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                                  
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