• 2003 Annual Meeting House of Delegates Summary
• Full-Court Press: Strong Media Presence at 2003 Annual Meeting
• New Annual Meeting Plenary Session on Translational Research

2004 Annual Meeting

• 2004 Annual Meeting: Attendees Walk Away Winners
• 2004 Annual Meeting Update: CME Verification Process
• 2004 Art Exhibit Theme: ‘Desert Light’
• 2004 ASA Art Exhibit: ‘Desert Light’
• 2004 ASA Clinical Forum Program: A Roman Holiday
• 2004 ASA Scientific Papers: Call for Abstracts (January)
• 2004 ASA Scientific Papers: Call for Abstracts (March)
• 2004 PBLD Program — Open Call for Case Submissions
• Annual Meeting Cadaver Workshop Has Lively Attendance
• ASA Placement Service
• Breakfast Panels: Carbohydrates and Clinical Information
• Call for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award (March)
• Call for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award (April)
• Clifford J. Woolf, M.D., Ph.D., Named Recipient of 2004 Award for Excellence in Research
• Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture
• FAER Activities at the ASA Annual Meeting — 2004
• FAER Honorary Research Lecture
• Go to Panels!
• Governing Council Issues Call for Candidates
• H. Thomas Lee, M.D., Ph.D. — 2004 ASA Presidential Scholar
• House of Delegates to Convene October 24, 2004: NEW TIME
• Important Annual Meeting Registration Information
• Las Vegas Monorail to Make Searching the Strip a Snap
• Las Vegas Social Activities
• Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture
• New Educational Activities Scheduled for Annual Meeting
• New Features and Formats at the 2004 Annual Meeting
• New Learning Tracks for 2004: Critical Care and Obstetrics
• Nominations for Distinguished Service Award
• Nominations Sought for Award for Excellence in Research
• Opportunities Abound at Technical Exhibits During Annual Meeting
• PBLD 2004 — It Just Keeps Getting Bigger and Better!
• Refresher Course and Basic Science Review Program
• Regulations Governing Assignment of Tickets
• Residents Invited to Enter Research Essay Contest
• Residents’ Research Essay Award Recipients Honored
• Robert K. Stoelting, M.D., to Receive 2003 Distinguished Service Award
• Scientific and Educational Exhibit Award Winners
• Scientific Papers Sessions: 85 This Year, With Some New Ideas
• Special Airline Arrangements, Car Rentals Offered
• Technical Exhibit Program: Come to Sunday’s Reception
• The ASA Annual Meeting and the FTC

Academic Anesthesiology

• Building an Academic Department
• Electronic Educational Systems in Anesthesiology
• Perspective on Research From a Residency Review Committee Member
• The Future of Clinical Research in Anesthesiology
• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, Part IV: Our Own Worst Enemy
• What Does It Mean to Be an Academic Anesthesiologist?

Accreditation

ACE Program

• A New ACE in the Hole for Anesthesiology Education
• ACE Program Available Soon: Subscribe Today!

Administrative Update

• A Lesson From the Movies
• Anesthesiology and Public Outreach — But Who Is The Public?
• Anesthesiology’s Seat at the Table
• ASA Budgets: Alice-in-Wonderland Journey or Well-Planned Trip?
• Awareness Under General Anesthesia and ASA
• Change: It’s a Given in Our Future
• Drug Shortages and Droperidol
• Not an Urban Myth
• The ASA Annual Meeting and the FTC
• The ASA Without Components Is Like the United States Without States — It Just Wouldn’t Work Very Well
• The House of Delegates and the Gift of Giving
• Three Words in a Speech
• Will You Participate, or Sink Into the Shadows?

