Robert K. Stoelting, MD ,is a 1964 graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine. He was a resident in anesthesia at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California from 1965-1968. Following completion of his residency, Dr. Stoelting served as a Clinical Associate in Anesthesia for 2 years at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He joined the faculty of the Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine in 1970 and became Professor and Chair of the Department in September 1977.