The New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists (NJSSA) has created a committee that will look into purchasing and maintaining an anesthesia simulator in the Garden State. Initial plans by NJSSA call for the simulator to be kept in a freestanding building, centrally located in New Jersey, so it can be used by physicians from around the state. NJSSA recently approved the establishment of a tax-free foundation for the purpose of raising the money to buy and maintain the simulator.

Ervin Moss, M.D., Executive Medical Director of NJSSA, says the computer-operated simulator can create more than 100 crises that a physician could face in the O.R. and will cost at least $200,000 to buy and another $60,000 a year to maintain. This does not include the cost of housing the simulator. According to Dr. Moss, the simulator could be used by students in the state's three medical schools and for continuing medical education for New Jersey's anesthesiologists, cardiologists and emergency room physicians.

A simulator will be on display at the 38th Annual New Jersey Postgraduate Anesthesia Seminar, March 22-23, at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.

The New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (NYSSA) elected its 1997 Officers during its House of Delegates meeting at the 50th Annual Postgraduate Assembly. The 1997 NYSSA Officers are:

President  James P. Burdick, M.D. East Amherst, New York  President-Elect  Margaret G. Pratila, M.D. New York, New York  Vice-President  Michael S. Jakubowski, M.D. Schenectady, New York  Immediate Past President  Alexander W. Gotta, M.D. Great Neck, New York  Secretary  Kenneth J. Freese, M.D. East Meadow, New York  Treasurer  Steven S. Schwalbe, M.D. Bronx, New York  Assistant Treasurer  Michael H. Mendeszoon, M.D. Brooklyn, New York  First Assistant Secretary  Phillip N. Fyman, M.D. Jamaica Estates, New York Second Assistant Secretary  Thel G. Boyette, Jr., M.D. Rochester, New York  ASA Director  Jared C. Barlow, M.D. Grand Island, New York  ASA Alternate Director  James E. Cottrell, M.D. Brooklyn, New York

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