Note: Media activity related to Annual
Meeting topics will be reported in the January 2007
issue of the NEWSLETTER.
Back Pain Takes a Front
Seat
aunak V. Rana, M.D., was quoted in a June 25 Chicago
Tribune article that focused on achieving good
posture and eliminating back pain.
Restricting Participation
in Execution Procedures
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ASA President Orin F. Guidry, M.D., was quoted in
an August 28 American Medical News article that
focused on steps by the North Carolina Medical Board
to restrict physician active participation in execution
procedures.
Cool Kids Have Less Postop Pain
September 5, 2006 Orlando Sentinel article
reported on study results that children who were
anxious before surgery suffered more pain after
the operations. ASA member Zeev N. Kain, M.D., is
quoted, noting that the results indicate that decreasing
children’s anxiety before surgery will result
in improved recovery and reduced pain.
Finding Sleep Apnea Before Surgery
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J. Finkel, M.D., and Robert A. Caplan, M.D., were
quoted in a September 8 Associated Press
article that focused on the initiative of screening
for obstructive sleep apnea prior to surgery at
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
“20/20”
Piece on Separation Surgery
illiam B. McIlvaine, M.D., was interviewed and appeared
in a September 8, “20/20” segment on
the separation of conjoined twins Regina and Renata
Fierros. Dr. McIlvaine was the anesthesiologist
during the July separation surgery.
Anesthesiologist’s
Invention Gets Kudos
September
9 Bradenton Herald article focused on Leonides
Y. Teves, M.D., for the invention Ned’s Expandable
Trocar (NET), a surgical tool intended to create
safer, simplified laparoscopic procedures. The NET
is not yet in clinical trials. Dr. Teves received
an honorable mention for the invention in a recent
Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge sponsored by
The History Channel.
Getting
to the Bottom of Anesthetic Action
mery N. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., was featured in a September
11 The Boston Globe article on his research
on how anesthesia works and its effects on the brain.
Dr. Brown hopes to pinpoint the parts of the brain
that need to be affected to eliminate the feeling
of pain, allowing for the design of more effective
anesthetic drugs.
Taking
‘Notes’ in the O.R.
ndrew G. Roth, M.D., and Zeev N. Kain, M.D., were
quoted in September 17 Chicago Tribune articles
on the positive effects and choices of music in the
operating room.
NPR Segment on Lethal Injection in CA
outhern California NPR affiliate KPPC featured an
interview with Mark A. Singleton, M.D., on a September
28 “Air Talk” segment focusing on lethal
injection in California.
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