Ambulatory Anesthesia

• Ambulatory Anesthesia Moving Ahead
• Providing Services at Ambulatory Surgical Centers: Differences From the Inpatient World
• SAMBA: Advocating for Patients as We Look Toward the Future

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

• A Commitment to Success
• AANA and ASA Leadership Have 5th Meeting
• AANA and ASA Leadership Take First Steps
• The Dialogue Continues

American Board of Anesthesiology

• 30th National In-Training Exam Set for July 10, 2004
• ABA Recertification Examination Dates
• ABA Subspecialty Recertification Examinations in Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine
• ABA Update: Streamlining the MOCA Process
• ASA Solicits ABA Directorate Nominations
• Certification in Anesthesiology: Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going
• Subspecialty Certification Examinations in Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine

American Medical Association

• A Gathering Storm: Why ASA Needs AMA
• AMA Announces Health Disparities Recognition Program; Anesthesiologist First to Be Recognized
• AMA Meeting to Include Issues for Section Council
• AMA President Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., to Speak at March ASA Board Meeting
• AMA Section Council Requests Names of House of Delegate Attendees
• AMA’s Role in Leading American Medicine
• The Importance of Specialty Societies Within the ‘Federation of Medicine’
• The Role of the ASA Delegation in AMA

American Society of Anesthesiologists

• 12 Candidates Announce for Elected Office
• 1979 Adventures in Antitrust: Some Justice Here, Some FTC There
• 2004 Annual Meeting Update: CME Verification Process
• 2004 Meeting Dates for ASA Governing Bodies
• 2004 Officers’ Profiles: The Leaders of Our Society
• 2005 Membership Dues Announced
• AANA and ASA Leadership Have 5th Meeting
• AANA and ASA Leadership Take First Steps
• ASA at a Glance
• ASA Relative Value Guide (RVG): A Defining Moment in Fair Pricing of Medical Services
• American Board of Medical Specialties Distinguished Service Award to Be Presented to James F. Arens, M.D.
• Anesthesiology’s Seat at the Table
• Another Step Forward
• Board of Directors Annual Meeting Summary
• Board of Directors Interim Meeting Summary
• Call for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award
• Certification in Anesthesiology: Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going
• Executive Staff Changes at ASA in 2004
• James E. Cottrell, M.D., Named Fellow by Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Who We Are and What We Do
• Words We Should Live By

Anesthesia Memorial Foundation

• Book/Multimedia Education Award
• The 4 Foundations: Jewels in the ASA Crown
• The Anesthesia Foundation: Giving Back to Those Who Have Given So Much

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

• Audible Information Signals (‘Alarms’) and Their Role in the Operating Room
• The 4 Foundations: Jewels in the ASA Crown

Anesthesia Technology

• Anesthesia Machine Obsolescence Guidelines Published
• Anesthesia Technology 2050
• Computer-Patient Interviewing: Can It Assist in Preoperative Evaluation?
• Digital Photography: Nothing Negative About It
• Electronic Educational Systems in Anesthesiology
• EMIT: Helping Members Get IT Done
• Human Factors Engineering: It’s All About ‘Usability’
• Information Technology in 2050: Can It Improve Outcome?
• Primary Resources for the Pain Medicine Practitioner: ASA and Your Computer
• Private Practice Web Sites: Are You Ready to Go Online?
• Simulation in 2050: Say Farewell to the Apprentice Model of Clinical Training
• The Future of Anesthesia Delivery: From Art-based Science to Science-based Art

Anesthesiologist Assistants

• Florida Licenses AAs; Louisiana Bans AAs
• Florida Passes Anesthesiologist Assistants’ Licensure Bill

Anesthesiology in the News

• Ambulatory Anesthesia Moving Ahead
• Be Wary of Awareness
• Clinton Has Heartfelt Thanks for Anesthesiologists
• Cosmetic Surgery Dangers Addressed
• Dr. Conroy Becomes CMO
• DXM Campaign Continues
• Found in Translation
• Four Places at Once
• General Anesthesia in Geriatric Patients Discussed
• Good News for Opiate-Tolerant Patients
• Historical Milestones
• JCAHO Alert Gets Presidential Treatment
• Mishaps in Manhattan: ASA Members Respond
• Monkey Business
• Needling Away on PONV
• Office-Based Surgery
• Out of Hiding
• PONV in the Press
• Putting the Patch on Pain
• Sedation for Infants
• Sedation in D.C.
• Stimulating Simulator in Iowa
• Timely Tips
• Top Docs
• Waking Up to the Effects of Hypnosis
• We’re in the Army Now

ASA Centennial

• Change: It’s a Given in Our Future
• Countdown to the Centennial
• In the Beginning: Three Stars?

