ASA Welcomes New Director of Communications n September 10, 2007, ASA welcomed Dawn M. Glossa, M.S., as Director of Communications. Dawn joins ASA at a productive and exciting time as the Organizational Improvement Initiative, now under way, helps to better position ASA as the foremost authority on anesthesiology-related education and policy and attempts to solidify ASA’s position as the world’s leading patient safety advocate. Dawn M. Glossa Dawn brings to ASA more than a decade of marketing and advocacy experience in nonprofit and for-profit organizations. She served as Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Manager and eventually Director of Public Relations and Communications at Sinai Health System in Chicago before being offered the position of Vice-President of Marketing and Communications at ChildServ, a child welfare agency that has served the Chicagoland area since 1894. She is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University (B.A.), DePaul University (M.S., Public Administration) and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in the Executive Education Program-Fundraising and Marketing. Her thesis at DePaul was titled “Marketing in Hospital Settings.” As the ASA Organizational Improvement Initiative picks up steam, Dawn is eager to join a burgeoning ASA staff whose collective goal is to realize the Initiative’s objectives over the next two to three years. “I feel lucky to be joining the ASA staff at this crucial juncture in the Society’s history,” she said. “ASA is already one of the most respected medical specialty organizations in medicine, but it is only going to get better in the next few years. With a stronger and more focused presence in Washington and beyond, we will be able to better serve our members and their patients as never before.” Dawn lives in Oak Park, Illinois, with her husband Duane and their two sons.

Subspecialty Recertification: ABA Exams in Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine

he American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) will administer examinations for recertification in the subspecialties of critical care medicine and pain medicine via computer at more than 350 test centers from September 20 to October 4, 2008 (except Sundays). ABA will inform candidates of the test sites when the list is available. Physicians previously certified in critical care medicine or pain medicine by ABA may apply to recertify in the subspecialty. After January 15, 2008, applicants may use the ABA Web site www.theABA.org to submit their application for a subspecialty recertification examination electronically.

The standard application deadline is March 15, 2008. ABA will consider late applications received by March 31, 2008. Applications received after the late deadline will not be considered. ABA will make a decision about an applicant’s qualifications for subspecialty examination by May 15, 2008.

Subspecialty Certification: ASA Exams in Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine

he American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) will administer examinations for certification in the subspecialties of critical care medicine and pain medicine via computer at more than 350 test centers on Saturday, September 13, 2008. ABA will inform candidates of the test sites when the list is available.

All applicants for subspecialty certification must satisfactorily complete one year of training in a critical care medicine program accredited by the Residency Review Committee for Anesthesiology or in a pain medicine program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education by September 30, 2008. They also must be certified in anesthesiology by ABA or scheduled for ABA oral examination in 2008. After January 15, 2008, applicants may use the ABA Web site www.theABA.org to submit their application for a subspecialty certification examination electronically.

The standard application deadline is March 15, 2008. ABA will consider late applications received by March 31, 2008. Applications received after the late deadline will not be considered. ABA will make a decision about an applicant’s qualifications for subspecialty examination by May 15, 2008.

Thanks to Our Sponsors

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