2005 Annual Meeting 2006 Annual Meeting Academic Anesthesiology Accreditation ACE Program Administrative Update Ambulatory Anesthesia American Association of Nurse Anesthetists American Board of Anesthesiology  American Medical Association American Society of Anesthesiologists Anesthesia Awareness Anesthesia Care Team Anesthesia Foundation Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Anesthesia Technology Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesiology in the News ASA Centennial ASA Consultation Program ASA News ASAPAC Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Certificate in Business Administration Committee News Communications Component Society News Continuing Medical Education Critical Care Medicine Data Management Distinguished Service Award Doctors Day • 2006 Economic Issues Electronic Media Endowed Professorship Equipment Ethics Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research From the Crow's Nest Future of Anesthesiology Geriatric Anesthesia Governmental Affairs Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements HIPAA Issues History of Anesthesia Hurricane Katrina Information for Authors Information Technology Informed Consent In Memoriam International Medical Graduates JCAHO Learning Tracks Letters to the Editor Malignant Hyperthermia Media Award Medical Professionalism Medicare/Reimbursement Medical Simulation Medical Student Issues Military Issues National Resident Match Program Obituaries Obstetric Anesthesiology Occupational Health Office-Based Anesthesiology Off-Site Anesthesia Outreach Education Overseas Teaching Pain Medicine Patient Safety Pediatric Anesthesia Performance and Outcomes Measurement Physician Demographics Postoperative Cognitive Disfunction Practice Management Column Practice Management Issues Practice Parameters Presidential Scholar Award Problem-Based Learning Discussions Professional Liability Quality Management and Departmental Administration Regional Anesthesia Research in Anesthesiology Residents' Issues Residents' Review Column Respiratory Care Rural Anesthesia Issues SEE Program Sleep Apnea Spotlight On… State Beat Subspecialty News Surgical Care Improvement Project Transplant Anesthesia Transfusion Medicine Trauma Medicine Washington Report What's New In… Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology Workforce Issues World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

2005 Annual Meeting

• 2005 Annual Meeting House of Delegates Summary
• ASA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up
• Giants Among Us — Past, Present and Future
• On With the Show: 2005 ASA Art Exhibit
• Media Storm at 2005 Annual Meeting
• Setting Sail Into a New Year
• The Miracle That Was Atlanta

2006 Annual Meeting

• 2006 ASA Art Exhibit: ‘My Hometown’
• 2006 PBLD Program — Open Call for Case Submissions
• 2006 Annual Meeting Learning Tracks
• 2006 ASA Scientific Papers: Call for Abstracts
• A Milestone — The Gala Alliance
• ASA Placement Service
• Breakfast Panels: A Great Menu for 2006!
• Call for Candidates for Fourth Annual Presidential Scholar Award
• Chicago Offers Something for Everyone Attending the Annual Meeting
• Chicago: Welcome to the Neighborhood
• Clinical Forum: A Great Venue for Adult Learning
• Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture
• Evaluating Clinical Research at ASA Annual Meeting
• FAER Honorary Research Lecture
• Keeping ‘Track’ of Annual Meeting Changes
• Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture
• Nominations for Distinguished Service Award
• Nominations Sought for Media Award
• Panels and Workshops 2006: Challenge Yourself
• PBLD 2006 — We’re Still Growing!
• Present Your Medically Challenging Cases at the 2006 Annual Meeting
• Refresher Courses for 2006: A New Approach to Learning in the Windy City
• Regulations Governing Assignment of Tickets
• Residents Invited to Enter Research Essay Contest
• Scientific and Educational Exhibits/Medically Challenging Cases
• Scientific Paper Sessions: At the Forefront of Anesthesiology Research
• Special Airline Arrangements, Car Rentals Offered
• Technical Exhibit Program: Come to Sunday's Reception

Academic Anesthesiology

• Enhance Your Skills: Workshop on Teaching and Learning
• Filling the Chairs at SAAC/AAPD Meeting
• Killing Two Birds With One Stone: ASA Offers $1,000 Grants for Resident Leadership and Education

Accreditation

ACE Program

Administrative Update

• A Society of 40,000 — An Army of One
• Another Year, Another All-Time Membership High: 41,136!
• Bookmark It! Take Two Minutes and E-mail Us in the Morning
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall …
• Our Past, Present and Future Are Tied to Science
• Simulator-Based Education: The Future of CME
• The Next Chapter in the Sedation Story

Ambulatory Anesthesia

• Are Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Suitable for Ambulatory Surgery?

