Research is the driving force behind any advance in medicine. The specialty's outstanding record of patient safety proves that anesthesiologists are at the forefront of research in medicine. This issue explores gains, setbacks and opportunities available for today's anesthesiologist.

FEATURES

2001 ASA Annual Meeting: Our Foundations Are Strong

• A Future Without Research Is No Future at All
  
  
• Guinea Pigs, Big Ideas and the Glory of Regulation
  
  
• APSF Research Program
  
  
• AHRQ Grants Place Members on Cutting Edge of Safety Research
  
  
• Got Funds? NIH Does
  
  
• IARS Wants You
  
  
• A Strong Foundation for Research Starts Here
  
  
• First FAER Honorary Lecture
  
  

ARTICLES

• FDA Alert: Current FDA Report on Droperidol Status and Basis for 'Black Box' Warning
  
  
• Orlando–A Story Still Being Written
  
  
• Plans Under Way for 2002 ASA Annual Meeting in Orlando
  
  
• Climbing to Success: Postgraduate Medical Training in Anesthesiology at KCMC
  
  
• Already a Busy Year for Committee on Physician Resources
  
  
• MHAUS to Offer Writing Award
  
  
• Anesthesia Foundation Paying It Forward
  
  
• ASA Patient Safety Videotapes Continue to be Available
  
  

DEPARTMENTS

• Ventilations
• Administrative Update
• Washington Report
  
• Practice Management
  
• State Beat
  
• Subspecialty News
  
• What's New in…Article 1
  
• What's New in…Article 2
  
• Residents' Review
  
• Spotlight on…
  
• ASA News
  
• In Memoriam
  
• Component Society News
  
• Letters to the Editor
  
• FAER Report
  
  

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views, policies or actions of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

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