Governance 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 Rev. David Sutton Harshaw, WI Faith Ev. Lutheran Church Pastor _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSA Board of Directors President 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 Treasurer Martha J Weeks Minocqua, WI BSN, RNC 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