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Chair History

nelson

Alfred T. Nelson, M.D.

Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology University of Maryland, 1948 - 1952
  • M.D.: University of Maryland
  • Residency: University of Maryland
  • Chief of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Women of Maryland, 1960 - 65
  • Chief of Anesthesiology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 1965 - 85
 
Dodd

Robert B. Dodd, M.D.

Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology University of Maryland, 1953 - 1956
  • M.D.: University of Nebraska
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Mallinckrodt Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology Washington University, 1956 - 69
  • Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, Illinois, 1973-85
  • Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology Southern Illinois University, 1983 - 87
 
Helrich

Martin Helrich, M.D.

Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology University of Maryland, 1956 - 1987
  • M.D.: University of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: NYU Bellevue Medical Center
  • Executive Director, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, 1987-present
 

M. Jane Matjasko, M.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology University of Maryland, 1990 - 2005

Interim Chair, Department of Anesthesiology University of Maryland, 1987 - 90

  • M.D.: Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: University of Maryland
 
Peter Rock, MD

Peter Rock, M.D., M.B.A.

Professor & Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, 2006 – 2023
  • Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999 – 2006
  • Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 1995-1999
  • Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 1992-1995
  • M.D. from The Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1978