HistoryJeffery S. Vender, MD, FCCP, FCCM, MBADepartment Co-Chair, 1999-2000
Dr. Vender graduated from Northwestern University in 1971 with a BS in Biology, received his MD degree in 1975 and his MBA in 1998. Upon completion of his residency and fellowship training in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine he joined the staff at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and the Department of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University in 1979. He has been an officer of the ENH Staff Executive Committee and presently serves on the Board of Directors of the ENH Medical Group Faculty Practice Association. In 1996, he received an appointment as an adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. In addition to his roles and activities at ENH, Dr. Vender has served as the President of the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists. Among his various awards, Dr. Vender received the William O. McQuiston Award for outstanding contribution to anesthesiology by the Illinois Society of Anesthesiology. He also received the Schaffner Award from the Kellogg School of Management. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Respiratory Care; and the American College of Chest Physicians. He has participated on numerous national committees of various medical organizations, edited several medical texts, has extensively published and has been an invited lecturer at over 250 national and international meetings, on topics in the field of anesthesiology, critical care, and organizational change. In addition, Dr. Vender serves as an editor and/or reviewer for many medical journals. He has served as an advisor to numerous medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Vender currently serves on the Executive Committee, of the Kellogg School of Management Alummi Advisory Board at Northwestern University. |
Jeffery S. Vender is Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Director of Critical Care Services at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH), Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Vender is Professor and Associate Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Northwestern University Medical School, where he served as Interim Chairman from September 1999 until October 2000.
