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Dr. William D. Owens
 Dr.
Owens, a native Missourian, is a graduate of Westminster College
in Fulton, Missouri. He received his M.D. degree from the University
of Michigan. Following a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, he trained
in anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital before serving
on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Owens came to Washington
University in 1973 and is currently a professor of anesthesiology.
Dr. Owens was the first Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy
and of the Surgical ICU at Barnes Hospital. He has also served on
the Board of Directors of Barnes Hospital and has held numerous
medical staff positions at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis
Children’s Hospital. He served as Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
from 1982-1992. He is primarily a clinician with strong interests
in teaching and clinical outcomes research. From 1984 - 1996 he
was on the Board of Directors of the American board of Anesthesiology
and represented anesthesiology at the Residency Review Committee
and at the American Board of Medical Specialties. He has served
as the President of the Foundation of Anesthesia Education and Research
and is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of the Anesthesia
Foundation. Dr. Owens is the Immediate Past-President of the American
Society of Anesthesiologists.
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