American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
29th Spring Meeting

March 11-14, 2004
Walt Disney World Swan
Orlando, FL

The ASRA 2004 Annual Spring Meeting

On behalf of the 2004 Scientific Program Committee, welcome to the 29th Annual ASRA Spring Meeting and Workshops. It is our sincere wish that our program is full of education, insight, and challenge; and that Orlando offers a chance to consult with Minnie and Mickey about the late winter sun.

The primary mission of the ASRA Spring Meeting is to update attendees on topics related to regional anesthesia. While pain medicine does not play as large a role in the spring as it does at the ASRA Fall Meeting, occasional practitioners of pain medicine should find enough related topics to satisfy their needs. Regular attendees of ASRA meetings may be pleasantly surprised by new venues, topics, and quite frankly, experiments. Many of these changes are a direct result of your previous meeting evaluations (a poorly veiled attempt urging you to fill out those evaluations-we really do make changes based on your input).

Thursday offers its usual assortment of Refresher Course Lectures with an international faculty to update you on the basics of regional anesthesia. Four Parallel Sessions on Friday and Saturday provide in-depth discussion of the latest techniques in nerve localization, evidence-based practices for common surgeries amenable to regional anesthesia, how to understand and avoid complications, and a review of pain and obstetric topics. Eight Master Class topics are given on Thursday and Friday. These 90-minute sessions remain one of our most popular offerings. Twelve 90-minute Workshops are presented for brushing up on those techniques you always wanted to learn, or wonder why they're just not working anymore. The workshops' two-faculty format is designed for breadth and hopefully, a bit of entertainment as one so-called expert shares the floor with someone else that claims to do it better. Saturday has repeat sessions of our very popular 4-hour Intensive Workshops on upper extremity or lower extremity regional anesthesia. And you need to eat, so why not dine with a group interested in Problem Based Learning?

Several sessions deserve special mention. First, Friday's Consensus Conference on Infectious Complications will evaluate the available data on this important topic. Sunday's New Techniques and Approaches in Regional Anesthesia is your opportunity to learn about contemporary techniques, both in lecture and workshop format. The meeting's Best Abstracts are discussed Thursday afternoon, and Poster Sessions follow on Friday. This year's Resident Cracker Barrel topic, the use of ultrasound for nerve localization, will certainly be of interest to not just residents. Please attend our special invited lectures: Denise Wedel, MD accepts the ASRA Distinguished Service Award on Friday; and David L. Brown, MD will present the Labat lecture at 11:15 am on Saturday. And for all of the family, please make plans to attend the ASRA Special Lecture on Friday afternoon-Anesthesia and Pain Management at Sea World.

Thank you for your interest in this meeting. We hope you enjoy it. Learn something new, visit the exhibits, see some old friends, have fun!

Joseph M. Neal, MD
2004 Spring Annual Meeting Chair

• Welcome
• Program Committee
• Board of Directors
• Founding Fathers
• Faculty
• Program Schedule
  • Thursday, March 11, 2004
  • Friday, March 12, 2004
  • Saturday, March 13, 2004
  • Sunday, March 14, 2004
• ASRA Resident Scholarships
• Workshops
• Master Classes
• Problem Based Learning Discussions
• General Information
• Online registration is now closed. You may register on-site at the meeting.
• Hotel Reservation Form
• Advance purchase of specially-priced Disney PARK HOPPER® Meeting/Convention Theme Park tickets
• Membership Application
• Objectives