Background
Beckmeyer, Henry Ernest was born on April 13, 1939 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. Son of Henry Ernest Junior and Margaret Gertrude (Link) Beckmeyer.
anesthesiologist management specialist medical educator
Beckmeyer, Henry Ernest was born on April 13, 1939 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. Son of Henry Ernest Junior and Margaret Gertrude (Link) Beckmeyer.
Bachelor, Michigan State University, 1961; Doctor of Osteopathy, U. Health Sciences, 1965.
Chief physician migrant worker program and operation head start, Sheridan (Michigan) Community Hospital, 1967-1969;
resident in anesthesia, Bi-County Community Hospital/DOH Corporation, Detroit, 1969-1971;
chief resident, Bi-County Community Hospital/DOH Corporation, Detroit, 1968-1969;
staff anesthesiologist, Detroit Osteopathic Hospital/BCCH, 1971-1975;
founding department chairman anesthesia, Humana Hospital of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1975-1979;
associate professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1979-1988;
professor anesthesia, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1988;
department chairman osteopathic medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1985-1996;
department chairman osteopathic surgical specialities, 1996-1997;
chief staff, Michigan State University Health Facilities, 1988-1990;
chairman medical staff executive and steering committees, Michigan State University Health Facilities, 1988-1990;
chairman of anesthesia, St. Lawrence Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, 1984-1990;
administrative director department anesthesia and pain management, St. Lawrence Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, 1994-1998. Chief of staff Sheridan Community Hospital, 1968-1969. Member administrative county Michigan State University, 1988-1997, member academic county, 1992-1996, member of faculty county, 1992-1996, member clinical practice board, board directors sports medicine.
Member internal management committee Michigan Center for Rural Health. Consultant Ministry Health, Belize C.A., 1993-1997. Ambassador Midwestern University Consortium International Activities, 1993.
Program chairman American Russian Medical Exch., 1993-1997. Board directors Belize Medical Partnership.
Speaker Station WKAR, Michigan State University. Board directors Boy Scouts American, W. Bloomfield, Michigan, 1973-1974, Palm Beach Mental Health, 1977-1979, Care Choices health maintenance organization, Lansing, 1987-1988. Fellow American College Osteopathic Anesthesiologists.
Member American Medical Association, American Osteopathic College.Anesthesiology (chairman commission on colleges 1988-1989), Society Critical Care Medicine, International Anesthesiology Research Society, American College Physician Executives, American Osteopathic Association (speaker), American Academy Pain Management, American ArbitrationAssn., Michigan State Medical Society, Michigan Pain Society, Michigan Peer Review Organisation, American Society Regional Anesthesia, Society Security Disability Evaluation, Society International Scholars, Phi Beta Delta.
Married Virginia Hobson. Children: Henry, James, Martha, Leigh, Hillary, Nicole.