ASA Consultation Program

• Finding Help in Troubled Waters: An Update on the ASA Consultation Program

ASA News

• 2003 PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available (February)
• 2003 PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available (April)
• 2004 Annual Meeting Update: CME Verification Process
• 2004 Meeting Dates for ASA Governing Bodies
• 2005 Membership Dues Announced
• A Commitment to Success
• AANA and ASA Leadership Take First Steps
• AMA President Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., to Speak at March ASA Board Meeting
• AMA Section Council Requests Names of House of Delegate Attendees
• ASA and AANA Meet, Plan for Ongoing Dialogue
• ASA Members Selected for AMPAC Board
• Announcement of Candidates for Elected Office
• Book/Multimedia Education Award
• Call for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award (March)
• Call for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award (April)
• Certificate in Business Administration Program in Its 4th Year
• Las Vegas: Bucking Conventions
• Nominations Sought for Media Award
• Plans Under Way for 2004 ASA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas
• ‘Publications’ and More Coming to Your Mailbox Soon
• Scientific and Educational Exhibits: An Opportunity to Gain ‘Hands-on’ Experience
• Task Force to Hold Open Forum on Sleep Apnea
• TEE Workshop to Be Held in April in Florida
• Thanks to the Sponsors
• The Dialogue Continues
• You Are Going Where Together?

ASAPAC

• ASAPAC 2004: A Year of Gifts and Political Gains
• ASAPAC Raises $1.5 Million for 2003-04 Election Cycle
• Supporting Our Lobbyists
  

Awareness

• Be Wary of Awareness
• Open Forum on Brain Function Monitoring and Intraoperative Awareness Scheduled

Cardiovascular Anesthesiology

• Is Anesthesia Presence Required During Cardiopulmonary Bypass?
• SCA: Education at the Heart of Our Mission

Certificate in Business Administration

• Certificate in Business Administration Program in Its 4th Year

Communications

• ASA Media Award — Committee Solicits Entries
• Computers: Me Switch to Apple? Who Would Have Thought!
• Nominations Sought for Media Award (April)
• Nominations Sought for Media Award (May)
• Pain Gets Funny Treatment in St. Louis
• Promoting Anesthesia to the Public: A Win-Win Situation

Continuing Medical Education

• 2004 Annual Meeting Update: CME Verification Process
• A New ACE in the Hole for Anesthesiology Education
• A New Continuing Medical Education Program of ASA
• ACE Program Available Soon: Subscribe Today!
• Changes and Growth in ASA’s SEE Program

Component Society News

• Anesthesiologist Appointed to Arizona Medical Board
• ASA Member Appointed to Virginia Board of Medicine
• Pain Gets Funny Treatment in St. Louis
• The White Coats Are Coming
• USVA Committee Develops New Military Component Society

Critical Care Medicine

• ABA Announces … Subspecialty Certification Examinations in Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine
• Anesthesiologist-Intensivists: Improving Quality and Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
• ASCCA: Carrying Critical Care Into the Future
• Enhancing the Footprint of the Intensivist in Anesthesiologist Training
• Is the U.S. the Odd One Out? An International Perspective on Anesthesiologist-Intensivists
• Making Critical Care Medicine Pay
• New Learning Tracks for 2004: Critical Care and Obstetrics
• Private Practice Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
• Refining the ASA Annual Meeting: The Critical Care Track —– A New Educational Initiative
• The Contribution of Anesthesiologists to Critical Care Research

Data Management

Doctors Day • 2004

• Doctors Day and Critical Care — A Return to the Future

Economic Issues

• Definitions of Monitored Anesthesia Care
• The Many Missions of the Committee on Economics

Electronic Media

• 2003 PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available (February)
• 2003 PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available (April)
• Computer-Patient Interviewing: Can It Assist in Preoperative Evaluation?
• Digital Photography: Nothing Negative About It
• Electronic Educational Systems in Anesthesiology
• EMIT: Helping Members Get IT Done
• Nominations Sought for Media Award
• POGOe: Sharing Resources While Getting Promoted
• Private Practice Web Sites: Are You Ready to Go Online?

