Board of Directors

Jonathan Waters, MD, is currently Chief of Anesthesia Services at Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In addition, he is Medical Director of the University of Pittsburgh Health System’s Perioperative Blood Management program. Prior to his arrival at Magee in 2004, he was Head of OB/GYN Anesthesia as well as the director of the Autotransfusion Service at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. During his tenure at the Clinic, he developed the first AABB accredited blood management program.

Dr. Waters areas of expertise include transfusion management, fluid resuscitation and acid-base theory. He has been honored to present his research at the New York Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, and the Mexican College of Anesthesiologists. He has also been an invited visiting professor at numerous universities including Duke and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute. In addition to conducting research, he has served on the editorial board of the journal, Transfusion, and is a member of the Clinical Transfusion Medicine committee for the American Association of Blood Banks.  He serves on the Transfusion Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists and is on the board of directors for the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management.