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

American Board of Anesthesiology

• 32nd National In-Training Exam Set for July 8, 2006
• ASA Solicits ABA Directorate Nominations

American Medical Association

• ASA Member Elected to AMA Physician Consortium

American Society of Anesthesiologists

• 2005 Annual Meeting House of Delegates Summary
• 2006 Officer's Profiles: the Leaders of Our Society
• Announcing 2006 Meeting Dates for ASA Governing Bodies
• Announcement of Candidates for Elected Office
• ASA Member Appointed to Medicare Practicing Physician Advisory Council (PPAC)
• ASA Member Elected to AMA Physician Consortium
• ASA Responds to Hurricane Katrina Disaster
• At a Glance
• Bylaws: Perhaps the Most Important Document You May Never Read
• Call for Candidates for Fourth Annual Presidential Scholar Award
• Chicago: Welcome to the Neighborhood
• Giants Among Us — Past, Present and Future
• Media Storm at 2005 Annual Meeting
• Setting Sail Into a New Year

Anesthesia Awareness

Anesthesia Care Team

Anesthesia Foundation

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Anesthesia Technology

Anesthesiologist Assistants

• Nation’s Capital Officially Licenses Anesthesiologist Assistants

Anesthesiology in the News

• Anesthesiology as a Career
• ASA Wins Web Site Award
• ASA Voices Concern Over ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Episode
• Baby Noor Surgery
• Cell Phone Study Results
• Cheap Thrills for Teens
• Choking ‘Game’
• Chronic Pain Relief
• Colonoscopies and Propofol
• Doctors Day Letters Get Into Print
• Intraoperative Awareness
• Last Words
• Lethal Injection
• Lethal Injection & Medical Ethics
• Lethal Injection Q & A
• Lifesaver on the Court
• Medical Options for Needle Phobics
• Medically Induced Comas
• Member Shares ‘Painful Truth’ With Readers
• New Formula Predicts Heart Surgery Blood Needs
• New York Times Personal View
• No Such Thing
• Pain Relief for Childbirth
• Pain Treatment at Home
• Patient Education
• Pediatric Anesthesia
• Pregnancy Care Training
• Recollections of a High-Profile Patient
• Smoking and Surgery
• Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia Seeks Comments for Revising OB Practice Guidelines
• Treating Unbearable Pain
• WLM Featured

ASA Centennial

• Giants Among Us — Past, Present and Future
• The Miracle That Was Atlanta

ASA Consultation Program

ASA News

• ACGME honors ASA Member D. David Glass, M.D., with Gienapp Award
• AMA Meeting to Include Issues for Section Council
• ASA Member Elected to AMA Physician Consortium

ASAPAC

• SVR, SGR and You: Why You Need the ASAPAC

Cardiovascular Anesthesiology

• Informing the Misinformed About ICDs
• New Concepts in ACLS
• SCA: Creating a New Breed of Subspecialists
• The Mission of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Certificate in Business Administration

• Announcing 2006 CBA Program

Committee News

• Bylaws: Perhaps the Most Important Document You May Never Read

Communications

• Anesthesiology, the Media and a ‘Twofer’
• ASA Fact Sheets: Helping Our Patients Weave Through a Growing Web of Information
• Communications: Bringing Anesthesiology’s Message to the Masses
• Doctors Day 2006: Still an Occasion to Fuss Over! We All ‘Bear’ the Responsibility
• Loud and Clear: ASA Resident Component Workshop on Communications a Resounding Success
• Media Storm at 2005 Annual Meeting

Component Society News

Continuing Medical Education

• Oh Say Can You SEE?
• ‘Simulation Saturday’ on March 11 to Introduce a New ASA-Sponsored Educational Opportunity

