Centennial Gala Blowing into Windy City

he 2006 ASA Centennial Gala Dinner benefiting the ASA’s four foundations, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology and the Anesthesia Foundation, is a sold-out event.

2006 ASA Centennial Gala
Monday, October 16, 2006
6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Hyatt Regency Chicago

We are pleased to have as Master of Ceremonies, Peter L. McDermott, M.D., Ph.D. The evening’s lively entertainment by The Second City comedy troupe will be the highlight of the festivities. The Second City, known for its improvisational comedy, is based in Chicago with troupes in Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York. The troupe has bragging rights to a long list of famous alumni, including Dan Aykroyd, Alan Alda, John Belushi, John Candy, Chris Farley, Shelly Long, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, George Wendt, and even the voice of Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta. Many enjoyed The Second City’s influence in the mid-1970s when several of its Chicago alumni starred in the late night television program “Saturday Night Live.”

Thank you to everyone for your support of ASA and its foundations through your participation in the Gala and also the centennial campaign.

FAER Research Councils Soliciting Applications

n anticipation of upcoming application deadlines for FAER Research Grants, the FAER Research Councils are seeking applications in the following areas of specific interest. Applications will be scored and evaluated competitively with other FAER grant applications. Information regarding FAER grants and application materials is available at <faer.org/grants.php>.

FAER Critical Care Research Council Request for Applications
Through its Critical Care Research Council, FAER is seeking applications for research funding for basic, translational, patient-oriented and population-based investigations relevant to all aspects of critical care medicine. Although applications for all categories of FAER grants are welcome, applications for Mentored Research Training Grants are especially encouraged.

FAER Geriatrics Research Council Request for Applications
The FAER Geriatrics Research Council is seeking applications for research funding for studies that will identify factors that are associated with or predictive of perioperative complications in geriatric patients. Although applications for all categories of FAER grants are welcome, applications for Research Starter Grants are especially encouraged.

FAER Pain Research Council Request for Applications
The FAER Pain Research Council is encouraging research funding applications in the following area(s):

• “Frameworks to evaluate safety, efficacy, competency and outcomes in patient populations with pain from preclinical to clinical settings.”

• “Studies in the area of physician education in pain medicine.”
Although applications for all categories of FAER grants are welcome, applications for Research Starter Grants are especially encouraged.

FAER Pediatrics Research Council Request for Applications
The FAER Pediatrics Research Council is seeking research funding applications to promote and encourage research in pediatric anesthesiology through basic, translational, patient-oriented and population-based investigations. Studies in the biology of anesthesia in the developing organism and studies on the plasticity and programming associated with anesthesia experienced during development are especially encouraged.