ASA August 2006 Newsletter -
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2005 Distinguished Service Award: Jerome H. Modell, M.D.
ASA August 2006 Newsletter
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2005 Distinguished Service Award: Jerome H. Modell, M.D.
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Jerome H. Modell, M.D.
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This year it will be the honor of ASA President Orin F. Guidry, M.D., to present the DSA to the member selected by the 2005 House of Delegates, Jerome H. Modell, M.D., Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.
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By being selected as the 2005 DSA recipient, Dr. Modell, a 1957 graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, became a member of a prestigious group of previous recipients in being recognized for extraordinary contributions to our profession and patients.
An abbreviated summary of Dr. Modell's career and contributions follows:
, Six years of distinguished service as a U.S. Naval officer.
- St. Albans, New York Naval Hospital: Established intensive care unit and respiratory therapy department.
- Chief of Anesthesiology at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. (During this assignment, Dr. Modell treated his first drowning victim, thus initiating his interest in, and leading to a four-decade career of, studying the pathophysiology and treatment of drowning.)
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, Concurrent with his academic activities, Dr. Modell has been very active in ASA and has served on 12 different committees.
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, The University of Florida has honored Dr. Modell by establishing an endowed professorship in anesthesiology in his name.
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Dr. Modell's service to ASA has clearly been exemplary, and his outstanding clinical, educational and scientific achievements have made a difference in our patients' lives.
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2005 Distinguished Service Award: Jerome H. Modell, M.D.