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September 1997
Volume 61 |
Number 9
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| Candidates Announce
for Elected Office |
Thirteen ASA members recently have announced their candidacies
for elected office. The anesthesiologists and the offices they
seek are:
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President-Elect
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John B. Neeld, Jr., M.D.
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| First Vice-President |
Thomas H. Cromwell, M.D.
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Ronald A. MacKenzie, D.O.
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| Vice-President for Scientific Affairs |
James E. Cottrell, M.D.
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Thomas W. Feeley, M.D.
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Bradley E. Smith, M.D.
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| Secretary |
Joanne Jene, M.D.
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| Treasurer |
Neil Swissman, M.D.
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| Assistant Secretary |
Peter L. Hendricks, M.D.
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William D. Hetrick, M.D.
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Marcelle M. Willock, M.D.
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| Assistant Treasurer |
Orin F. Guidry, M.D.
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| Vice-Speaker, House of Delegates |
Eugene P. Sinclair, M.D.
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The ASA Board of Directors has 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.
Phoenix Workshop on Interventional Pain Management
The ASA Workshop on Interventional Pain Management will update
the participant on invasive management techniques as they relate
to clinical practice and the management of pain. This program
will be held on November 22-23, 1997, at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix
in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
This workshop includes patient selection criteria, implantation
techniques and post-implantation management strategies for implantable
pumps and stimulators. Additionally, continuous peripheral nerve
blockade techniques in the management of acute and chronic pain
will be discussed. Particular emphasis will be placed on the hands-on
hardware workshops to familiarize the participants with the equipment
used to perform these invasive techniques.
John M. Huffman, M.D., is the program chair. The other faculty
and their topics are:
- Steven M. Rosen, M.D., "Patient Selection/Indications
and Contraindications," "Spinal Pump Selection and
Implantation Techniques" and "Post-Implantation Management
and Adjuvants";
- Susan M. Steele, M.D., "Continuous Upper Extremity Nerve
Blockade," "Continuous Lower Extremity Nerve Blockade"
and "CPNB: Conquering the Administrative Issues";
- Barry Straus, M.D., "Patient Selection/Indications and
Contraindications," "Implantation Techniques: A Simplified
Approach" and "Post-Implantation Patient Management:
Tricks of the Trade."
Each speaker will present a half-day of lectures, followed by
a question-and-answer session moderated by Dr. Huffman and a hardware
workshop offering the chance to try the equipment that has been
described in the lectures.
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
12 credit hours in category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award
of the American Medical Association.
Registration is suggested by October 22, 1997. Registration fees
are $200 for ASA active members, $100 for resident members and
$550 for nonmembers.
A block of rooms is being held at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix until
November 1, 1997. A room reservation form will be sent to registrants
upon receipt of registration. The form should be returned to the
hotel by the above date.
ASA Web Statistics and Midyear Update
ASA continues to keep statistics on the number of "hits,"
or visits, that the ASA Web site receives. Here is a list of the
top four hits for the month of July as well as a running total
for the period of January 1 through July 31:
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Page
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July Total
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Running Total
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| ASA Home Page |
5,874
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33,878
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| Physician Information |
2,615
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16,468
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| What's New |
887
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6,377
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| Patient Education |
693
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5,023
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These statistics give just some of the information that ASA has
compiled regarding the ASA Web site. Recent useful updates to
the Web site include the addition of new pages that are portable
document format (pdf) versions of the ASA Standards, Guidelines
and Statements and the ASA Bylaws, which allow the documents to
be downloaded by the user.
ASA Expands Annual Meeting Message System to Internet
In an effort to make it easier for meeting attendees to exchange
messages and plan informal get-togethers for the 1997 ASA Annual
Meeting, we will be offering a comprehensive, Internet-based electronic
bulletin board/message system as a companion to the traditional
paper system. Users of the electronic system will be able to access
it 24-hours a day and be able to post or retrieve messages from
virtually anywhere in the world.
Prior to arriving in San Diego, attendees and exhibitors can
access the system via the Internet to coordinate their schedules
and plan meetings. Upon arrival in San Diego, they will be able
to access the system via the Internet or via computers in the
registration area in the Convention Center and the ASA booth in
the exhibit hall. Attendees will also have the option of accessing
the message board from their personal laptops or dial-up Internet
access accounts using their own Internet Service Provider.
The URL for this service is <http://asa.adnc.com>
and it will be available as of October 1, 1997.
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