Jennifer R. Root, MD, FASA

107 Blackhawk Court

West Columbia, SC. 29169

Phone: 8035287566

 

 

 

Education

    Birmingham Southern College, BS, Biology/Psychology 1989

    University of Alabama, School of Medicine, MD 1993

                                                 1992 Larry Mays Scholarship

    Transitional Internship, Baptist Medical Center, Memphis TN 1993-94

    Anesthesiology Residency, Duke University Medical Center 1994-97

 

Work Experience

  Orangeburg Anesthesia Associates 1997-2000

                                    The Regional Medical Center (TRMC)

  Self Employed          2000-09,2013-15,2016-24

                                      Prisma Health Midlands, Oconee County Hosp., Providence Northeast Hospital, Palmetto Surgery Center,                                               Prisma Health Richland, Lexington Medical Center, Wesmark Surgery Center, Irmo Surgery Center, Lexington                                          Medical Center Surgery Center, Charleston Urology Surgery Center, Carolina Interventional Pain Ambulatory,                                               Chapin Orthopedic Surgery Center

 Department of Veterans Affairs, Dorn VA Medical Center 2009-2013  

 Columbia Anesthesiology Associates 2015-2016

  Prisma Health Midlands 2024

  Medical University of South Carolina, Midlands Division 2024

 

Organizations

   American Society of Anesthesiologists

               SC Delegate to ASA 2004-07, 09-13

                SC Alternate Director/ASA Board of Directors 2014-17

                 SC Director/ASA Board of Directors 17-24

                 Committee on Gov Affairs 2011-2022

                          Subcommittee Chair on Grassroots Advocacy 2017-19

                           Vice Chair 2019-22

                Committee on Membership 2011-current

                              FASA Subcommittee, Chair 2018-2020

                               ASA Community Member Advisory Panel- Chair 2020-current

                ASAPAC Board member 2018-2021

                Committee on Communications 2022-current

                Committee on Late Career and Retired Members 2024

                HOD Credentials Committee: 2017-2024

                ASA Committee on Professional Affairs 2018-22

                ASA Committee on Administrative Affairs 2023-2024 (Chair)

                Ad Hoc Committee on ASA Rebranding 2016

               Ad Hoc Committee on Web Redesign 2017

                Ad Hoc Committee on Committee Structure 2019

               Ad Hoc Committee on Board Strategy Sessions 2021

                Ad Hoc Committee on Anesthesiologists Bill of Rights 2022-23

               ASA Southern Caucus:

                        Sec/Tres 2016-19

                        Vice Chair 2019-2021

                        Chair 2021-2024

 South Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists

                         VP/Pres Elect 2006-09

                          President 2009-10

                          Secretary/Treasurer 2010-2014

                         Executive Committee 2004-current

 South Carolina Medical Association

                         Young Physician Board 2000-2003

                          AMA YPS delegate 2002-03

                           SCMA Board of Trustees, Young Physician Trustee 2003-2007

                           Vice Speaker 2007-2011

                           Speaker of the House 2011-2015

                          CME Committee 2003-2021, (Chair 2017-21)

                                         SCMA CME Award for excellence in CME 2012

                            SCMA-Fulcrum Risk Solutions Board (subsidiary financial company) 2006-current

                                        Vice Chair 2022-current

 University of South Carolina School of Medicine- Clinical

                 Assistant Professor of Surgery, 2017-20

 SC Healthy Connections Medicaid Advisory Committee- 2016-2021

  South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, District 2 appointee 2020-current

                                                            Secretary   2023-2024

                                                            Vice-Chair 2024- current

Publications

  The Lost Art- Editorial, Southern Medical Journal, Dec. 1991, 12:pg 1426

  Hillary P Grocott, MD, FRCPC, Jennifer Root, MD, et al: Coagulation Complicating Cardiopulmonary Bypass in a patient with           Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia receiving Heparanoid, Danaparoid Sodium, J. Cardiothoracic Anesthesia. 11:875-877

 The Sea Politic- poem, Anesthesiology, 115:1386

 Jennifer Root, MD, Margarita Pate, PhD. Routine Preoperative Testing: Unnecessary and Costly. Journal of the SCMA, 107, 226:228

 Jennifer Root, MD, Margarita Pate, PhD. State Regulation, The Other White Meat, ASA newsletter, July 2013, Vol 77, no. 7.

 Jennifer Root, MD. Grassroots Advocacy and the Art of Persuasion, ASA Monitor August 2018, Vol 82, pg 16-17

 Jennifer Root, MD. State Level Grassroots- In It To Win It, ASA monitor August 2019, Vol 83, pg 12-13

 Jennifer Root, MD. Advocacy in the Time of Pandemic, ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol 84, pg 32

 Jennifer Root, MD. The Ethical Obligation of Political Advocacy, ASA Monitor August 2021, Vol 85 pg 26

 Jennifer Root, MD, et al. Advocacy Training in Anesthesiology Residency Programs, ASA Monitor August 2021, Vol 85 pg 30

 Jennifer Root, MD. Why ASA Community is My Go-To for Questions That Matter, ASA Monitor Feb 2022, Vol 86, pg 19

 Jennifer Root, MD, et al. Advancing Workplace Well-being for Anesthesiologists, ASA Monitor Feb 2024, Vol 88, pg 15

 Jennifer Root, MD. ASA Community: 'Peer-to-Peer' vs 'Peer-Reviewed', ASA Monitor April 2024, Vol 88,  pg 32

Presentations

 Palmetto Health Baptist, Perioperative Hypothermia 2008

 AORN, Richland Chapter, Perioperative Hypothermia 2009

 Dorn VA Medical Center, Perioperative Hypothermia 2009

 Dorn VA Medical Center, Regional Anesthesia 2010

 AORN, Richland Chapter, Regional Anesthesia 2010

 Guangzhou University Hospital, Guangzhou China- 21st Century

                         Anesthesia, a Case for Quality Improvement 2010

 MUSC Residents Lecture/ 2011

 USC Medical Student Anesthesia Interest Group Lecture, 2011, 2024

 MUSC Residency Lecture, Advocacy 101, July 2019

 Grand Strand Anesthesiology Residency lecture, Advocacy 101, January 2020

 

Projects

 Creation of Annual Medical Student/Resident Poster Presentation, SCMA 2005(continues currently)

 Performance Improvement Project, Palmetto Health Baptist. “Pre-warming Elective Cesarean Section Patients to improve Post     Operative Temperatures”2008

 Creation of a Statewide Pre-Operative Testing Grid, approved by the SCSA in 2011, published in the SCMA Journal

“Statehouse CPR”, Columbia, SC. 2012

  Performance Improvement Project, Palmetto Surgery Center. “Prevention of PONV in Middle Ear Patients with the addition of     Glycopyrrolate” 2014

 

Certifications

 Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology, 1999 (lifetime certification)

 Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2017

 ACLS, Jan 2024-26

 PeRRLS, October 2023