Ronald L. Harter, M.D., FASA, is President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). He was elected for a one-year term in October 2023. Dr. Harter is the Jay J. Jacoby professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, and a practicing physician anesthesiologist at the University’s Wexner Medical Center.