Flint (ENT)                          2 Years
 
Local Arrangements
Program Director:  David Ferson
Carin Hagberg
Maya Suresh
Ashu Wali            
Gabriel Mena    
 
Airway Registry
Chair: Lorraine Foley
Lynette Mark
Jon Berall
Miguel Colon-Morales
Judah Schorr
Malcolm Klein
 
DSA Committee
Chair: William Rosenblatt
John Doyle
Alan Reed
Lorraine Foley
Andy Ovassapian