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April 2000
Volume 64 |
Number 4
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| Residents Prove
That Our Speciality Is Going Strong |
Thomas B. Bralliar, M.D., Chair
Committee on Residents and Medical Students
One of the most pleasant duties of the Committee on Residents
and Medical Students is to be the liaison with the ASA Resident
Component chair and to serve as a conduit for the recommendations
of the Resident Component Governing Council to the House of Delegates.
As a result, I have had close interactions with past Resident
Component Chairs Scott E. Metzger, M.D., Ann C. Still, M.D., and
Stephen J. Kimatian, M.D., their current Chair Roy G. Soto, M.D.,
and their Chair-Elect, Tripti C. Kataria, M.D.
I have witnessed the enthusiasm, idealism and zeal that they
and their members have for anesthesiology. They are bright, hard-working
professionals who constantly reach out to medical students. In
recent years, they have developed a resident luncheon program,
a resident "key contact" in every program, an ASA booth at the
annual meeting of the American Medical Students Association (AMSA)
and a basic airway management program at this year's annual meeting
of AMSA in March in Washington, D.C. Their members have actively
participated in political activities within ASA, their own state
components and the annual ASA Legislative Conference in Washington,
D.C. Increasing membership in ASA and improving communication
through their own Web site are ongoing projects.
Residents have a greater stake in the future of anesthesiology
than we do. But I have seen their leadership and commitment through
the Resident Component, and their future looks bright indeed.
You will find their issues outlined in the following articles
to be interesting and informative.
Thomas B. Bralliar, M.D., is Staff Anesthesiologist at the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. He is also District
11 Director (Ohio).
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