History
Steven C. Hall, MD, FAAP
Department Co-Chair, 1999-2000
Dr. Steven C. Hall is Anesthesiologist-in-Chief and Arthur C. King Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia at Children's Memorial Hospital (CMH). He is also Professor and Associate Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Hall graduated magna cum laude from Cornell College in 1970 with a BA in Psychology, and he received his MD degree in 1974 from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Upon completion of his residency in Anesthesiology at Northwestern and a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Children's Memorial Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), he joined the staff at Children's Memorial Hospital and the Department of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University in 1978. He is the President of the CMH Faculty Practice Plan and has served as a Director of both the Children Medical Center and Children’s Foundation Boards. He also serves as the Program Director of the ACGME-accredited fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Children’s.
In addition to his roles and activities at CMH, Dr. Hall has served as the President of the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. Among his various awards, Dr. Hall received the Distinguished Service Award and the William O. McQuiston Award for outstanding contribution to anesthesiology by the Illinois Society of Anesthesiology. He is currently Director and Secretary of the American Board of Anesthesiology, as well as Director of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. He also currently serves as a representative to the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Residency Review Committee of the ACGME. He has participated on numerous national committees of various medical organizations, has extensively published and has been an invited lecturer at many national and international meetings, on topics in the field of pediatric anesthesia. He is an avid woodworker and recently cut off his thumb.
