Speakers

Ross Terrell, Ph.D

Retired Vice President of Research, Ross C. Terrell, Ph.D., continues to consult on Minrad’s innovating efforts. A pioneer in fluorinated anesthetics research, Terrell is

Responsible for the synthesis of new fluorinated anesthetics (over 500 new compounds synthesized). This research produced enflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane, the most widely used anesthetics in the world. Desflurane was also synthesized. Author of over 60 patents and publications mostly related to the synthesis of new fluorinated anesthetics and the mechanism of anesthesia. Terrell won the PMA Discovery Award in 1991 and the NJ Inventor of the Year in 1992; he was also voted into Inventor Hall of Fame in the same year.

Robert Lifeso, MD

Robert Lifeso, MD is a co-founder of Minrad Inc. and has served as a director of Minrad International, Inc. since December 2004 and Minrad Inc. since 1994. From July 1997 to January 2006, he served as the Director of the Spine Center at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, New York. Previously, Dr. Lifeso served as Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Buffalo as well as the King Faisal Hospital in Saudi Arabia. He received his FRCSC and MD from the University of Toronto and has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles.

David Donaldson, MD

David Donaldson has served as a director of Minrad International, Inc. since December 2004 and Minrad Inc. since June 2004. Since 1970, Dr. Donaldson has served as a professor of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia, Canada, where he is currently the Head of the Division of Pain and Anxiety Control in the an area in which he is considered an expert and in which he has published extensively. He has chaired three other departments since 1970, including Oral Maxillo Facial Surgery and Oral Surgical and Medical Sciences. He has also been President of the Canadian Faculties of Dentistry and the International Federation of Dental Educators and Chairman of the Canadian Council on Dental Education. He received his BDS at St. Andrews University, Scotland in 1965. Dr. Donaldson completed his Fellowship in Dental Surgery through the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1969 and received his Masters degree in Prosthodontics from Dundee University in 1971. He has also received Fellowship in the American Dental Society of Anesthesia, the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and the International College of Dentists.

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Cesar Cadena, Ph.D.

Cesar Cadena, Ph.D. has served as a Project Manager for Drug Delivery Systems since October 2006. Dr. Cadena holds Master and Doctoral degrees in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. During his doctoral studies, he studied the link between the chemical structure and thermophysical and transport properties of drug-like molecules through molecular modeling and simulation techniques. His pioneer work was part of the current US Air Force quest for energetic ionic liquids that will substitute current carcinogenic hydrazine technologies in propulsion systems of satellites and aircrafts. Dr. Cadena’s publications appear in prestigious peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

Theodore H. Stanley, MD

Dr. Theodore H. Stanley, MD is part of MINRAD INC’s Scientific Advisory Board. He is currently Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology and Research Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah. Dr. Stanley is recognized as an international expert in intravenous anesthesia, opiod analgesics, drug delivery systems, human and wildlife immobilization techniques; and, has been a visiting professor of anesthesiology to almost every academic department throughout the US and most of north and South America, Europe and the Orient. He has lectured and consulted numerous veterinary schools, zoos and wildlife parks in the US, Canada and Western Europe. Dr. Stanley has also been a frequent consultant of the US FBI Hostage Rescue Team and CIA. Among his accomplishments, Dr. Stanley has received over 10 million dollars in government and pharmaceutical company funding. He has published over 280 research manuscripts, over 65 chapters and books and over 220 abstracts. In the past 21 years Dr. Stanley has become a “serial entrepeneur”; he was awarded the honor of “Mountainwest Entrepener of the Year” in 2006. He has founded or co-founded 7 life-science companies, one transportation company and two research and educational foundations including the “Stanley Research Foundation”. He currently sits on the Board’s of 6 life-science companies and is Chairman of two: ZARS and NAPE. He also sits on the Boards of three educational foundations.

Clifford T. Solomon, MD

Clifford T. Solomon, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a member of MINRAD INC.’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Solomon is currently affiliated with six different hospitals and medical centers with faculty appointments at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University of Maryland as Assistant Professor and Active Staff. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree form the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1986, and his Neurosurgery Board Certification in November 1995. Dr. Solomon has been involved in many training sessions with the CNS and AANS among others. His professional experience and academic appointments include the Spinal Concepts Cervical Advisory Board and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Dr. Solomon has had publications in Applied Neurophysiology and Anesthesiology Report. Among his many honors and awards include the American Cancer Society Clinical Award and the “Top Doctor – Neurosurgery” by Annapolis Magazine and given Health Care Hero Award by the Daily Record. He has lectured throughout the US and Europe over the last two decades and has been featured on several National television programs. Dr. Solomon continues to practure Neurosurgery in Maryland with a large practice doing benefit brain and spine surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview.

Michael Landi, MD

Dr. Michael Landi, MD, is originally from Evanston, Illinois. Buffalo has been his home since 1988. He is a veteran of the United States Navy. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering and his Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His training in general and neurological surgery were also completed in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Landi received additional specialized training in pediatric neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo and training in gamma knife radiosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Landi is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons and the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners. He is the Chief of Neurological Surgery at Kenmore Mercy Hospital and the Director of the Spine Center. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Landi is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Sports Medicine, the Medical Society of the State of New York, and the American Medical Association. He is licensed in medicine and surgery in the State of New York. Strong clinical and research interests in minimally invasive surgical techniques have resulted in numerous United States Patents and national awards for developing new technology. He is the inventor of the Minrad laser targeting system used in spine surgery internationally. His research has been presented at national and international scientific meetings and published in scientific articles.

