Michael W. Champeau, M.D., FASA

Michael W. Champeau, MD, FASA, adjunct clinical professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and president of Associated Anesthesiologists Medical Group, is president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). He was elected for a one-year term in October 2022.

Dr. Champeau is a member of ASA’s Executive Committee and Administrative Council. He has served ASA in numerous roles, including ASA president-elect, first vice president, treasurer and assistant treasurer. He has also served on ASA’s Committee on Government Affairs, the Committee on Practice Management and the PAC Executive Board. In addition to his commitments to ASA, Dr. Champeau is past president of the California Society of Anesthesiologists and was president of the medical staff at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, California. He is a member of the California Medical Association and American Medical Association, as well as a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a recipient of the California Society of Anesthesiologists’ Distinguished Service Award and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Distinguished Medical Staff Service Award.

Dr. Champeau received his Bachelor of Science degree, with highest honors, from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana before receiving his medical degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a residency in anesthesiology at Stanford. He is board-certified in both anesthesiology and pediatrics. 

Dr. Champeau resides in Burlingame, California, with his wife, pediatrician Patricia Soong, M.D.