Ethics

• Reflections on Ethics Self-Policing

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research

• 2003 Award Recipients Announced, Part 2
• A Letter of Recommendation to FAER
• Creative Ways to Support Anesthesiology Research and Education
• Ensuring Anesthesiology’s Place in the 21st Century: A Time for Growth or Obscurity — A FAER White Paper, Part 1
• Ensuring Anesthesiology’s Place in the 21st Century: A Time for Growth or Obscurity — A FAER White Paper, Part 2
• Erratum: Duke Tarheels?
• FAER Activities at the ASA Annual Meeting — 2004
• FAER Announces New Program for Medical Students to Gain Anesthesiology Research Experience
• FAER Announces New Research Grants
• FAER Award Recipients: Anesthesiology’s Bright Stars
• FAER Award Recipients Speak Out
• FAER Board Meeting Creates Historic New Opportunities
• FAER Emphasizes Mentoring
• FAER Honorary Research Lecture
• FAER Launches Four New Anesthesia Research Councils!
• First FAER Golf Fundraiser Tees Up Annual Event
• Grant Applications Flood Into FAER
• Grant Application Increase Shows Healthy Growth; 2003 Award Recipients Announced
• The 4 Foundations: Jewels in the ASA Crown

From the Crow's Nest

• A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid
• A Message From Baltimore
• Agent Provocateur: Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.
• Change
• Countdown to the Centennial
• Four Checks
• National Resident Matching Program — Are We Asking the Right Questions for the Future of Anesthesiology?
• Painful Lessons
• T-Shirts, Jeans, Sandals & Professionalism
• These Are the Good Old Days
• We All Need Heroes: A Tale of Two Richards and John
• What Are We Teaching?
• What Does It Mean to Be an Academic Anesthesiologist?

Geriatric Anesthesia

• Anesthesiology’s Important Role in Postoperative Cognitive Impairment Research
• Geriatric Anesthesia Enters a New Age
• Geriatric Anesthesia — Who’s Geriatric, the Anesthesiologist or the Patient?
• Geriatric Education: ‘Start Low, Go Slow’
• Geriatrics Is Your Future!
• POGOe: Sharing Resources While Getting Promoted
• Task Force on Aging Anesthesiologists Tackles an Age-Old Concern

Governmental Affairs

• 1979 Adventures in Antitrust: Some Justice Here, Some FTC There
• ASA Offers New Public Policy Fellowship Beginning in 2005
• ASA Relative Value Guide (RVG): A Defining Moment in Fair Pricing of Medical Services
• ASAPAC 2004: A Year of Gifts and Political Gains
• ASAPAC Raises $1.5 Million for 2003-04 Election Cycle
• Providing Services at Ambulatory Surgical Centers: Differences From the Inpatient World
• Reflections on Ethics Self-Policing
• Supporting Our Lobbyists

Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements

• The Dietary Supplement Scene: An Update

HIPAA Issues

History of Anesthesia

• Anesthesia History Association Sponsors Resident Essay Contest

Information for Authors

• Information for Authors

In Memoriam

• February 2004
• March 2004
• April 2004
• June 2004
• July 2004
• November 2004
• December 2004

International Medical Graduates

JCAHO

• Shared Visions: A New Joint Commission Paradigm — Why Now?
• The JCAHO-CMS ‘Locked Cart’ Issue