Donald C. Sawyer, DVM, Ph.D

Donald C. Sawyer, DVM, PhD, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Minrad International and a Manager of Veterinary Development since 2001. A Diplomate at American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists and an Honorary Diplomate at American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Don retired as Professor Emeritus in July 1997. DR. Sawyer received PhD in Anesthesia and Surgery at the Surgery Laboratory Advanced Degree Program at Colorado State University and his BS, DVM, and MS from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University in 1959, 1961, and 1962, respectively. Dr. Sawyer was Captain in the US Air Force as support surgeon at the School of Aerospace Medicine. Don is also a founding member of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists and co-founder of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. He is on the Council for the World Congress of Veterinary Anaesthesiology and serves as its Secretary/Treasurer. He has been elected as member and chair of the AVMA Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents. Among his numerous awards includes an U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal, the Distinguished MSU Veterinary Alumnus Award, the MSU Distinguished Alumni Award and the AVMA Veterinarian of the Year Award. Dr. Sawyer has been awarded 40 research grants, has published 9 books/monographs, 1 textbook, 23 chapters, 89 scientific articles, and 206 invited papers and presentations. Don is founder and President of the International Association of Fly Fishing Veterinarians established 1998. He and his wife Judy have 3 children and 5 grandchildren.

Derek Raghavan, MD

Derek Raghavan, MD is part of MINRAD INC.’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr Raghavan was trained in Medicine and Oncology at the University of Sydney, Australia, Dr. Raghavan obtained a PhD in experimental pathology from the University of London/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and then completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota. After 10 years in Australia, carrying out clinical and laboratory research in genito-urinary and lung cancers, he was recruited to lead Solid Tumor Oncology and Investigational Therapeutics at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. He subsequently was appointed as Associate Director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine and Chair of Oncology at the USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles. He took up appointment as Chair & Director of the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center in March 2004, and received the M. Frank & Margaret Domiter Rudy Distinguished Chair in 2006. Dr. Raghavan has held several peer reviewed research grants in Australia and the USA, has produced about 300 scientific papers, and has edited 7 books. His clinical and research interests are focused on genitourinary cancer, cancer in the elderly, anticancer drug discovery and development, disparities in care, circulating tumor cells, and comparative human oncology.

Roger E. Kaiser, Jr., MD

Roger E. Kaiser, Jr., M.D., is a member of MINRAD INC.’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Kaiser is a healthcare physician executive with an impressive clinical, medical education, management and consulting background spanning almost 25 years. He currently is a Director with Navigant Consulting's Health Care Practice providing hospital turnaround and performance improvement services. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and Clinical Director of Anesthesiology of the Erie County Medical Center, an academically affiliated, multi-speciality tertiary care hospital system in Buffalo, NY. An anesthesiologist and intensivist he spent his clinical career on the faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, as an Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, and served as program director for the Critical Care Fellowship program. He has also served in the New York Air National Guard as flight surgeon obtaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. Kaiser has been named “Top Doctor” by his peers in Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine. He obtained his medical degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY and undergraduate degree from St. Lawrence University.

Qinxin Zhang, Ph.D

Qinxin Zhang is a Project Manager of Disposable Light Sabre™ Products, joined MINRAD INC. in August 2006. Dr. Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2006, as well as an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2000, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 1994. Dr. Zhang has worked as an instructor, research and teaching assistant, and has participated in several papers published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Journal of Chemical Physics, Computer Engineering and Applications, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, and Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis.

Charles E. Short, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DECVA

Dr. Short is the current Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University and a Professor of Anesthesiology at Cornell University Medical School. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology at the Center for Management of Animal Pain at the University of Tennessee. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Auburn University in 1958 and a PhD in Biochemistry and Pharmacy from Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland in 1991. Dr. Short is a Founding Charter Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists. His Honors include Small Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association in 1997, Merial International Prize for Career Achievement in Pain Management, Nice, France in 1998, and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Research, Teaching and Treating Animal Pain from The International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management in 2003, to name a few. He has a total of 347 including 153 journal publications; textbooks, Veterinary Anesthesia, 1974; The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia, 1987 and Animal Pain, 1991), book chapters and other scientific publications. He has made 436 presentations and lectures for professional groups in the United States and 221 in over 30 other countries. He was Co-chairman of the International Symposium, “Animal Pain and Its Control”, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1990; Chairman, Neurosciences of the Mechanisms and Therapy of Animal Pain Symposium, Adeleide, Australia, 1994; Co-chair, International Symposium, “Do Animals Have Pain”, Vienna, Austria, 1999; Organizing Committee, World Veterinary Anesthesia Congress, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003.

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Dimitris Raptopoulos, DVM, PhD, DVA, DECVA

Dr. Dimitris Raptopoulos is Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. He received his DVM and PhD from the same Faculty in 1969 and 1976, respectively. For 3.5 years, he did postgraduate studies and postdoctoral research at Bristol, England where he obtained the Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia (DVA) of the RCVS. In 1985, he spent 6 months as Visiting Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the veterinary school of the University of Florida, USA. In 1995, he was nominated de facto Diplomate (Invited Specialist) and member of the Interim Board of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (ECVAA) for which he was Honorary Secretary, 1995 – 2002, and President, 2002 - 2005. He is currently Past President and Chairman of the Credentials and Education Committee of the ECVAA. He was chair of the 6th World Congress of Veterinary Anaesthesiology in Thessaloniki, Greece 1997 and was elected as President of the Council in 2006. From 2000 to 2002, he was President of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists in Europe. He chaired the scientific committee for the 29th World Small Animal Veterinary Congress held in Rhodes, Greece 2004. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Senate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (2003 – 2007) and representative of the Faculty at the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE). He is Head of the Unit of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine of the Companion Animal Clinic. He has published more than 130 papers in Greek and international scientific journals as well as in proceedings of various congresses.