The Raleigh, N.C.-based American Board of Anesthesiology elected Stacie Deiner, MD, president and Stephanie Jones, MD, vice president of its board of directors for the 2026-27 term.
Both officers took on their new roles after the board’s fall 2026 meeting, according to a Oct. news release.
Dr. Deiner moves up from vice president of the ABA. She is the LeRoy Garth professor of anesthesiology and vice chair for research at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Her research focuses on cognitive recovery in older surgical patients.
Dr. Deiner has served on the executive team of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Brain Health Ad-Hoc Committee. She also chaired the society’s Geriatric Abstracts Committee.
Dr. Jones chairs the department of anesthesiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hempstead, N.Y. She previously served as chair and professor of anesthesiology at Albany (N.Y.) Medical College. Earlier in her career, she was residency program director and vice chair for education at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
The board also reelected John Fiadjoe, MD, as secretary and Vivek Moitra, MD, as treasurer.
The ABA certifies physicians in anesthesiology and its subspecialties and has set standards for the specialty since 1938.
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