Dr. Hannenberg currently serves as associate chair of the department of anesthesia at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass. and a clinical professor of anesthesiology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
Dr. Hannenberg has been a member of the ASA since 1981 and has served as the president-elect and on ASA’s Executive Committee. He was responsible for the planning and development of the Anesthesia Quality Institute, created by the ASA to expand focus on patient health and safety by fostering advances in quality care measurement designed to lead to improvements in the delivery of anesthesia medical care, according to the release.
Dr. Hannenberg currently serves on the Board of Directors of both the Foundation for Anesthesia Research & Education and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. He is a past president of the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists, according to the release.
After receiving his undergraduate education at Vassar College and his medical degree at Tufts University, Dr. Hannenberg completed an internship in medicine at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of Boston and a residency at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital (Harvard Medical School) where he served as chief resident, according to the release. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, and the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Read the ASA’s release on Dr. Alexander Hanneberg (pdf).
Read an interview with Dr. Hanneberg.
