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2006
CBA Program
SA is pleased to announce the 2006 Certificate in
Business Administration (CBA) Program. The program
is designed to provide physicians with the business
skills needed to successfully manage the operations
and functions of their health care organization or
medical practice. The first on-site session will be
held the weekend of March 18-19, 2006, at the Woodlands
Resort and Conference Center in Houston, Texas, with
three additional on-site sessions at the Woodlands
throughout the coming year:
August 5-6, 2006
November 4-5, 2006
January 13-14, 2007
The program will consist of a total of 10 modules.
Five of the modules will be presented at the on-site
sessions, and five of the modules will be completed
through distance learning via DVD-ROMs. Please look
for the brochure and other information regarding the
2006 CBA program at the ASA Annual Meeting on October
22-26 in Atlanta. Also, please feel free to contact
Jeff Schulz in the ASA Executive Office at (847) 268-9145
for additional information.
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Society News:
Member Assumes University-Wide Role in Cardiovascular
Genomics at Duke
ebra A. Schwinn, M.D., a practicing anesthesiologist,
was named Program Director for Cardiovascular Genomics
at Duke University in July 2005. Dr. Schwinn was the
inaugural honorary lecturer for the Foundation for
Anesthesia Education and Research in October 2001.
Part of the Duke University Institute for Genome
Science and Policy’s (IGSP’s) Center for
Genomic Medicine, the Program in Cardiovascular Genomics
focuses on identification, development and implementation
of translational models for enhancing the delivery
of cardiovascular medicine. Genomics-based research
is being used to elucidate new mechanisms underlying
the complexity of cardiovascular disease, identify
high-risk individuals, design preventive strategies
and design optimal interventions.
In her new role, Dr. Schwinn will foster interdisciplinary
initiatives designed to answer fundamental questions
in cardiovascular medicine. Teams of researchers include
faculty and students from many departments across
Duke University as well as other medical centers.
Dr. Schwinn comments that, “In many ways, our
original (and ongoing) department of anesthesiology-based
perioperative genomics research group serves as a
model of how teams of investigators can be more powerful
at answering ‘big’ questions than single,
isolated researchers.”
Duke’s perioperative genomics group is comprised
of anesthesiologists, surgeons, internists, biostaticians
and statistical geneticists. The group uses genetic
variability to identify patients at high risk for
adverse outcomes after surgery, enhancing physician
ability to intervene with the most appropriate therapy
to optimize patient outcome. |