TULSA, OK, December 05, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jewel Montgomery Smay, MD, MBA, founder and chief executive officer of Montgomery Anesthesia Service, PC, was selected by Marquis Who's Who for a prominent feature in the Texas Edition of The Wall Street Journal, published on September 10, 2025.

Equipped with expertise in medicine, pediatric anesthesiology and health care administration, Dr. Smay has accrued over 10 years of industry experience. Since 2013, she has thrived as the founder and chief executive officer of Montgomery Anesthesia Service, PC, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she and her team focus on providing cutting-edge monitoring techniques and innovative treatment modalities to ensure optimal patient safety. Leveraging her skills in pediatric and clinical anesthesiology, Dr. Smay is particularly proud to help her patients and guarantee they receive the highest standard of care.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Smay served as the medical director of NorthStar Anesthesia in Muskogee, Oklahoma, between 2020 and 2023. Concurrently, she was the organization's regional medical director for Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri from 2022 to 2023. Likewise, Dr. Smay worked as a pediatric anesthesiologist at the Hillcrest Healthcare System in Tulsa from 2019 to 2020 and at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City from 2017 to 2019. She also worked at the St. John Health System in Tulsa from 2014 to 2017 and served as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center between 2012 and 2014.

Dr. Smay first earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Duke University in 1995 and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 2007. Following the completion of her degrees, she participated in a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine between 2007 and 2011 before completing a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology in 2012. Seeking new heights in medical administration, she also received a Master of Business Administration in health sector management from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business in 2023 and completed the Black Corporate Board Readiness Program at the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business in 2024.

To remain aware of industry trends and developments, Dr. Smay maintains active affiliation with organizations such as the American Board of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology. Furthermore, she has served on the board of advisors of Transdermal Solutions LLC since 2021 and the Diabetes Reversal Group since 2025.

In accounting for her success, Dr. Smay credits her intrinsic sense of curiosity and ambition, her desire to enact meaningful change in the world and her lifelong commitment to learning. She also attributes much of her career success to her tenure at NorthStar Anesthesia, where she initially developed her business acumen. To this end, Dr. Smay emphasizes that her firsthand experiences with leadership formed the foundation of her current success at Montgomery Anesthesia Service. In 2023, she received the One Team Award from NorthStar Anesthesia.

Looking ahead, Dr. Smay aspires to join the board of a prestigious Fortune 500 corporation and aims to transition to a new leadership position in the health care sector. Moreover, she intends to remain fully dedicated to raising her children. Emphasizing that medicine remains a deeply rewarding profession, she hopes to continue excelling in the coming years.

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