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AANA and ASA Leadership Take First Steps
With the help of a mediator, the leadership of the
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
and ASA met for the first time in many years and held
open and candid discourse, which led to the establishment
of a list of critical issues of common interest to
both organizations. There was unanimous agreement
that both organizations share a common commitment
to safe anesthesia care for all patients.
As the leadership examined the history between AANA
and ASA, it became apparent that there had been a
failure of honest communication between AANA and ASA
at the leadership level. There was commitment at the
leadership level to improve the working relationship
between the organizations through open and honest
communication that will begin to build the trust that
is essential if AANA and ASA are to work together
on issues of common interest. The leadership is optimistic
that it is possible to begin establishing this trust
and that ultimately it also will start to develop
at the grassroots level of both organizations.
The leadership of AANA and ASA acknowledge that given
the history between the organizations, the process
of establishing trust will take time. The commitment
to this process by the leadership of AANA and ASA
is evidenced by the fact that the leadership and mediator
will hold day-and-a-half-long meetings in each of
the next five months to work on the issues that have
been identified.
We are cognizant that a long journey begins with the
first step. That step has been taken.
Tom L. McKibban, CRNA, M.S.,
AANA President
Roger W. Litwiller, M.D.,
ASA President
Announcement
of Candidates for Elected Office
The ASA Board of Directors has approved regulations
for the announcement of candidates for elected ASA
office in the ASA NEWSLETTER. The regulations
are as follows:
1. On or before August 1, any candidate for ASA
office may send to the Executive Office a notice
of intent to run for a specific office.
2. The Executive Office shall prepare a list of
candidates submitted, to be published in the September
NEWSLETTER and the Handbook for Delegates.
3. The announcement of candidacy does not constitute
formal nomination to an office nor is it a prerequisite
for being nominated.
4. Nominations shall be made at the Annual Meeting
of the House of Delegates for all candidates as
prescribed by the Bylaws.
Candidates are welcome to place information in the
candidate area of the ASA Web site. This area is to
include the picture, brief curriculum vitae and statement
of principle for each avowed candidate for the current
year’s election. ASA caucus chairs will be asked
to review and approve the format of materials submitted
by ASA office candidates.
Nominations
Sought for Media Award
Each year ASA accepts entries for the ASA Media Award,
a distinction given to one or more outstanding media
presentations that effectively inform and educate the
public about the practice of anesthesiology.
The Committee on Communications encourages members to
submit or nominate local media presentations from broadcast
(television or radio) and print (newspaper or magazine)
media and Web-based news site articles. Increased interest
generated in this award will result in a greater number
of presentations on the subject of anesthesiology.
The winner receives a plaque and the opportunity to
attend the presentation ceremony during the ASA Annual
Meeting. The 2004 Media Award will be presented on Sunday,
October 24, at the ASA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Deadline for the submission of entries is June 1, 2004,
for media presentations released between June
1, 2003, and May 31, 2004. Any entries received
after the deadline will be carried over to the next
year.
Two awards were given in 2003. Writing for The Chronicle
of Higher Education, Lila Guterman received an
award for a November 29, 2003, article titled “Battling
for Hearts and Minds,” which explored the magnitude
and causes of postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Theresa
Wells of the University of California-Davis won for
a television segment titled “Pulse,” which
featured “a day in the life” of an anesthesiologist
in a hospital setting.
Up to four ASA Media Awards may be given each year for
media presentations that inform and educate the public
about the medical practice of anesthesiology.
All entries should be sent to R. Lawrence Sullivan,
Jr., M.D., Chair, Committee on Communications, American
Society of Anesthesiologists, 520 N. Northwest Highway,
Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573.
2003
PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available
The 2003 Problem-Based Learning Discussions (PBLD)
CD-ROM is available at a cost of $20 per copy. (The
price of the PBLD Program was incorrectly listed at
$15 in the February 2004 NEWSLETTER.) This
CD presents the 130 cases discussed during the PBLD
Program at the 2003 ASA Annual Meeting. For educational
purposes, it allows the learner to read each case
and its objectives, review the model discussion and
references, and then embark upon an individual study
program to identify and solve the problems posed in
each case.
To purchase a copy, send a check payable to the American
Society of Anesthesiologists for $20 (Illinois residents,
add 8.25-percent sales tax) to the ASA Publications
Department, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge,
IL 60068-2573.
Call
for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award
The deadline for submissions for the Second Annual Presidential
Scholar Award is May 15, 2004. The goal of this award
is to highlight research by faculty members in anesthesiology
departments.
The recipient of the First Annual Presidential Scholar
Award was Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., from Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Upon receiving
the award at the 2003 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco,
California, last October, Dr. Pronovost spoke on “Making
a Difference: From Hypothesis to Policy — the
ICU Story.”
Anesthesiologists who are within seven years of their
first appointment to a department of anesthesiology,
who are board-certified and who spend at least two days
a week in clinical practice are eligible for this award.
Candidates should be nominated for the award by their
department chair, who should submit each nominee’s
curriculum vitae and copies of three exemplary articles
(published or in press).
The Committee on Research will judge the applications
and select a winner. The recipient of the Second
Annual Presidential Scholar Award will be asked to present
following the Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture session
during the ASA Annual Meeting in October 2004 in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
For more information, contact the ASA Executive Office
at (847) 825-5586 or <mail@ASAhq.org>.
In
Memoriam
Notice
has been received of the death of the following
ASA members: |
| Samuel
O. Aseno, M.D.
Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
March 8, 2004 |
Lincoln
L. Moore, M.D.
Columbus, Ohio
January 5, 2004 |
Cesar
B. Sunico, M.D.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
July 13, 2003 |
Felix F. Martinez, M.D.
Flushing, New York
January 19, 2004 |
Irene A. Shank,
M.D.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 16, 2004 |
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| John
F. McKeage, M.D,
Pender Island,
British Columbia, Canada
December 20, 2003 |
William
A. Stone, M.D.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 14, 2003 |
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