Critical Care Medicine

• Advances in Battlefield Pain Control
• ASCCA: Supporting Critical Care at a Critical Time
• Changing Concepts of Transfusion Triggers: Lessons From the ICU
• New Concepts in ACLS
• Perspective of a Nonintensivist: Why Critical Care Medicine Is Important to the Future of Our Specialty
• Rapid Response Teams: The Role for Anesthesiologists and Anesthesiology-Based Intensivists
• The Opportunity of Critical Care Medicine
• Translational Critical Care Research — Collaboration Across the Sea
• Trauma Care in Baghdad

Data Management

Distinguished Service Award

• Nominations for Distinguished Service Award

Doctors Day • 2006

• Doctors Day 2006: Still an Occasion to Fuss Over! We All ‘Bear’ the Responsibility

Economic Issues

Electronic Media

• Bookmark It! Take Two Minutes and E-mail Us in the Morning

Endowed Professorship

Equipment

Ethics

• ASA Syllabus on Ethics: A Free Guide for Anesthesiologists

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research

• A Role for Simulators: The ‘E’ in FAER
• ASA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up
• ASA Centennial Educational Contest Winner
• August 2005 FAER Grant Recipients
• FAER Geriatrics Research Council Request for Applications
• FAER Geriatrics Research Council Request For Applications: Factors Predicting Outcome in the Geriatric Surgical Patient
• FAER Honorary Research Lecture
• FAER in Transition
• FAER Pain Research Council Request for Applications
• FAER Pediatrics Research Council Request for Applications
• FAER’s Plate Full With New Programs, Expanded Activities
• FAER Research Councils Seeking Applications
• FAER Research Councils Soliciting Applications
• February 2006 FAER Grant Recipients Announced
• Giving to Support Your Profession — The Unmet Need
• Leveraging Assets and Talents to Strengthen and Sustain Our Specialty
• Research Council Expansion Under Way

From the Crow's Nest

• A Milestone — The Gala Alliance
• Christmas Lessons for Anesthesia From Dickens and Schultz
• Duty, Honor, Country
• Henry Kissinger and P4P
• Paradigms
• Perpetual Motion
• Saruman or Gandalf?
• The Lord of the Rings — A Metaphor for Anesthesiology?
• The Miracle That Was Atlanta
• The PAC, Professionalism and Patrick Sim
• The Power of One
• Why Bother?

Future of Anesthesiology

• ASA Launches Legislative Effort to Save Anesthesiology Residency Programs, Ensure Future of Specialty
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall …

Geriatric Anesthesia

• FAER Geriatrics Research Council Request for Applications
• FAER Geriatrics Research Council Request For Applications: Factors Predicting Outcome in the Geriatric Surgical Patient
• Geriatric Anesthesiology: Getting Ready for the Graying of America

Governmental Affairs

• Politics and Residency: It Is Time to Start Protecting Our Future

Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements

HIPAA Issues

History of Anesthesia

• Anesthesia History Association’s 11th Annual Resident Essay Contest
• Deterioration of the Inscription on Morton’s Monument
• Anesthesia History Association Sponsors Resident Essay Contest
• The Ultimate Restoration of the Ether Monument

Hurricane Katrina

• ASA Responds to Hurricane Katrina Disaster

Information for Authors

• 2006

Information Technology

Informed Consent

• A Separate Written Consent Document for Anesthesia: What Is the Indication?
• Informed Consent and the Medicare Interpretive Guidelines
• Informed Consent for Anesthesia: Has the Time Come for a Separate Written Consent Document?
• Informed Consent: The Verdict Is In
• Should Separate Written Consent for Anesthesia Be Adopted?

