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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

Credentialing Specialist

Chief Operating Officer
Veronica M. Stewart
Credentialing Specialist
Minocqua, WI
[email protected]


Director of Education
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
Jerry J. Bybee, B.S.
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

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