Call for Candidates for Presidential Scholar Award

he goal of the Presidential Scholar Award is to highlight research by faculty members in anesthesiology departments. The deadline for submissions for the 2007 award is March 31, 2007.

Anesthesiologists who are within seven years of their first appointment to a department of anesthesiology, who are board-certified, ASA members, and who spend at least two days a week in clinical practice are eligible for this award. Further, nominees must be academically accomplished with peer-reviewed publications and funded research. Candidates should be nominated by their department chair or by the Committee on Research after review of the current year’s grant applicants of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. Only one nominee per department will be accepted.

The completed application must include documentation of the qualifications listed above; current curriculum vitae; letters of support from the chair, two other senior faculty and two current residents, postdoctorial students or fellows; copies of the three most important peer-reviewed publications; and a current five-year academic plan with anticipated major contributions to the field of anesthesiology (two-page limit).
The Committee on Excellence in Research will judge the applications and select a winner. The recipient of the Presidential Scholar Award will be asked to present a brief summary of his or her work at the Celebration of Research at the 2007 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. The winner will receive a plaque, $1,000 award, travel reimbursement, plus one day’s lodging and per diem.

Applications should be sent to the attention of Judy Jacobson, ASA, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573.

Certificate in Business Administration
Program for 2007

SA is pleased to announce the 2007 Certificate in Business Administration 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 17-18, 2007, at the Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in Houston, Texas, with three additional on-site sessions at the Woodlands throughout the year. Please see the other dates below:

August 11-12, 2007

November 3-4, 2007

January 12-13, 2008

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. Space is still available for the course.

The brochure is now available on the ASA Web site at www.ASAhq.org/conted/cba.htm. Call Mary Teister in the ASA Executive Office at (847) 825-5586 for additional information.

Nominations Sought for Award for Excellence in Research

he annual ASA Award for Excellence in Research recognizes an individual for outstanding achievement in research that has or is likely to have an important impact on the practice of anesthesiology.

The individual’s work must represent a body of original, mature and sustained contribution to the advancement of the science of anesthesiology. The nominee need not be a physician, an anesthesiologist or a member of ASA but must be presently engaged in research related to anesthesiology.

In 2006, the award was presented to Nicholas P. Franks, Ph.D., at the ASA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, October 16, 2006, immediately preceding the Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture.

Dr. Franks is Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics, The Blackett Laboratory, Biophysics Section of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London, England.

The deadline for nominations for the 2007 Award for Excellence in Research is March 31, 2007. Guidelines for nominations are available from the ASA Executive Office, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573 or e-mail j.jacobson@ASAhq.org.