Penn State Alumni Achievement Student Mixer
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Penn State Alumni Achievement Student Mixer
Thursday, April 7 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Hintz Family Alumni
Center
Refreshments will be served. Please R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, April 6. Business casual dress is
appropriate.
The Alumni Achievement Awards are given by the Penn State Alumni
Association to recognize the contributions and leadership of alumni,
ages 35 and under, in their respective fields.
Co-Sponsored by the Blue & White Society
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Eberly College of Science Students and those interested in medical school:
Maggie Ann Jeffries ’99 Sci
Maggie Jeffries is an anesthesiologist with Avalon Anesthesia in
Fernandina Beach, Fla.
After earning her Penn State degree in biology, Jeffries attended
medical school at Drexel University and graduated in 2003 with high
honors. She began her residency in 2003 at a Harvard Community Hospital
and completed her program at Johns Hopkins University in 2007. During
this time she began serving a 3-year term on the Anesthesiology
Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME), an institution responsible for the
accreditation medical training programs.
Upon completion of her medical degree, Jeffries was an assistant
professor at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for 2 and
halfyears, where she focused on pediatric and neuroanesthesia. While
there, she chaired the Debakey High school mentorship program,
coordinated monthly Journal club, and was the coordinator for resident
education programs. Jeffries is currently the coordinator of Evidence
Based Anesthesia Practice at Baptist Nassau, Insuring all policies and
procedures conform to known standards of care. She has presented
research at national anesthesia meetings throughout the country and has
published articles in Anesthesiology News, Journal of Cardiothoracic
Anesthesia, The Neurologist, and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
As part of her community outreach, Jeffries works with local high
school and college students, allowing them to shadow her at her
practice in the operating room. Jeffries previously served on the
Eberly College of Science Alumni Society Board 2000-2003.