2003 TSA Distinguished Service Award
Saturday, September 6, 9:30-9:45 a. m.
When the history of helicopter crash injuries and death is written, a significant by-line will be penned by a young flight surgeon who investigated the crash of three cargo helicopters in the mountains of northern California in the late 1950s. His report established that spatial disorientation could cause accidents in helicopters in conditions of poor visibility.
His interest in trauma and in finding ways to reduce resulting morbidity and mortality has become a professional obsession. Dr. Buddy Giesecke was that aviation medical officer who later chose Parkland Hospital for an anesthesiology residency directed by Dr. Pepper Jenkins.
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Dr. Giesecke was born in Oklahoma City, grew up in San Antonio, and spent his undergraduate time at The University of Texas at Austin where his life was changed forever. In his freshman biology class he met a smart and beautiful young lady named Veronica Morel, called Roni by her friends. They have been married 49 years; have four children and five grandchildren. Dr. Giesecke's professional career has been in the bright spotlight of academic medicine for over forty years. He has served as the chairman of two prestigious anesthesiology departments, first at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and then at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. He has distinguished himself as a master teacher of residents, medical students and colleagues. At the same time, he found time to serve as the president of the Dallas County Anesthesiology Society, the Southern Anesthesiology, the Texas Society of Anesthesiology and the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society. Then as an encore, he managed to publish over 100 articles, reviews, books, and chapters mostly concerning trauma anesthesia, obstetrical anesthesia, and history of anesthesiology. |
In 1970, Dr. Giesecke spent a sabbatical year as Fulbright Lecturer and Guest Professor of Anesthesiology at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. During that year, he learned about the German emergency ambulance service and witnessed the formation of the "Club of Mainz", the forerunner of the Internal Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society.
Enjoying a graceful semi-retirement, Dr. Giesecke continues to teach at Parkland, while also serving as a valuable source of inspiration to medical students and residents.
Please join the members of the Texas Society
of Anesthesiologists in honoring Dr. A. H. "Buddy"
Giesecke, on September 6, when Dr. Vayden F.
Stanley will present him with the TSA's highest
award.
Texas
Society Of Anesthesiologists
401 W 15th Suite 990
Austin, TX 78701-1665
Phone 512-370-1659
Fax 512-370-1655
Email info@tsa.org