ACGME honors ASA Member D. David Glass, M.D., with Gienapp Award

. David Glass, M.D., who chaired the subcommittee that oversaw the initial implementation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour standards for residents in all accredited programs, has been chosen to receive ACGME’s John C. Gienapp Award. The award, which recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to graduate medical education, is named after ACGME’s first executive director, John C. Gienapp, Ph.D.

“Dr. Glass sets high standards for those interested in community and professional service,” said David C. Leach, M.D., ACGME Executive Director. “He has devoted decades to the improvement of graduate medical education through extensive volunteer work with the certifying boards, residency review committees and the ACGME itself. He is very committed to patient safety, quality education and bringing professional values into the new world. His substantial intellect and practice approach to improvement have inspired us all.”

Under the leadership of Dr. Glass, the ACGME’s duty hour subcommittee advised the board on the implementation of the duty hour standards, which had been developed by the ACGME Work Group on Resident Duty Hours and the Learning Environment. The standards limit resident duty hours to 80 hours a week, averaged over four weeks, and set other restrictions on duty hours. The standards were widely viewed in the academic medical community as a milestone in graduate medical education because they marked the first time that residents in all specialties had restrictions on their duty hours, and they have been a catalyst for a paradigm shift in the structuring of residency programs.

Dr. Glass, who is board-certified in anesthesiology and critical care medicine, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Dr. Glass received his award at a February 13 dinner held during the ACGME’s Winter Meeting in Rosemont, Illinois.

AMA Meeting to Include Issues for Section Council

fficials from the Society’s Section Council on Anesthesiology of the American Medical Association (AMA) would like to know the names of the ASA members planning to attend the AMA’s House of Delegates on June 10-14, 2006, in Chicago.

The Section Council is open to all anesthesiologists who attend the AMA House of Delegates meeting. The Section Council meets to discuss resolutions and other issues of importance to anesthesiologists. Meetings usually take place on Saturday and Monday of the AMA House of Delegates meeting. If you are attending the House of Delegates meeting, the Society would welcome your participation. 

To be placed on the mailing list to receive information on the Society’s AMA Section Council meetings, please send your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address and reason for attendance to Denise M. Jones at the ASA Executive Office, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068; or fax (847) 825-2085.