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100 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine MEDICINE, HEALTH CARE AND WELLNESS JEWEL MONTGOMERY SMAY, MD FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Montgomery Anesthesia Service, PC Tulsa, OK With over a decade of experience to her credit, Dr. Jewel Montgomery Smay is a rising expert in the health care industry. To wit, she is well-versed as a boardcertified pediatric anesthesiologist and health care administrator, utilizing her unique skills in pediatric and clinical anesthesiology to aid numerous patients on a regular basis. Since 2013, Dr. Smay has primarily served as the founder, president and chief executive officer of Montgomery Anesthesia Service, PC. She and her team of experts focus on providing cuttingedge monitoring techniques and treatments to ensure the highest standard of care for all patients, backed by a commitment to their constant safety. At the onset of her career, Dr. Smay operated as a pediatric anesthesiologist for several medical institutions. She began working with the St. John Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2014, where she would remain until 2017. Between 2017 and 2020, she then worked alongside colleagues at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Hillcrest Healthcare System. Afterward, Dr. Smay became the medical director of NorthStar Anesthesia in Muskogee, a leadership role she held from 2020 to 2023. Between 2022 and 2023, she also acted as the organization’s regional medical director for the states of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. During her time with NorthStar, she deftly demonstrated her skills as a proficient business operator. Adjacent to her primary professional endeavors, Dr. Smay briefly taught as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center from 2012 to 2014. As part of her vocational journey, she cultivated her own higher education, beginning her studies at Duke University, where she earned a BS in psychology in 1995. She subsequently continued her collegiate career at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, ultimately achieving an MD in 2007. Following the completion of her studies, Dr. Smay participated in a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine from 2007 to 2011. She

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