Board Of Directors

OFFICERS

President
Maggie Jeffries, MD

Dr. Maggie Jeffries is a private practice anesthesiologist in Houston, Texas. She received her anesthesia training at Johns Hopkins University, during which she served as a resident member of the American Society of Anesthesiology and the ACGME Resident Review Committee that reviews and certifies residency programs.

Following graduation, she became an assistant professor at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where she specialized in pediatrics and neuroanesthesia. During that time, she was an active contributor to diverse areas of research, including cerebral oximetry, post-dural puncture headache, infectious disease, and liver failure. She is a published author in several national journals, including Regional Anesthesia, Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, The Neurologist, and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Neurologist, Liver Transplantation and Surgery, and Anesthesiology News.

In private practice since 2010, Dr. Jeffries has extensive experience in anesthesia for ambulatory and office-based surgery. A partner in Avanti Anesthesia, she is active in all aspects of medical care including medical director, medication & equipment ordering, electronic documentation, and quality improvement.

Secretary
Kay Phelan, CRNA
For over thirty years, Kay Phelan CRNA has been delivering compassionate anesthesia care. Most recently, she has acted as Lead CRNA for Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates at the Connecticut Eye Surgery Center South in Milford, Connecticut. Not only does Kay enjoy tending to the "difficult" patient, but her colleagues also awarded her the title "comfort police" for her tendency to go the extra mile to care for patients and coworkers alike. In her spare time, Kay enjoys getting her passport stamped, improving her racquet skills, and learning all the ways one can use zucchini. 

Treasurer 
Chris Bender, CRNA
Vance Thompson Vision 
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Past President, George Dumas, MD

George A. Dumas, MD is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has served as the Chief of Anesthesia at the UAB Callahan Eye Hospital since 2017.  He has served on ASA committees and is current past president of the Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society.  Some of his academic interests include ophthalmic anesthesia, geriatric anesthesia, and ambulatory anesthesia.  He has published multiple book chapters and several peer reviewed journal articles in these areas. George enjoys spending time with his family and almost any outdoor activity.

Executive Director
Krista DuRapau

Tina Tran, MD
Johns Hopkins 
Baltimore, Maryland 

Eric Fry, MD 
Fry Eye Associates, PA
Garden City, Kansas

Elaine Liew, MD
University of California, Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, California 

Vinod Singh, MD

Dr Singh was born in India and graduated from Gujarat University, following which he did his residency in Internal Medicine in India. He subsequently trained in Anesthesiology and Critical care from the prestigious Cambridge University in England, obtaining his fellowships in Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Internal Medicine (FRCA, FFICM, MRCP). He moved to the United States in 2013 practicing Anesthesiology and Critical care at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He has more than ten years of clinical experience in critical care, with special interest in Neuro-critical care and Ophthalmic anesthesia that he practiced at Callahan Eye Foundation, one of the largest tertiary centers for ophthalmic surgeries in the south. He practices at the Veterans Affairs Hospital at Birmingham, Alabama continuing his interest in Surgical ICU and Ophthalmic anesthesia.

Along with other societies related to Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Dr Singh is also a board member of the Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society, is board certified in Internal Medicine and currently pursuing board certification through alternate pathway in Anesthesiology. He resides in Vestavia, AL with his wife, her parents and two high schoolers!

Brenton Rains, CRNA
 Mr. Rains currently serve as the manager of surgical services and lead of anesthesia for Center for Sight in Sarasota, Florida.  He relocated to this area from South Dakota in 2017 and has enjoyed taking on greater responsibilities and specializing in anesthesia for ophthalmologic procedures.  He is currently entering his 18th year of practice after graduating from Mount Marty College with a degree in Nurse Anesthesia in 2005.  A colleague introduced him to OAS in 2018 and he was instantly impressed with the unique nature of the discussions and the opportunity to speak to a wide variety of practitioners at the meeting.   

Pete Spitellie, MD 
Dr. Spitellie has practiced on both side of the ether screen and has worked in academic and private practice. He attended the University of Washington School of Medicine and subsequently completed his anesthesia residency also at the University of Washington. After several years in private practice, he returned to academics at the University of Washington as an assistant professor in anesthesia at a level 1 trauma center. He then went back and did an ophthalmology residency at the University of Washington, followed by an oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at the University of Ottawa. 

Director-At-Large 
Alan Zamora, MSN, CRNA
University of California, Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, California

Scientific Advisory Chair, Randolf Harvey, BS, RRT, APRN, CRNA, FAANA

Mr. Harvey completed his anesthesia training at the Duke University in 1980. His practice included multi-specialty hospitals through 2017, while specializing in Ophthalmic Anesthesia since 1982. He served as the Chief of Anesthesia for the Florida Eye Clinic ASC from 1985 to 2023. Mr. Harvey is a founding member of the Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society and has since served the OAS in multiple board positions, including lectures and workshops at the annual meetings. He has been lecturing on Ophthalmic Anesthesia since1986. Mr. Harvey developed an orbital eye simulator and with NWAS developed an Ophthalmic Block Workshop which ran continuously from 1991-2019. In 2008 he presented a poster presentation at the OAS Annual Meeting titled, “A Geometrical Method Applied to an Orbital Block”. Mr. Harvey co-produced a video based on the Geometrical technique which was accepted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology Network One in 2013. In 2020, he launched an accredited on-line Ophthalmic Block Training Program, utilizing a 3-D orbital eye model. Mr. Harvey authored the original chapter on Ophthalmic Anesthesia in 1997 for the textbook “Nurse Anesthesia” and multiple chapters since, including the 7th edition, published in 2022. He was the recipient of the AANA’s Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award in 2016, for his work in Ophthalmic Anesthesia and inducted as a Fellow of the AANA in 2022.