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October 1997
Volume 61 |
Number 10
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ASA NEWS
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| Regional Refresher
Course Scheduled in Las Vegas |
"Negotiating With Managed Care Contract Holders" and
"Clinical Applications of Autonomic Nervous System Anatomy
and Physiology" are two of the 20 lectures that will be offered
at the Las Vegas Regional Refresher Course on February 7-8, 1998.
The program, to be held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, will
cover a broad range of topics in anesthesia.
Kumar G. Belani, M.D., is the program chair. The faculty and
their topics are:
- James F. Arens, M.D., "Negotiating With Managed Care
Contract Holders" and "Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery";
- David S. Beebe, M.D., "Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery"
and "Anesthetic Care of Patients After Organ Transplantation";
- Michael K. Cahalan, M.D., "Current Role of Transesophageal
Echocardiography" and "Strategies to Prevent Homologous
Blood Transfusion";
- Barbara S. Gold, M.D., "Anesthetic Care of Patients With
Diabetes Mellitus for Ambulatory Surgery" and "Perioperative
Evaluation of Patients With Cardiac Disease";
- Raafat S. Hannallah, M.D., "Anesthesia for Pediatric
Ambulatory Surgery" and "Pediatric Regional Anesthesia";
- Jeevendra A. Martyn, M.D., "Infants and Young Children:
How and Why They Respond Differently to Anesthetics" and
"The Acetylcholine Receptor: How Does It Change Response
to Relaxants?";
- Richard W. Rosenquist, M.D., "Acute Pain Management in
the Perioperative Setting - Can Regional Anesthesia/Analgesia
Help Us?" and "Cancer Pain Management - Where Do We
Begin and What's on the Horizon?";
- Maya S. Suresh, M.D., "Anesthetic Management of Obstetric
Emergencies" and "Failed Intubation: Strategies for
Airway Management in the Parturient";
- Russell T. Wall, M.D., "Endocrine Emergencies in Anesthesia"
and "Clinical Applications of Autonomic Nervous System
Anatomy and Physiology";
- Mark A. Warner, M.D., "Cost Containment in Anesthesia:
Is It Worth the Effort?" and "New Thoughts on Perioperative
Neuropathies."
Registrants are asked to choose one of the two lectures offered
in each time slot. Admission will be by ticket only. Tickets will
be included in the registration packets distributed at the meeting.
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
10 credit hours in category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award
of the American Medical Association.
Registration is suggested by January 5, 1998. Registration fees
are $250 for ASA active members, $125 for resident members and
$600 for nonmembers.
A block of rooms is being held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino.
A room reservation form will be sent upon registration for the
meeting. The form should be returned directly to the hotel by
January 5, 1998.
Calendars for
Meetings' Booklet Entries Invited
Twice each year, in January and July, ASA publishes a "Calendars
for Meetings" booklet, which serves as an aid to all ASA
members by providing information about continuing education courses,
seminars and meetings in anesthesiology over the next five years.
The booklet further helps to provide department chairs, program
directors and component society officers with information that
could prevent overlaps and conflicts in meeting schedules.
The next edition of "Calendars for Meetings" will be
distributed with the January 1998 ASA NEWSLETTER. The deadline
for submissions is December 1, 1997. Entries must be submitted
in writing and received at the ASA Executive Office by the deadline.
Submissions will not be taken by telephone.
For further information or to obtain submission forms, contact
the ASA Executive Office, Communications Department, 520 N. Northwest
Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573; telephone: (847) 825-5586;
e-mail: <communications@ASAhq.org>.
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