Peninsula Regional Medical Center Appoints Chief And Vice Chair Of Anesthesiology Department

SALISBURY, Md. Dr. Courtney Harris has been promoted to chief of the anesthesiology department and Dr. Alex Mah to vice chair of anesthesiology at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.  The announcement was made by Sheridan Healthcare, Inc., the leading anesthesia services provider in the country that provides anesthesia services at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. 

In their new positions, Dr. Harris and Dr. Mah are responsible for ensuring the quality of the anesthesia and surgery departments, educating and developing the operating room staff and performing administrative duties.

Dr. Harris has been the director of obstetric anesthesiology at Peninsula Regional Medical Center since 2009, and in 2011 was named vice chief of the anesthesiology department by Sheridan Healthcare.

A resident of Berlin, Dr. Harris completed his residency, internship and obstetric anesthesiology fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo.  He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, Ala. and is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology and Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists.  Dr. Harris also is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Dr. Mah has been practicing anesthesiology since 2006 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, and since 2009 as a staff anesthesiologist with Sheridan Healthcare.

A resident of Salisbury, Dr. Mah is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He completed his anesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mah earned a combined M.D./Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.