Letters to the Editor

• A New Level of Awareness
• A Thorough Examination of June NEWSLETTER
• American Idle
• AMG/IMG Controversy Continues
• Anesthesia Was Born Here, But How Long Will It Stay?
• Anesthesiologists Are Physicians Without Peer
• Anesthesiology’s Best Advertisement is YOU
• ASA Postoperative Visual Loss Registry: A Great Start!
• ASA Should Oppose Implementation of the Clinical Skills Examination
• Board-Certification Article Doesn’t Pass Examination
• Cold, Hard Facts: AMA Has Turned Away
• Congratulations Not in Order
• Dr. Guidry Responds
• Dr. Lema Splits the Nation in Two
• Evidence-less-Based Bureaucracy
• Forget What You Know About Remembering the Past
• Forum for Us
• Get Aware Of It All
• Insult or Compliment?
• Intensive Effort Needed to Correct Critical Care
• JCAHO Poster Needs Reprinting
• Locum Tenens Article Is Loco
• Missed Opportunity for Spotlight in Clinton Surgery
• Mistaking Malpractice
• No-Fail Solution to Propofol Problem
• No Patience With Misguided ‘Patient/Client’ Semantics
• Oil and Water Can Be Mixed Together
• Old Is as Old Does
• Physical Diagnosis 101: A Lesson From the First Year of Medical School
• Professional and Personal Prerogative
• Propaganda for AMA in April NEWSLETTER
• Red-Headed Stepchild of Medicine
• Residency a Jungle in Any Country
• Reviving ‘In Memoriam’
• Statistics Reveal That Statistical Analysis Is Flawed
• Thanks to Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.
• The Cost of Not Looking Out for Residents
• The Invisible Physicians
• The Relative Cost of Being a Resident
• To Get Together, We Must Split Apart
• U.S. Is a Foreign Concept
• ‘Ventilations’ Needs a Heart
• Who Are You Calling Foreign?
• WLM: Untapped Treasure

Malignant Hyperthermia

• MHAUS to Offer Writing Awards

Media Award

• ASA Media Award — Committee Solicits Entries
• Nominations Sought for Media Award (April)
• Nominations Sought for Media Award (May)

Medical Professionalism

Medicare/Reimbursement

Military Issues

• USVA Committee Develops New Military Component Society

National Resident Match Program

• National Resident Matching Program — Are We Asking the Right Questions for the Future of Anesthesiology?
• National Resident Matching Program Results for 2004: Slight Decline in Recruitment
• Resident Numbers and Graduation Rates From Residencies and Nurse Anesthetist Schools in 2004

Obituaries

• Gertie F. Marx, M.D. (1912-2004): The ‘Mother of OB Anesthesia’
• In Memory of John D. (Jack) Michenfelder, M.D.: (1931-2004)
• Leroy D. Vandam, M.D.: 1914-2004
• Reflections on Leroy Vandam From a Grateful Resident

Obstetric Anesthesiology

• Another Busy Year for SOAP
• Gertie F. Marx, M.D. (1912-2004): The ‘Mother of OB Anesthesia’
• New Learning Tracks for 2004: Critical Care and Obstetrics
• OB/ER Bill Fails
• Obstetric Anesthesia Closed Claims — Trends Over Last Three Decades

Occupational Health

• Fires in Medical Vacuum Pumps: Do You Need to Be Concerned?
• Stress Management: Peeking Out of the Koala’s Pouch
• Task Force on Aging Anesthesiologists Tackles an Age-Old Concern

Office-Based Anesthesiology

• Resurrection of the New York Office-Based Surgery Guidelines

Off-Site Anesthesia

Outreach Education

Overseas Teaching

Pain Medicine

• 10 Things a Chair Learned Helping in a Pain Clinic
• ABA Subspecialty Recertification Examinations in Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine
• Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Coding Changes for 2005
• Clinical Lessons in Chronic Pain Management From the Closed Claims Project
• Future Trends in Basic Science Pain Research
• Good News for Opiate-Tolerant Patients
• Medicare Changes ‘Pain Management’ to ‘Pain Medicine’
• Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology: Oil and Water? Or Do They Mix?
• Painful Lessons
• Primary Resources for the Pain Medicine Practitioner: ASA and Your Computer
• Putting the Patch on Pain
• Relief After a Lifetime of Pain: A Patient’s Account
• Society Joins Pain Coalition
• The Changing Face of Pain Medicine
• The Future of Training and Education for Pain Medicine
• Why I Chose to Become a Pain Medicine Fellow

