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
Daniel J. Kalowitz, MD, MBA – Board Certified Anesthesiologist (Board Vice President)
Area of Special Interest
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Education
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology – Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine | MD
Year Started At AAM: 2020
Aaron Chalal, MD – Board Certified Anesthesiologist (Board Secretary)
Area of Special Interest
Regional Anesthesia
Education
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University | MD
Year Started At AAM: 2020
Nicholas C. Zimick, MD, MS, D.ABA – Board Certified Anesthesiologist and Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine (Board Treasurer)
Area of Special Interest
Cardiac Anesthesia | Critical Care Medicine | Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) | Heart Failure | Management of Temporary and Permanent Implantable Cardiac Devices | Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) | Regional/OB Anesthesia | CoVID19 management
Education
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine – New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Residency: Washington University in Saint Louis
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine | MD
BC Anesthesiology, BC Critical Care Medicine, BC Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
Year Started At AAM: 2019
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
Rajul Salunia
Office Assistant
Year Started At AAM: 2024