Announcement of Candidates for Elected Office

he ASA Board of Directors has approved regulations for the announcement of candidates for elected ASA office in the 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.

Web Site Candidate Area

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 officer candidates.

Nominations Sought for Media Award

ach 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 2005 Media Award will be presented on Sunday, October 23, at the ASA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Deadline for the submission of entries is June 1, 2005, for media presentations released between June 1, 2004, and May 31, 2005. Any entries received after the deadline will be carried over to the next year.

Three awards were given in 2004. Donna Gehrke-White received an award for her May 2004 Miami Herald article “A Survivor’s Story,” which chronicled the tale of an anesthesiology resident who was given another chance at life after a severe auto accident as a youth. The team of Robin Guess, John Fulton and Aaron Wische of WFTS-TV (ABC Action News) in Tampa, Florida, were given the award for an investigative report on the tragic and preventable death of a plastic surgery patient who had received anesthesia care from a nonphysician provider. Mary Ann VanDevelde won the final award for her Web-based piece on how one anesthesiologist’s personal struggle with a relative’s cancer pain led her to become a leader in the field of pain medicine.

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 Michael H. Entrup, M.D., Chair, Committee on Communications, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573.