Research to Take Center Stage
at ASA Annual Meeting
The hour allotted to the Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial
Lecture on Monday, October 13, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15
p.m., will include not just this prestigious lecture
but the presentation of a number of awards. Terri G.
Monk, M.D., will present the Rovenstine Lecture on “Postoperative
Cognitive Dysfunction: The Next Challenge in Geriatric
Anesthesia.” Following the lecture, awards will
be given in the following areas:
| Award for Excellence in Research – Mervyn
Maze, M.D. |
| Residents’ Research Essay Contest, First
Place – Norbert Topf, M.D. |
| Distinguished Service Award – Bernard
V. Wetchler, M.D. |
| Presidential Scholar Award – Peter J.
Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D. |
Michael M. Todd, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of the journal
Anesthesiology, will present the Award for
Excellence in Research. Michael K. Cahalan, M.D., chair
of the ASA Committee on Research, will present the Residents’
Research Essay Contest and Presidential Scholar Awards.
The Celebration of Research will follow the Rovenstine
Lecture from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. During the session,
Drs. Maze and Topf and the Presidential Scholar will
present a concise overview of their works. Dr. Todd
will moderate a 15-minute panel discussion with audience
participation following the presentations.
The focus on research will continue during the Third
Annual Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
(FAER) Honorary Research Lecture from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, M.D., will speak on “Critical
Infections — From Genes to the Bedside.”
The FAER Panel follows from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. “Transforming
the Medical Specialty of Anesthesiology: The Challenge
of the 21st Century” is the topic and will be
moderated by Sean K. Kennedy, M.D.
All of these events will be held at the Moscone Center.
Residents’ Research Essay
Contest Recipients Honored
Michael K. Cahalan, M.D., Chair of the Committee on
Research, has announced that the committee will award
prizes for the following three entries in the ASA 2003
Residents’ Research Essay Contest:
First Prize
Norbert Topf, M.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell
University, New York, New York, for: “A Mutant
GABAA Receptor With Normal GABA Sensitivity
but Selective Sensitivity to Different Volatile Anesthetics.”
Second Prize
Satoki Inoue, M.D., Neuroanesthesia Research, VA Medical
Center, University of California-San Diego, San Diego,
California, for: “Isoflurane and Caspase 8 Inhibition
Reduce Cerebral Injury in Rats Subjected to Focal Cerebral
Ischemia.”
Third Prize
Markus W. Hollmann, M.D., Ph.D., Weill Medical College
of Cornell University, New York, New York, for: “Time-Dependent
Inhibition of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling by
Local Anesthetics.”.
Annual Meeting Registration Just
Got Easier!
Registration for the ASA 2003 Annual Meeting in San
Francisco, California, is now available on the Web,
and the process has never been more convenient.
Just log on to <www2.ASAhq.org>
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 San Francisco.
Remember that the preregistration deadline is September
10 and that no refunds or exchanges will be
made after September 10.
Component Society News: California
State Society Announces New Officers
Listed below are the newly elected President and President-Elect
of the California Society of Anesthesiologists. Elections
took place at its House of Delegates Meeting on June
7, 2003, at the Disneyland® Hotel, Anaheim, California,
in accordance with procedures outlined in the bylaws
of both organizations.
President
H. Douglas Roberts, M.D. |
President-Elect
Linda J. Mason, M.D. |
In
Memoriam
Notice
has been received of the death of the following
ASA members: |
| Eugene
J. Agnone, M.D.
Lighthouse Point, Florida
June 27, 2003 |
Helen
K. Coffin, M.D.
Prairie Village, Kansas
May 8, 2003 |
Robert
W. Kline, M.D.
Oakmont, Pennyslvania
June 30, 2003 |
| Albert
G. Bakhshian, M.D.
Hawley, Pennsylvania
May 10, 2003 |
Harold
E. Coulter, M.D.
Oro Valley, Arizona
May 23, 2003 |
Franklin
B. McKechnie, M.D.
Winter Park, Florida
June 12, 2003 |
| Raymond
J. Bauzys, M.D.
St. Pete Beach, Florida
April 19, 2003 |
James
G. Dickson, Jr., M.D.
Portland, Maine
June 9, 2003 |
Charles
L. Miller, M.D.
San Diego, California
January 28, 2003 |
| Allan
J. Berger, M.D.
Louisville, Kentucky
February 3, 2003 |
John
T. Domann, M.D.
Santa Rosa, California
May 28, 2003 |
Larry
J. Papincak, M.D.
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
October 24, 2002 |
| Thomas
J. Brennan, M.D.
Vero Beach, Florida
July 11, 2003 |
M.
Jack Fruman, M.D.
Menlo Park, California
April 8, 2003 |
Joseph
W. Tafaro, M.D.
Vero Beach, Florida
May 21, 2003 |
| Charles
R. Brielmaier, M.D.
Chesterfield, Missouri
May 18, 2003 |
Warren
W. Greene, M.D.
Ventura, California
June 27, 2003 |
Virgilio
J. Veloso, M.D.
Davenport, Florida
June 26, 2003 |
| Elena
M. Catarau, M.D.
Winchester, Massachusetts
May 30, 2003 |
Hugh
J. Hargrave, M.D.
Leola, Pennsylvania
August 18, 2002 |
William
R. Welhaf, M.D.
Boca Raton, Florida
April 5, 2003 |
| Thomas
Cecola, M.D.
Karnack, Texas
March 5, 2003 |
Richard
E. Hotes, M.D.
New Britain, Connecticut
June 8, 2003 |
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