Book/Multimedia Education Award

he Anesthesia Foundation announces the Book/Multimedia Education Award to be presented at the ASA 2008 Annual Meeting.

This prestigious award will be awarded for excellence and innovation in books or multimedia with significant impact on the science and practice of anesthesiology, critical care or pain medicine. No more than two-author submissions are eligible.

The award is $10,000 (to be divided if there are two authors), plus expenses for first author and guest to attend the Academy of Anesthesiology 2009 Spring Meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Deadline for receipt of contributions is November 15, 2007.

For further information and specific criterion please contact: www.anesthesiafoundation.org/index.html; or Doris K. Cope, M.D., UPMC St. Margaret Pain Medicine Center, 200 Delafield Avenue, Suite 2070, Pittsburgh, PA 15215; telephone (412) 784-5343, fax (412) 784-5350.

2007 Transesophageal Echocardiography and Vascular Access Workshop

he ASA Transesophageal Echocardiography and Vascular Access Workshop is intended as an introductory course on intraoperative echocardiography. The program will be held November 10-11, 2007, at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.

This workshop will introduce a number of topics that will provide basics on the physics of ultrasound, the use of knobs on the echocardiography machine, the components of a complete transesophageal examination along with the corresponding anatomical views, and the pathophysiology of valvular heart disease and its intraoperative assessment.

If you would like further information on this workshop or to download a registration form, please visit the ASA Web site at www.ASAhq.org/ASA07%20TEEWorkshopBrochure.pdf or call the ASA Executive Office at (847) 825-5586.

Announcing the APSF/ASA Endowed Research Award

he Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is pleased to announce the APSF/ASA Endowed Research Award in full support ($150,000) of a grant to be awarded in October 2007 for initiation in January 2008.

The funds for this named grant will be provided from the APSF Endowment Fund, which was made possible by the generous contributions of ASA to APSF over the last several years.