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September 1996
Volume 60 |
Number 9
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ASA NEWS
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| Candidates Announce
for Elected Office |
Seven ASA members recently have announced their candidacies for
elected office. The anesthesiologists and the offices they seek
are:
- President-Elect
William D. Owens, M.D.
- First Vice-President
John B. Neeld, Jr., M.D.
- Vice-President for Scientific Affairs
Robert K. Stoelting, M.D.
- Assistant Secretary
Joanne Jene, M.D.
- Assistant Treasurer
Neil Swissman, M.D.
- Speaker, House of Delegates
Barry M. Glazer, M.D.
- Vice-Speaker, House of Delegates
Eugene P. Sinclair, M.D.
The ASA Board of Directors on March 6, 1982, approved the following
regulations for the announcement of candidacies for elected office:
- On or before August 1, any candidate for ASA office may send
to the Executive Office a notice of intent to run for a specific
office;
- The Executive Office shall prepare a list of candidates submitted
to be published in the September issue of the ASA NEWSLETTER
and the Handbook for Delegates;
- The announcement for candidacy does not constitute a formal
nomination to an office nor is it a prerequisite for being nominated;
and
- Nominations shall be made at the Annual Meeting of the House
of Delegates for all candidates as prescribed by the ASA Bylaws.
Workshop Set in St. Louis in November
Practitioners who evaluate and care for surgical patients during
the pre-, intra- and postoperative periods should find the ASA
Workshop on Perioperative Assessment and Management of interest.
The program will be held on November 16-17, 1996, at the Marriott
Pavilion Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.
Sessions will be devoted to preoperative risk assessment, focusing
on specific disease entities and selection of appropriate laboratory
testing, primarily on noncritical care patients. The impact of
value-based anesthesia care on the intraoperative and post-anesthesia
periods will be discussed. Sessions will also highlight the skills
needed for operating room leadership and for the development of
administrative and managerial expertise necessary to promote the
anesthesiologist's role as a perioperative physician.
After completing this workshop, participants should be familiar
with current cost-effective preoperative testing in ambulatory
and hospitalized patients; be able to identify perioperative risk
factors as they relate to the pathophysiology of common diseases;
be knowledgeable of the impact that anesthetic choice has on patient
recovery and outcomes; and understand the skills needed to participate
in leadership, administrative and managerial roles as a perioperative
physician.
Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D., is the program chair. She will speak
on "Medical-Legal Implications of Perioperative Assessment"
and "Perioperative Management: The PACU." Other faculty
members and their topics are:
- Stephen P. Fischer, M.D., "Practical Approaches to Preoperative
Evaluation" and "Pitfalls in Managing a Preoperative
Anesthesia Clinic";
- Barbara S. Gold, M.D., "Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment
and Testing" and "Abnormal Preoperative Coagulation
Tests";
- L. Reuven Pasternak, M.D., "Practice Guidelines for Preanesthesia
Assessment" and "Choices in Routine Preoperative Testing:
Medical and Fiscal Realities";
- Peter Rock, M.D., "Perioperative Management of the Patient
With Lung Disease" and "Patient With a New Left Bundle
Branch Block"; and
- Denham S. Ward, M.D., Ph.D., "Budget Cuts in an Anesthesia
Department," "Value-Based Anesthesia Care" and
"Taking the Leadership Role in Operative Services Management."
ASA is approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education programs
for physicians.
ASA designates this continuing medical education program for 11
credit hours in category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award
of the American Medical Association.
Registration is suggested by October 16, 1996. Registration fees
are $300 for ASA active members, $125 for resident members and
$650 for nonmembers.
A block of rooms is being held at the St. Louis Marriott Pavilion
Hotel until October 24, 1996. A room reservation form will be
sent to registrants upon enrollment. The form should be returned
to the hotel by the above date.
The hotel is two blocks from the Gateway Arch and a short walk
from Laclede's Landing, where restaurants and music can be found.
Address Changes for Anesthesiology Editorial Office
The editorial office for the journal Anesthesiology has
moved. All correspondence should be directed to:
Michael M. Todd, M.D.
Editor-in-Chief
Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesia
University of Iowa, 6546 JCP
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
Telephone: (800) 260-5631
(319) 356-4601
Fax: (319) 353-6817
E-mail: <anesthesiology@uiowa.edu>
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