Editorial Board

The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology

Editor-in-chief:

Olivier C. Wenker, M.D., DEAA
Diplomate of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Associate Anesthesiologist
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Associate Editor:

Alan Wong, M.D., A.M., M.B., B.S., FANZCA, M. Anaes.
Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine
Kuala Lumpur Hospital
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Editor-in-chief of Resident Section:

Fran Thayer, M.D.
Resident, Department of Anesthesiology,
USC/LA County
Los Angeles, California, USA

Production Editors:

Marc Meyer, lic.iur.
Lawyer and Internet Consultant
Zuerich, Switzerland

Ellen Wenker, lic.phil.I
Art Historian
Sugar Land, Texas

Members of the Editorial Board and Reviewers:

James Arens, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Former President of American Society of Anesthesiologists ASA
Former President of Texas Society of Anesthesiologists TSA

Solomon Aronson, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiovascular Anesthesia
The University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chairman, Task Force for Certification in Perioperative TEE
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Alex Avidan, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology
Hadassah Hebrew University
Webmaster, The Israel Society of Anesthesiologists
Israel

Archie Brain, M.D., FFARCSI
Inventor of the Laryngeal Mask Airway LMA
Honorary Consultant Anaesthesiologist
Royal Hospital
United Kindom
Honorary Research Fellow
Institute of Laryngology
London, England

Robert M. Bryan, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Research
Basic Research, Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Enrico M. Camporesi, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Physiology
State University of New York SUNY
Health Science Center at Syracuse
Syracuse, New York, USA

Nicola D'Attellis, M.D.
Attending Anesthesiologist
Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia
Hopital Broussais
Paris, France

Antonio De Padua Neves M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Co-Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Joao Pessoa, Brazil

Johan Diedericks, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Chief, Section Pediatric and Adult Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
University Oranje Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa

Stephen F. Dierdorf, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesia
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Michael D'Souza, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, USA
Attending Anesthesiologist
St.Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, USA

Thomas P. Engel, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California, USA

Ana Reguera Espelet, M.D.
Medico Adjunto, Servicio de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
Madrid, Spain

David Ferson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anethesiology and Critical Care Medicine
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Director, LMA Center USA
Houston, Texas, USA

Robert E. Fromm, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Emergency Medicine, Biostatistics
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Driector, Dept. of Emergency Services
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

Thomas Fuhrman, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Patricia Gramling-Babb , M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Admir Hadzic, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
New York, NY

Luis Federico Higgins Guerra, M.D.
Editor-in-chief: The Mexican Anesthesiology Network
Department of Anesthesiology
Hospital Santa Fe
Col. Roma, Mexico

Seval Gunes, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Staff Anesthesiologist at the Dallas VA Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

René Hagenouw, M.D.
Department of Anesthesia
Thorax Center
University Hospital Rotterdam
Erasmus University
The Nederlands, Europe

Hayner Rick
Lay Person Representative

Cindy Lien, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Medical Education
The New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York

Peter Lierz, M.D.
Chairman 
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Marienkrankenhaus Soest
D-59494 Soest
Soest, Germany, Europe
http://www.marienkrankenhaus-soest.de/anaesthesie/

Gerhard Litscher, Ph.D.
ao. Universitaets Professor Dipl. Ing. Dr.
Biomedical Engineering
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
University of Graz
Graz, Austria

Paul D. Martin, M.D.
Administrator
GasWork.com: Internet Anesthesia Employment Resource
Medical Director and Chief Medical Information Officer
Department of Anesthesiology
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital
Sulphur Springs, Texas, USA

Jose Luis Martinez - Chacon Crespo, M.D.
Medico Adjunto, Servicio de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
Madrid, Spain

Philippe Mauriat, M.D.
Medecin Anesthesiste-Reanimateur
Practicien Hospitalier d'Anesthesie-Reanimation
Responsable Reanimation de Chirurgie Cardiaque
Hopital LAENNEC
Paris, France

Joseph L. Nates, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Director Fellowship Program Critical Care
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Hyperbaric Medicine
University of Texas, Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas, USA

David E. Oeser, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist
Department of Pharmacy
Centura St. Anthony Central Hospital
Denver, Colorado

Andranik Ovassapian, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Allan Palmer, M.D., B.Med.Sci., BM., BS., FRCAnaes., FANZCA
Lecturer in Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine
The University of Queensland
Administrator of the Australian mirror-site
Brisbane, Australia

Thomas Rahlfs, M.D.
Professor and Deputy Chairman
Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Medical/Clinical Director, Operating Room
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Alex Rosas, M.D.
Chief, Urologic Anesthesia
Urologic and General anesthesia, Neuroinvasive radiology, Pain management
Greater Houston Anesthesiology
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Marc Rozner, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Perioperative Care Program
The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA

Keith J Ruskin, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut USA
Webmaster and Director of the GASNet Anesthesia Resource
Co-chairman of the Professional Communication Committee of the Society for Technology in Anesthesiology STA
Chairman of the Electronic Media Information Technology Committee of the American Society of Anesthesiologists ASA
Associate editor of Educational Synopses in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Ehrenfried Schindler, M.D.
Cardiac Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
(Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. hc G. Hempelmann)
Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen
Rudolf-Buchheim Str. 7
D-35392 Giessen, Germany

Moritz Schuerch, M.D.
Instructor, University Hospital Basle
Basle, Switzerland

Gerry Shehan, CRNA, MHS
Director
Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Texas, USA

Roy Sheinbaum, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
The University of Texas
Houston, Texas
Webmaster, Fellowship Programs in Anesthesia
Internet Scientific Publications, LLC
Sugar Land, Texas

Andrew M. Sopchak, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Health Science Center at Syracuse
Syracuse, New York, USA

Donath Spahn, M.D.
Professor of Anaesthesiology
Cardiovascular Anaesthesiology and Research
University Hospital of Zuerich
Zuerich, Switzerland

Maya Suresh, M.D., M.B., B.S.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, OB and Gyn Anesthesia
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Mitsuhiro Takasaki, D. Med. Sci, M.S.
Instructor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Administrator of Japanese mirror-site
Campus LAN Administrator
Biophysicochemical Medicine, Information Science
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Saga Medical School
Saga, Japan

Jorge Urzúa, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Engineering
Department of Anesthesiology
Catholic University of Chile Medical School
P.O. Box 114-D
Santiago de Chile, Chile

Chandy Verghese, M.D.
LMA Research Center
Consultant in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Reading, Berkshire
England, Europe

Marco Verri, M.D.
Instructor of Anesthesiology
Vascular Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Ferrara
Ferrara, Italy

Jerry D. Vloka, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
New York, NY

Karlman Wasserman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Respiratory and Critical Care, Physiology and Medicine
University of California School of Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California, USA

Cleve Waterman, M.D.
President
Medical Multimedia Concepts
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Section of Neuroanesthesia
Louisiana State University Medical Center
Shreveport, Louisiana

Markus Weiss, M.D.
Staff Anesthesiologist
University Childrens Hospital Zuerich
Webmaster, Video-Assisted Airway Management
http://www.vaama.net/
Zuerich, Switzerland

© Internet Scientific Publications, L.L.C., 1996 to 1999.

First Published: October 1996

The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology