2013 Summit Speakers: David Longnecker

David E. Longnecker, M.D.

DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES

Moderator, Panel II: Working Together: Supporting the Inter-Professional Team

David E. Longnecker, M.D. is a Director at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the organization of U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals, the Robert D. Dripps Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania and an Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.  At the AAMC, he coordinates the Chief Medical Officers Group, the co-leads the Integrating Quality initiative to enhance quality, safety and cost effective care delivery in academic medical centers, and represents the AAMC in the activities of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), an organization committed to the improvement of care for those with advanced illness.

Prior to coming to the AAMC, Dr. Longnecker was a physician-scientist, clinician and educator at the University of Missouri, the University of Virginia and subsequently the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Robert D. Dripps Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Vice Dean for Professional Services and Chief Medical Officer of the Univ. of Pennsylvania Health System. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and chapters and the editor of eight medical textbooks, including the 1800 page Anesthesiology and its associated website, AccessAnesthesiology (http://www.accessanesthesiology.com).

Dr. Longnecker is a fellow (by honorary election) of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK) and member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, where he chaired the Committee on Aerospace Medicine and Medicine for Extreme Environments (2001-2009).  He was a member of the NASA Advisory Council from 2005-2009 and now serves on its Human Exploration and Operations Committee.  He is the senior author of three space-related reports from the IOM and he chaired the 2010 Five Year scientific review of the National Space Biological Research Institute (NSBRI).  His other interests include protection of our coastal ecosystems, a commitment he fulfills through service on the Executive Committee of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Advisory Board.