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October 2007
Volume 71
Number 10


2008 Certificate in Business Administration Program to Begin

SA is pleased to announce the 2008 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 1-2, 2008, at the Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in Houston, Texas. Three additional on-site sessions at the Woodlands will be held throughout the year. Please see the other dates below:

August 2-3, 2008

November 15-16, 2008

January 10-11, 2009

The program consists 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, so sign up today. The brochure is now available on the ASA Web site at www.ASAhq.org/conted/cba.htm. Please feel free to call Mary Teister in the ASA Executive Office at (847) 825-5586 for additional information.


AMA State Delegates Invited to Join Section Council

fficials from the Society’s Section Council on Anesthesiology of the American Medical Association (AMA) would like to know the names of the ASA members planning to attend the AMA Interim Meeting on November 9-13 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Section Council is open to all anesthesiologists who attend the AMA House of Delegates meeting. The Section Council meets to discuss resolutions and other issues of importance to anesthesiologists. Meetings usually take place on Saturday and/or Monday of the AMA House of Delegates meeting. If you are attending the House of Delegates meeting as an AMA delegate from your state, the Society would welcome your participation in the Section Council on Anesthesiology luncheon meeting(s).

To be placed on the mailing list to receive information on the Society’s AMA Section Council meetings, please send your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address and reason for attendance to Denise M. Jones, ASA Executive Office, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068; e-mail D.Jones@ASAhq.org; or fax (847) 825-2085.


Thanks to Our Sponsors

SA gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors of the 2007 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. Their support in funding various noneducational activities allows the ASA Annual Meeting to continue as the premier anesthesiology meeting in the world.

• Baxter Pharmaceutical Products Inc.

• Cephalon Inc.

• Datascope Corp.

• Draeger Medical Inc.

• iMDsoft

• Masimo Corp.

• Philips Medical Systems Inc.


 



 

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