In Memoriam

• February 2006
• April 2006
• May 2006
• June 2006
• July 2006

International Medical Graduates

JCAHO

Learning Tracks

• 2006 Annual Meeting Learning Tracks

Letters to the Editor

• Awakening Laryngospasm Debate in Pediatric Patients
• Changing Status of P2 and P3 Would Be a ‘Plus’
• Critical Analysis of the Trauma ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm
• Doc Waves Yellow Flag at G.I. Industry
• Difficult Identification
• Doctored Names Cause Confusion
• Dr. Lema’s D-Day Analogy Off the Mark
• Dr. Lema Responds
• Frodo, Dude, Was a Liberal
• Helping Pain Patients Bear Their Burden
• ‘Hey, Anesthesia’ and Proud of It
• ‘Hey, Anesthesia’ Moniker a Sure Sign of Our Importance
• Hobbits and Wizards and Bears, Oh My!
• In Praise of Disruptive Anesthesiologists
• Miller Time
• NEWSLETTER Editor Needs to Be More Agreeable
• Nonanesthesiologist Providers are NOT Safe!
• One Vote for All
• Pulse Ox Last Line of Defense
• Reader Looks for Guidance on Hot Issue
• Redefining Customer Service
• Reply to Dr. Savani From Drs. Norman and Daley
• Response to Dr. McLendon From Dr. Abenstein
• Second City Lives Up to Nickname in Blood BankDebate
• Sedation Debate Goes ‘Round and ‘Round
• The Facts on Substance Abuse in Anesthesiology
• The Price of Privilege
• Want to Be a Doc? Do the Work
• Who Will Pay the Price for P4P? Our Patients

Malignant Hyperthermia

• MHAUS to Offer Two Writing Awards
• New MH Video a Symbol of 25 Years of Progress for MHAUS

Media Award

• Nominations Sought for Media Award

Medical Professionalism

Medicare/Reimbursement

• ASA Member Appointed to Medicare Practicing Physician Advisory Council (PPAC)
• Medicare as a Benchmark for “Reasonable Value” — Not
• Spotlight on Medicare Payment Policy Reform
• SVR, SGR and You: Why You Need the ASAPAC

Medical Simulation

• ‘Simulation Saturday’ on March 11 to Introduce a New ASA-Sponsored Educational Opportunity

Medical Student Issues

Military Issues

• Advances in Battlefield Pain Control
• Blending ACGME Core Competencies and Casualty Care
• Military Anesthesiology: An Out-Of-The-Box Experience
• Military Anesthesiology: In the Service of Heroes
• Military Humanitarian Medical Support
• Not Your Usual Residents …
• Organization and Delivery of Combat Casualty Care
• Surgery on the High Seas
• Trauma Care in Baghdad

National Resident Match Program

Obituaries

Obstetric Anesthesiology

• Obstetric Anesthesia: It’s Not Just About Epidurals!
• Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia Seeks Comments for Revising OB Practice Guidelines

Occupational Health

Office-Based Anesthesiology

• Update on Office-Based Surgery Proposals

Off-Site Anesthesia

Outreach Education

Overseas Teaching

Pain Medicine

• Advances in Battlefield Pain Control
• FAER Pain Research Council Request for Applications
• Nursing Board Authorizes Nurse Anesthetists to Practice Pain Management Procedures

Patient Safety

Pediatric Anesthesia

• FAER Pediatrics Research Council Request for Applications
• Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Hitting a Growth Spurt

Performance and Outcomes Measurment

Physician Demographics

• At a Glance

Postoperative Cognitive Disfunctio

Practice Management Column

• 10,198 Units Per Physician: MGMA/ASA Survey, 2005 Report
• Accountability
• Anesthesiology Is in the P4P Game
• ASA Member Appointed to Medicare Practicing Physician Advisory Council (PPAC)
• Balance Billing When You Don’t Have a Contract With the Health Plan
• Compensating Nonclinical Time
• Customers of the Anesthesiology Group: Notes From 2006 Conference on Practice Management
• Laws, Legislation, Regulations: What’s in a Name?
• Medicare as a Benchmark for “Reasonable Value” — Not
• Medicare, We Have a Fraud Problem
• OIG Is Interested in ‘Visits’ Billed as ‘Consultations’
• Medicare Proposes More Cuts in Payments to Specialists
• Preoperative Pregnancy Testing: Mandatory or Elective?
• Pros and Cons of Exclusive Contracts
• Staying Off the Medicare Inspector General’s Watch List
• What’s Wrong With Your Anesthesiology Group Retirement Plan?

