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

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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