The Operation Smile Perioperative Study Group created the Perioperative Events Log and structure of the study. The participants were:

Ellen Agler, BA, Operation Smile Regional Programs Manager for Central and South America, Bogota, Columbia

Douglas Bankhead, MD^¶, Staff Anesthesiologist, LDS Hospital, Bountiful, UT

John Connelly, CRNA^¶, Instructor, Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Allen Finley, MD,^¶ Professor of Anaesthesia and Psychology, Dalhousie University Department of Anaesthesia, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Quentin Fisher, MD^¶, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

Vance Ganier, Jr.,CRNA, MEd^¶, Department of Anesthesia, United States Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan

Linda Jo Rice, MD^¶, Professor of Clinical Anesthesia, University of South Florida, Director for Pain Management, Anesthesiology Specialists PA, St. Petersburg, FL

Steven Rhondeau, MD^¶, Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT

Frank Stewart, MD, FAAP^{¶, §}, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Eastern Virginia Medical School Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Norfolk VA Norfolk, VA

Christine Whitten, MD^¶, Chief of Perioperative Services, Kaiser Permanente Hospital, San Diego, CA

¶ Volunteer anesthesia provider for Operation Smile Inc.

§ Chair Anesthesia Advisory Council, Operation Smile Inc.