Board Members

Walter M. Lewis, MD – Board Certified Anesthesiologist (Board President)
Area of Special Interest
Regional Anesthesia | OB Anesthesia | Ambulatory Anesthesia
Education
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Medical School: New York Medical College | MD
Year Started At AAM: 1997

Dale L. Cohen, MD – Board Certified Anesthesiologist and Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine (Board Vice President)
Area of Special Interest
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia | Regional Anesthesia
Education
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine | Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine | MD
Year Started At AAM: 1993

Patrick Armstrong, MD – Board Certified Anesthesiologist (Board Secretary)
Area of Special Interest 
Regional Anesthesia | Acute Pain Management
Education
Fellowship:
Regional Anesthesia Fellowship
Acute Pain Management Fellowship
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Northwestern University | MD
Year Started At AAM: 2010
Benjamin Rubin, MD – Board Certified Anesthesiologist (Board Treasurer)
Area of Special Interest 
Regional Anesthesia | OB Anesthesia
Education
Residency:
Anesthesiology Residency – UMDNJ /Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Ophthalmology Residency – North Shore-LIJ Medical Center, Great Neck, NY
Medical School: Stony Brook School of Medicine, NY | MD
Year Started At AAM: 2018
Pheodora L. Shin, MD – Board Certified Anesthesiologist, Pediatric Anesthesiologist (Board Member-At-Large)
Area of Special Interest
Pediatric Anesthesia
Education
Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesiology – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Residency: Pediatric Residency – Stanford University | General Anesthesiology – UC San Francisco
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | MD
Year Started At AAM: 1995
Richard A. Stennett, MD, MPH – Board Certified Anesthesiologist and Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine (Board Member-At-Large)
Area of Special Interest
Cardiovascular Anesthesia | Critical Care Medicine
Chair of The Department of Anesthesiology at Morristown Medical Center, Newton Medical Center and Hackettstown Medical Center.
Education
Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons | MD
Year Started At AAM: 1996

Todd A. Watson, MD – Board Certified Anesthesiologist (Board Member-At-Large)
Area of Special Interest 
Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia | TEE | OB Anesthesia
Education
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Residency: Anesthesiology – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine | MD
Year Started At AAM: 2006
Administration
Cara Lerner
Business Manager

Magda Stolte
Office Manager
Education: Masters in Business Administration, William Paterson University
Year Started At AAM: 2016