Patient Safety

• Anesthesia for Special People: Nothing Different
• Audible Information Signals (‘Alarms’) and Their Role in the Operating Room
• Burn Injury in the Operating Room: A Closed Claims Analysis
• Cosmetic Surgery Dangers Addressed

Pediatric Anesthesia

• SPA: A Melting Pot of Diverse Interests

Performance and Outcomes Measurment

Physician Demographics

• Anesthesiology’s Important Role in Postoperative Cognitive Impairment Research
• National Resident Matching Program — Are We Asking the Right Questions for the Future of Anesthesiology?
• National Resident Matching Program Results for 2004: Slight Decline in Recruitment
• Resident Numbers and Graduation Rates From Residencies and Nurse Anesthetist Schools in 2004

Postoperative Cognitive Disfunction

• Anesthesiology’s Important Role in Postoperative Cognitive Impairment Research

Practice Management Column

• 2004 Medicare Conversion Factors and JCAHO Wrong-Site Surgery Protocol
• 2004 Participating Physician Anesthesia Conversion Factors
• 2005 RVG and CROSSWALK™ Will Be Available in November
• Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Coding Changes for 2005
• Anesthesiology First Specialty to Have Own Page on CMS Site
• Another Way to Attract the Attention of the U.S. Attorney
• ASA 2005 Conference on Practice Management
• Credentialing by Third-Party Payers
• Exclusive Contracts Not Always Lawful After All?
• Falling Short and Going Too Far: A Tale of Two Hospitals
• Guide to Hiring Locum Tenens Anesthesiologists and Nurse Anesthetists
• HIPAA Is Still Out There
• How Many Rooms Do We Need?
• JCAHO Publishes Universal Protocol™ for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery
• Latest on California Medical Staff Self-Governance Battle
• Locked Anesthesia Carts: ASA Leaders Pay a Visit to CMS
• Locum Tenens Anesthesiologists: New Medicare Payment Policy
• Locum Tenens & Stark II Rules
• Medicare Changes ‘Pain Management’ to ‘Pain Medicine’
• Medicare Releases 2005 Anesthesia Conversion Factors
• Medicare Will Delay Payments on Non-HIPAA-Compliant Claims After July 1
• Negotiating With Hospital Administrators
• Negotiating With Hospital Administrators Part II: Conducting an Effective Negotiation
• On the OIG’s Radar Screen for 2005
• Performance Evaluations
• Propofol Use Restricted to Anesthesia Professionals
• Stark II Rules Issued
• The Cost of Inefficient O.R. Utilization

Practice Management Issues

• ASA Relative Value Guide (RVG): A Defining Moment in Fair Pricing of Medical Services
• Hot Topics and Good Speakers at Practice Management Conference

Practice Parameters

• Practice Parameters/Sleep Apnea: New Task Force Dreams of Defeating Growing Condition
  

Presidential Scholar Award

• Call for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award (March)
• Call for Candidates for 2nd Presidential Scholar Award (April)

Problem-Based Learning Discussions

• 2003 PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available (February)
• 2003 PBLD CD-ROMs Still Available (April)
• 2005 PBLD Program — Open Call for Case Submissions
• PBLD 2004 — It Just Keeps Getting Bigger and Better!

