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FEATURE (from page 23)Kevin O. Garrett, MD2011 ACMS SecretaryDr. Garrett is a board certified general surgeon, practicingat UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, where he serves as chiefof surgery. He is a clinical professor of general surgery atthe University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Dr. Garrett has been a member of ACMS since 1985,serving on the board of directors since 2006. He was amember of the Nominating Committee in 1999 and theMedical-Legal Committee from 2002 to 2004. Dr.Garrett served on the Membership Committee in 2006,the Awards Committee in 2007 and the Finance Committeefrom 2007 to 2010. Dr. Garrett was ACMStreasurer in 2010 serving on the Executive Committeethat year, too. He also has been a delegate to the PennsylvaniaMedical Society since 1998, serving as vice chair andchair of the ACMS delegation in 2008 and 2009 respectively.Dr. Garrett has served as an alternate delegate to theAMA from the Pennsylvania Caucus since 2007.Dr. Garrett has been a member of the AmericanCollege of Surgeons since 1995 and has served as agovernor since 2007. He has also been active with theSouthwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the AmericanCollege of Surgeons, serving as treasurer, council memberand program chair.Dr. Garrett received his bachelors of science degree inchemistry from Carnegie Mellon University. He earnedhis medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh Schoolof Medicine and served his surgical internship and residencyin general surgery at the University of PittsburghSchool of Medicine.He and his wife Jennifer reside in Allison Park withtheir three children, Kevin Jr., Kelly and Megan.John P. Williams, MD2011 ACMS TreasurerDr. Williams is chair of the department of anesthesiologyat the University of Pittsburgh where he is the Peter andEva Safar Professor of Anesthesiology. Board certified inanesthesiology and critical care medicine, Dr. Williams isa diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Managementand was a member of the Analgesic GuidelinesCommittee of the American Society of Clinical Pharmacologyand Therapeutics from 1994 to 2004.A member of ACMS since 1998, Dr. Williams was amember of the Communications Committee from 2000to 2001. He was a member of the Legislative Committeefrom 2002 to 2007, serving as its chair in 2007. Dr.January 2011 : BulletinWilliams has served on the Board of Directors since2006. He was a member of the Membership Committeefrom 2008 to 2010 and was chair of the Awards Committeein 2010. He has also served as an alternate delegateto the Pennsylvania Medical Society from 2002 to 2004and as a delegate from 2005 to 2010. He served as analternate delegate to the AMA for the PMS.Dr. Williams received his medical degree from theBaylor College of Medicine. He completed his internshipat St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas, and his residencyin anesthesiology at the University of Texas MedicalSchool in Houston and a fellowship at Guy’s Hospital inLondon, England.Dr. Williams has dedicated his career to education andresearch with a clinical emphasis on cardiac illness andcardiac surgery. He previously served as chief at UMPCPresbyterian Hospital from 1999 to 2001 and as interimchair from 2001 to 2002. He has also served as thedirector of cardiac anesthesiology and co-director ofintensive care at UCLA and prior to that at the Universityof Texas, Houston.Dr. Williams and his wife Valerie reside in Gibsoniawith their children Brynna, Connor and Victoria.The ACMS Board of Directors meetsthroughout the year on Tuesdays at6 p.m. Board meetings are open tomembers. If you wish to attend,contact the medical society at (412)321-5030 to receive a schedule andmeeting agenda. Board meetings in2011 are scheduled for: February15, May 24, September 27 andDecember 6.25