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July 1999
Volume 63
Number 7
   
Clinical Forum Program Offers Diversity

Gregory K. Unruh, M.D., Chair
Committee on Clinical Forum


The Clinical Forum sessions at the 1999 ASA Annual Meeting will be held Monday through Wednesday, October 11-13, 1999, at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas. Last year's Forums were informative, interactive, thought provoking and fun! We believe the sessions this year will live up to that challenge. The Clinical Forum format is designed to allow a panel of experts to delve into designed cases informally and to discuss clinical management decisions. Remember, Clinical Forums are a chance to interact with and question the experts and the sessions are free!

The Clinical Forum cases will be printed in the 1999 Annual Meeting Program book so participants may review and study them prior to attendance. Some of the Forums will provide an expanded case summary and an outline of the important and controversial issues to those who attend. Each Clinical Forum session is scheduled for 90 minutes and the moderator will be keenly interested in facilitating audience discussion with the panelists. We will look forward to seeing you there!

The 1999 Clinical Forum Committee has assembled the following Forums for this year's annual meeting:

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia Clinical Forum: Moderator: Michael K. Cahalan, M.D., University of California San Francisco; Panelists: Charles W. Whitten, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Daniel M. Thys, M.D., Columbia University, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital; Colleen G. Koch, M.D., Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Critical Care Clinical Forum: Moderator: Douglas B. Coursin, M.D., University of Wisconsin; Panelists: Gerald A. Maccioli, M.D., Raleigh Practice Center; Pamela Roberts, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine; David M. Rothenberg, M.D., Rush Medical College.

Ethics Clinical Forum: Moderator: Gail A. Van Norman, M.D., University of Washington; Panelists: Brian K. Ross, M.D., University of Washington; Susan K. Palmer, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; David B. Waisel, M.D., Lackland Air Force Base; Scott Kragie, J.D., Squire, Sanders and Dempsey.

General/Trauma Clinical Forum: Moderator: Colin F. Mackenzie, M.B., R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland; Panelists: James M. Berry, M.D., University of Texas-Houston Medical School; Richard P. Dutton, M.D., R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland; Donald S. Prough, M.D., The University of Texas Medical Branch.

Neuroanesthesia Clinical Forum: Moderator: Arthur M. Lam M.D., University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center; Panelists: Basil Matta, M.B., University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital; Mary K. Sturaitis, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine; Barbara Van de Wiele, M.D., University of California-Los Angeles.

Obstetric Anesthesia Clinical Forum: Moderator: Gerard M. Bassell, M.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine; Panelists: David J. Birnbach, M.D., College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; Valerie A. Arkoosh, M.D., MCP Hahnemann University, City Avenue Hospital; Christopher M. Viscomi, M.D., University of Utah.

Adult Outpatient/Geriatric Anesthesia Clinical Forum: Moderator: James D. Kindscher, M.D., Kansas University Medical Center; Panelists: Lewis A. Coveler, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine; Michael H. Entrup, M.D., Tufts University; Joseph M. Levine, M.D., Valley Anesthesia Consultants.

Chronic Pain Clinical Forum: Moderator: Richard W. Rosenquist, M.D., The University of Iowa; Panelists: F. Michael Ferrante, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Health System; Anne C. Still, M.D., University of Alabama; Douglas G. Merrill, M.D., Medical Director, Valley Analgesia Service.

Pediatric Anesthesia Clinical Forum: Moderator: Maureen Strafford, M.D., Tufts University Medical Center.


Gregory K. Unruh, M.D., is Associate Professor and Director, Residency Education, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.


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