Governance of the American Board of Surgical Assistants
ABSA Executive Directors & Staff
Founder & CEO
Paul F. Weeks, M.D.*, ScD/PhD, SA-C
*Doctor of Medicine / General Surgeon
Minocqua, WI
Windsor University School of Medicine
Basseterre, St. Kitts
Chief Operating Officer
Veronica M. Stewart
Credentialing Specialist
Minocqua, WI
[email protected]
Credentialing
Specialist
Director of Credentialing
Victor J. Escalante, M.D.*, PhD, EdD, SA-C
*Doctor of Medicine / General Surgeon
Miami, FL
Universidad del Zulia
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Psychometric Consultant
Jonathan P. Weeks, PhD
Psychometrician / Consultant
Lawrenceville, NJ
Lay Advisor
Lay Advisor
Minocqua, WI
V.P. Commercial Banking
Nicolet National Bank
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ABSA Board of Directors
Chairman
Eugene D. Donchev, M.D.*, SA-C
Niles, IL
*Doctor of Medicine
Medical University ‘Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov’ Varna
Varna, Bulgaria
Director
Daniel Segui, M.D.*, IFAANS, SA-C
Miami, FL
*Doctor of Medicine
Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas de la Havana
Havana, Cuba
Director
Jaime A. Olmo, M.D.*, SA-C
Sugarland, TX
*Doctor of Medicine
C.E.T.E.C. University School of Medicine
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Director
Victor J. Escalante, M.D.*, PhD, SA-C
Miami, FL
*Doctor of Medicine
Universidad del Zulia
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Director / Secretary
Ravindranath Draksharam, M.D.*, SA-C
Houston, TX
*Doctor of Medicine
Spartan Health Sciences University
Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Lay Advisor
Jerry J. Bybee, B.S.
Minocqua, WI
V.P. Commercial Banking
Nicolet National Bank
Medical Advisors
Anthony Gonzalez, M.D.
Specialty: General Surgery
Baptist Health South Florida
Baptist Health Medical Group
7800 SW 87 Avenue
Miami, FL 33173
Fernando R. Bueso, M.D.
Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Saint Joseph Hospital
President, Quality Assurance
1315 Saint Joseph Parkway, Suite 1507
Houston, TX 77002
Sergio Gonzalez-Arias, M.D., PhD
Specialty: Neurosurgery
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Medical Director, Baptist Neuroscience Center
8940 North Kendall Drive, Suite 707-E
Miami, FL 33176
Nishitkumar S. Patel, M.D.
Specialty: Orthopaedics
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center
California Avenue at 15th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
ABSA Proctors
Accounting Firm
Product Development & IT Support