Professional Liability

• Availability and Cost of Professional Liability Insurance
• Burn Injury in the Operating Room: A Closed Claims Analysis
• Clinical Lessons in Chronic Pain Management From the Closed Claims Project
• Committee on Professional Liability Busy in 2004
• Data Reveal Trends in Anesthesia Malpractice Payments
• Obstetric Anesthesia Closed Claims — Trends Over Last Three Decades
• Professional Liability Reform Legislation Remains on Life Support in 2nd Session
• States Address Medical Liability Reform

Quality Management and Departmental Administration

• Billing for Off-Site Anesthesia Services
• Finding Help in Troubled Waters: An Update on the ASA Consultation Program
• QMDA: ‘By the Members, for the Members’
• QMDA Hot Issues
• Shared Visions: A New Joint Commission Paradigm — Why Now?

Research in Anesthesiology

• Creative Ways to Support Anesthesiology Research and Education
• FAER Launches Four New Anesthesia Research Councils!
• Future Trends in Basic Science Pain Research
• The Future of Clinical Research in Anesthesiology
• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, Part IV: Our Own Worst Enemy

Residents' Issues

• Anesthesia History Association Sponsors Resident Essay Contest
• Collective Bargaining for Our Education and Our Patients
• National Resident Matching Program — Are We Asking the Right Questions for the Future of Anesthesiology?
• National Resident Matching Program Results for 2004: Slight Decline in Recruitment
• Perspective on Research From a Residency Review Committee Member
• Resident Numbers and Graduation Rates From Residencies and Nurse Anesthetist Schools in 2004
• Supporting Our Lobbyists
• You Can’t Win If You Don’t Play

Residents' Review Column

• Anesthesiology Recruiting: Dispatches From the Interview Trail — Is Anesthesiology Becoming More Competitive?
• Calling All Medical Students: Be Involved in Your Future!
• Collective Bargaining for Our Education and Our Patients
• Governing Council Issues Call for Candidates
• Making Our Voices Heard
• Promoting Anesthesia to the Public: A Win-Win Situation
• Residents Find Their Niche on ASA Committees
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Foster Anesthesiology Residents
• SAAC: Recruiting and Retaining Our Future Faculty
• The Anesthesia Foundation: Giving Back to Those Who Have Given So Much
• What Every Resident Should Know About the ACGME, RRC and Your Program
• You Can’t Win If You Don’t Play

Rural Anesthesia Issues

• Committee on Rural Access to Anesthesia Care: Bringing Quality to the Country

SEE Program

• Changes and Growth in ASA’s SEE Program

Sleep Apnea

• Practice Parameters/Sleep Apnea: New Task Force Dreams of Defeating Growing Condition
• Task Force to Hold Open Forum on Sleep Apnea

Spotlight On…

• Col. Michael J. Murray, M.D., Ph.D.: Someone Worth Looking Up To
• Spotlight On… Maybe You?

State Beat

• California Law Restricting Use of Term ‘Board-Certified’ in Advertisements Held Constitutional
• Florida Licenses AAs; Louisiana Bans AAs
• Florida Passes Anesthesiologist Assistants’ Licensure Bill
• Office-Based Alternative Privileging Rules Blocked in New Jersey
• Physician Supervision of Nurse Anesthetists Upheld in North Carolina
• Resurrection of the New York Office-Based Surgery Guidelines
• Scope-of-Practice Issues Heard in the Courts
• States Address Medical Liability Reform
• Summary of 2004 State Activities

Subspecialty News

• AAPD: Educating Tomorrow’s Teachers
• ACGME Outcomes Project: Developments at SEA
• ASCCA: Carrying Critical Care Into the Future
• AUA: Teaching the Art and Science of Anesthesiology
• Another Busy Year for SOAP
• Audible Information Signals (‘Alarms’) and Their Role in the Operating Room
• Committee on Anesthesia Subspecialties: Promoting Communication and Enhancing Education
• Geriatrics Is Your Future!
• SAAC: Recruiting and Retaining Our Future Faculty
• SAMBA: Advocating for Patients as We Look Toward the Future
• SCA: Education at the Heart of Our Mission
• SPA: A Melting Pot of Diverse Interests

Surgical Care Improvement Project