he Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) supports a number of activities and programs during the ASA Annual Meeting, which will take place this year on October 12-17. Through FAER’s efforts, medical students, residents, physicians, educators and researchers have the opportunity to exchange knowledge about the latest techniques, advances and challenges impacting anesthesiology.

FAER/Abbott Laboratories-Volwiler and Tabern Resident Scholar Program: The Resident Scholar Program provides anesthesiology residents with the opportunity to attend a national scientific meeting with access to multiple scientific and educational sessions. Resident Scholars are expected to attend the ASA House of Delegates meeting on Sunday, October 14, the FAER Honorary Research Lecture and the FAER panel. They are encouraged to sample the full range of ASA Annual Meeting activities.

Friday, October 12
Resident Scholars Welcome Reception: The reception will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Hotel Nikko in the Golden Gate Room. This is an informal welcome reception allowing the residents an opportunity to meet FAER Board members and other scholars before the ASA meeting sessions.

Saturday, October 13
Resident Scholars Orientation: The orientation will be held from 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. in Nikko I at the Hotel Nikko.

Guest speakers and topics are:

• Timothy J. Brennan, Ph.D., M.D., Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic, “Postsurgical Pain — Why Does It Hurt?”

• William L. Lanier, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology (neuroanesthesia), Mayo Clinic; editor-in-chief, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, “FAER Awards and Career Opportunities.”

Tuesday, October 16
Resident Scholar Reception: The farewell reception will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Nikko Hotel in Nikko I & II. Attendees include the 2007 resident scholars, 2007 FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship participants, ASA officers, FAER Board members and staff.

Saturday, October 13
FAER Luncheon: The FAER Luncheon will be held from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., at the Hotel Nikko in Nikko I. The luncheon is held to express FAER’s appreciation to individual and corporate sponsors for their support and to strengthen industry relations with FAER, ASA and subspecialty leadership.

This year’s panel moderator is Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, M.D., Professor of Anesthesia and Medicine, Vice-Chairman, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Investigator, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco.

Topics and panelists are:

• Peter F. Dunn, M.D., Executive Medical Director, Operating Rooms, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, “The Future of Operating Rooms.”

• Michael A. Gropper, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Director, Critical Care Medicine, Chair for Medical Quality University of California, San Francisco, “The Future of Critical Care Units.”

• James D. Marks, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Anesthesia and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chief of Anesthesia, San Francisco General Hospital, Vice-Chairman, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, “Discovering and Translating Next-Generation Biodefense Therapeutics.”

• Michael S. Higgins, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Biomedical Informatics, Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Executive Medical Director for Perioperative Services, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, “Communication Technology in the O.R. and ICU.”

Sunday, October 14
FAER Booth: At 12:30 p.m., the FAER booth opens in the ASA Resource Center. The 2007 FAER booth hours are: Sunday, October 14, 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Monday and Tuesday, October 15-16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those visiting the booth will have the opportunity to talk with current and former grant recipients, FAER Board Directors and FAER staff. Please stop by to learn more about FAER’s research and education grant programs, Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship program, FAER/Abbott Laboratories-Volwiler and Tabern Resident Scholars program, FAER Academy of Research Mentors in Anesthesiology as well as the many other initiatives that FAER supports in its effort to advance anesthesiology.

Monday, October 15
FAER Academy of Research Mentors in Anesthesiology Workshop: The workshop “Finding the Right Mentor” will be held on Monday, October 15, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Moscone Center South Gateway Ballroom 102. Mentoring is a key factor in the successful development of a research investigator. As part of the Academy of Research Mentors’ efforts to improve research mentoring in our specialty, this workshop will provide a discussion of how to identify the right mentor. Lectures on selecting the right mentor will be given by co-moderators Paul D. Allen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Alex S. Evers, M.D., Henry E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine. Lectures will be followed by brief presentations by individuals on how they identified their mentors and then a panel discussion.

Celebration of Research: On Monday, October 15, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Moscone Center South, the journal Anesthesiology and FAER will co-host the Celebration of Research, providing lunch and educational programs. This year, James C. Eisenach, M.D., will succeed Michael M. Todd, M.D., as host of the Celebration of Research, Award for Excellence in Research presentations and the Residents’ Research Essay Contest winners presentations. Lunch will be sponsored by FAER and Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC.

The Seventh FAER Honorary Research Lecture: “Why We Need To Know How Anesthetics Work”
Mervyn Maze, F.R.C.A., F.R.C.P., F.Med.Sci., Ph.D. Professor Maze will present the Seventh Honorary Research Lecture on Monday, October 15, 2007, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Dr. Mervyn Maze, Sir Ivan Magill Professor and Department Chair of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care at the Imperial College in London, will describe how research into the molecular species and neural substrates involved in the action of general anesthetics can improve the way we use existing drugs and how these also can inform us how to use anesthetics for clinical opportunities outside of perioperative care.

FAER Panel: 2007 FAER Panel: “Medical Education for the Next Generation of Physicians” will be held on Monday, October 15, 2007, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Moscone Center South, Gateway Ballroom 102-103. Panel members will present information on the current and future status of medical education, including medical school, residency and continuing medical education. Sean K. Kennedy, M.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania, Chief of Anesthesia, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will moderate the session.

Panelists and topics include:

• Stephen Slogoff, M.D., Dean Emeritus, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, “The New Paradigm for Medical Student Education.”

• Simon Gelman, M.D., Ph.D., Leroy D. Vandam/Benjamin G. Covino Distinguished Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, “Future of Medical Education.”

• M. Christine Stock, M.D., James E. Eckenhoff Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, “Portfolio-Based Records: The Next Wave in Graduate Medical Education.”

• Arnold J. Berry, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University, “The Role of Continuing Medical Education in Improving Patient Care.”

Tuesday, October 16
Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship Symposium: The symposium will be held on October 16, 2007, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Moscone Center South, Gateway Ballroom 102. As part of the FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship, FAER offers students the opportunity to make a research presentation during the ASA Annual Meeting at the FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship Symposium. The 2007 symposium will be moderated by Donn Dennis, M.D., F.A.H.A., FAER Director, the Joachim S. Gravenstein, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Nanomedicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and Vice-President of Pharmacology at ARYx Therapeutics, Inc., Fremont, California. In addition to presentations by selected students, poster presentations will be located in the room for viewing and the students available for discussion. Following the symposium, the students and their mentors will join the Resident Scholars at the FAER/Abbott Laboratories-Volwiler and Tabern Resident Scholar Program Reception from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Nikko Hotel in Nikko I&II.

The aforementioned programs and events are just a few of the ways FAER serves the specialty. Without the support of those who give their time, talent and financial support, FAER would be unable to grow and fulfill its research and education mission. The FAER Board of Directors and staff look forward to a successful meeting, and we thank you for your support.

Alan D. Sessler, M.D., is Professor and Chair Emeritus, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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