Home     |    Contact ASA     |     Join ASA!    |     Members Only     |    Retail Store   |    Advertising Information
 
ASA NEWSLETTER
 
 
August 2002
Volume 66
Number 8
 
ASA NEWS

PBLD Forum Added at Annual Meeting

The popularity of the Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) program continues to grow with each Annual Meeting. This year, we have had more than 200 submissions from new and repeat discussion presenters.

The Committee on Problem-Based Learning Discussions has scheduled an open forum for PBLD case writing on Monday, October 14, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Room 315B at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. Members of the committee will be available to consult with those who may wish to present a PBLD case discussion and to discuss the concept of what the PBLD mode of education entails.

Finally, it has come to our attention that the PBLD index published in the 2002 Annual Meeting Registration booklet is incorrect. A revised and correct index is available online with keyword search capabilities at < www.ASAhq.org/AnnMtg > and will appear in the Annual Meeting Program that will be distributed to all members and others in August 2002.

Residents' Research Award Recipients Honored

Michael K. Cahalan, M.D, Chair, Committee on Research, has announced that the committee will award prizes for the following three entries in the 2002 ASA Residents' Research Essay Contest:

First Prize
Matthias L. Riess, M.D., Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for: "Anesthetic Pre-Conditioning Reduces the Rise and Decline in NADH During Ischemia in Guinea Pigs Isolate Hearts: Reversal After Mitochondrial Katp Channel Blockade"

Second Prize
Claudia Benkwitz, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, for: "Local Anesthetic Modulation of G-Protein Function Is Subunit Dependent."

Third Prize
Martin K. Slodzinski, M.D., Ph.D., Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, for: "A Novel Platform Technology: Two-Photon Imaging of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Reactive Oxygen Species During Ischemia-Reperfusion in Langendorff-Perfused Hearts."

Recipients receive a plaque to acknowledge their achievement and a cash award to present their papers at the awards ceremony and oral scientific poster presentation during the ASA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, October 13, at 9 a.m. during the House of Delegates meeting in the Orlando Peabody Hotel.

Annual Meeting Registration Just Got Easier!

Registration for the ASA 2002 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, is now available on the Web, and the process has never been more convenient.

Just log on to and navigate through the ASA Annual Meeting online registration icons. You will be able to access everything from scientific abstracts to exhibitor information plus find hints on what to do in your spare time in Orlando.

Remember that the preregistration deadline is September 10 and that no refunds or exchanges will be made after September 17.

 


return to top


 


FEATURES

Code Red: Who Will Revive Critical Care Medicine?

ARTICLES


DEPARTMENTS


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.

NL Archives

Information for Authors