Central Line episode 137: SafeHaven – A Clinician Well-Being Program

Melina Davis

Melina Davis serves as the Chief Executive Officer and EVP of the Medical Society of Virginia (MSV). Melina’s experience has crossed many industries and at multiple levels in healthcare, technology and nonprofits. She has been a start-up founder, a board director and previously and currently a CEO. Her success hinges on her unique ability to bring different groups of people together to collaborate for a greater good. Melina’s entrepreneurial approach and ability to motivate and stimulate creativity and deliver impactful results has resulted in her raising more than $120 million dollars for health and human services. MSV’s revenue has grown nearly 300% under her leadership. She has visioned several innovative solutions for MSV including passing the first of its kind legislative protections for health care clinicians’ well-being through the creation of the SafeHaven.

Ronald L. Harter, MD, FASA

Ronald L. Harter, MD, FASA, professor of anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, is president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). He was elected for a one-year term in October 2023.

Dr. Harter is a member of ASA’s Executive Committee and Administrative Council. Over the past three decades, he has served ASA in numerous roles, most recently as ASA president-elect. Additionally, he served as speaker of ASA’s House of Delegates and ASA’s representative to the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience. He has chaired ASA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Physician Well-Being, Committee on Young Physicians, Committee on Medical Students and Residents, and Committee on Bylaws. He has been a member of several ASA committees, including the Perioperative Surgical Home Steering Committee and Ad Hoc Committee on Perioperative Medicine.

Dr. Harter has been an active member of the Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists since 1994 and served as its president.

Dr. Harter received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and completed his Doctor of Medicine at The Ohio State University. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He is board-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife Katharine; they have five children.