OK SR44

Congratulates Dr. Jane C.K. Fitch, M.D. for being elected as the 2014 president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) during the Anesthesiology 2013 annual meeting on October 14, 2013

Recognizes that Dr. Fitch is only the second female president in the ASA's history, which was established in 1905

Acknowledges her extensive service to the ASA, including two years on its Executive Committee as first vice president and president-elect, and her role as director from Oklahoma

Highlights her credentials including being an Alpha Omega medical graduate from the University of Texas, completing fellowship training at the University of Washington, and currently serving as professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Directs distribution of the resolution to Dr. Jane Fitch as a commendation for her contributions to medicine in Oklahoma and nationally