Practice Management Issues

• Customers of the Anesthesiology Group: Notes From 2006 Conference on Practice Management
• Practice Management Conference: Colorful, Dramatic, Helpful

Practice Parameters

• Update on Practice Parameters — 2006

Presidential Scholar Award

• Call for Candidates for Fourth Annual Presidential Scholar Award

Problem-Based Learning Discussions

• 2006 PBLD Program — Open Call for Case Submissions
• PBLD 2006 — We’re Still Growing!

Professional Liability

• Anesthesia Malpractice Claims for Newborn Brain Injury in the 1990s
• Injuries and Liability Related to Peripheral Catheters: A Closed Claims Analysis
• Liability Associated With Awareness During Anesthesia
• Malpractice Insurance Premiums:Greater Stability for Most Anesthesiologists

Quality Management and Departmental Administration

• QMDA: Quality Responses to Myriad Departmental Concerns

Regional Anesthesia

Research in Anesthesiology

• ASA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up
• August 2005 FAER Grant Recipients
• FAER Research Councils Soliciting Applications
• FAER Geriatrics Research Council Request For Applications: Factors Predicting Outcome in the Geriatric Surgical Patient
• February 2006 FAER Grant Recipients Announced
• Killing Two Birds With One Stone: ASA Offers $1,000 Grants for Resident Leadership and Education
• Our Past, Present and Future Are Tied to Science
• Research Council Expansion Under Way
• Scientific Paper Sessions: At the Forefront of Anesthesiology Research
• Translational Critical Care Research — Collaboration Across the Sea

Residents' Issues

• Anesthesia History Association’s 11th Annual Resident Essay Contest
• Anesthesia History Association Sponsors Resident Essay Contest
• ASA Launches Legislative Effort to Save Anesthesiology Residency Programs, Ensure Future of Specialty
• Blending ACGME Core Competencies and Casualty Care
• Killing Two Birds With One Stone: ASA Offers $1,000 Grants for Resident Leadership and Education
• Lessons Learned in Washington
• Loud and Clear: ASA Resident Component Workshop on Communications a Resounding Success
• Not Your Usual Residents …
• Politics and Residency: It Is Time to Start Protecting Our Future
• Residents Invited to Enter Research Essay Contest
• SVR, SGR and You: Why You Need the ASAPAC

Residents' Review Column

• ASA Medical Student Delegation: 3 Amazing Years
• Killing Two Birds With One Stone: ASA Offers $1,000 Grants for Resident Leadership and Education
• Lessons Learned in Washington
• Local Activism Reaps Major Rewards: Organized Medicine at the State Level
• New Residents and Procedures: A Tempest in a Teapot?
• Politics and Residency: It Is Time to Start Protecting Our Future
• SVR, SGR and You: Why You Need the ASAPAC

Respiratory Care

Rural Anesthesia Issues

SEE Program

• Oh Say Can You SEE?

Sleep Apnea

• Are Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Suitable for Ambulatory Surgery?

Spotlight On…

State Beat

• Alabama Supreme Court Addresses Liability Issues
• Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Physician Training Requirements for Office-Based Surgery
• Looking Ahead to 2006
• Louisiana Court Rules on Conflicts Between Nursing and Medical Board Opinions
• Maryland Legislature Passes Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
• Missouri Moves Closer to Offering Anesthesiologist Assistant Program
• Nursing Board Authorizes Nurse Anesthetists to Practice Pain Management Procedures
• Opposition to Board of Nursing’s Proposed Conscious Sedation Rules
• State Legislatures Enact Medical Liability Reform Legislation
• Summary of 2006 State Activities
• Tennessee Anesthesiologists Attend Annual Meeting of National State Legislators
• Update on Office-Based Surgery Proposals

Subspecialty News

• ASCCA: Supporting Critical Care at a Critical Time
• AUA: An Academic Anesthesiology Organization Learning to Grow and Growing to Learn
• Enhance Your Skills: Workshop on Teaching and Learning
• Obstetric Anesthesia: It’s Not Just About Epidurals!
• SCA: Creating a New Breed of Subspecialists
• Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Hitting a Growth Spurt
• The Mission of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Surgical Care Improvement Project

Transplant Anesthesia

Transfusion Medicine

• Changing Concepts of Transfusion Triggers: Lessons From the ICU

Trauma Medicine

Washington Report