In 1995, the ASRA Resident Section Committee was founded through the dedication of Vivek Mahendru. The intention of the Committee is to serve as a forum for discussion of resident and fellow issues and for the education of residents concerning regional anesthesia and pain medicine. The four areas that define its mission derive from its mission statement: specifically, membership, communication, education, and leadership development. Currently 3,114 residents make up 34% of ASRA's total membership, emphasizing the important role residents can play in component societies. The Resident Section Committee organizes annual Resident Forums, contributes to the quarterly newsletter, represents residents on the Scientific Program Committee and Membership Committee of ASRA, and recruits new resident members with a complimentary first year membership. We thank the ASRA Board of Directors for supporting resident involvement in ASRA and for recognizing the importance of fostering resident interest in regional anesthesia and pain medicine.
There are five elected positions in the Resident Section Committee. Nominations should be sent to the ASRA Resident Section Chair or Chair-Elect/Newsletter Advisor, and may be made by ASRA Faculty Members or program directors. Elections are made by the Resident Section Committee and are approved by the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting. Responsibilities of each position are assumed at the conclusion of the ASRA Annual Meeting in the spring.
Chair (One-year position)
This individual will have completed one year of service as the ASRA Newsletter
Advisor.
Responsibilities of this position include:
1) Presides at all meetings of the ASRA Resident Section.
2) Serves to organize communications between the ASRA Board of Directors and
Resident Section.
3) Serves as a member of the Scientific Program Committee and the Membership
Committee as Resident Representative.
4) Organizes and moderates the ASRA Resident Forum at the Annual Meeting.
5) Leads the selection process for new ASRA Resident Section Committee Members.
6) Serves as delegate to the ASA Resident Component.
Chair-Elect/Newsletter Advisor (Two-year position)
This individual must have at least 24 months of residency/fellowship training
remaining to be eligible for the position.
1) Coordinates, edits, and submits the ASRA Newsletter Quarterly Articles by
their deadline.
2) Assists the Chair in conducting the affairs of the Resident Section Committee
and attends all meetings of the Committee.
3) Updates the ASRA Resident Section Webpage.
4) Assumes the duties of the Chair at the end of the first year of duty.
5) Serves as delegate to the ASA Resident Component.
Member-at-Large (One-year position)
Responsibilities of this position include:
1) Assists the Chair in conducting the affairs of the Resident Section Committee.
2) Attends all meetings of the Resident Section Committee.
Pain Fellow Member-at Large (One-year position)
Responsibilities are the same as the Member-at-Large position.
Canadian Member-at-Large (One-year position)
Responsibilities are the same as the Member-at-Large position.
Current Members of the ASRA Resident Section Committee include:
Chair: Jeffrey A. Green, MD
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Greenf@umich.edu
Chair-Elect/Newsletter
Editor: Allan R. Escher, Jr., DO
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Eschera@umich.edu
Members-at-Large
Edgar D. Ramirez-Pagan, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Ramirez@anesth1.anesth.ufl.edu
Rhett Dodge, MD
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Rdodge@gateway.net
Elizabeth Alley, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Reseaa@vmmc.org
Krishna Samba, MD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
John Flanders, MD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Cumberland, RI
JDFlanders@bics.bwh.harvard.edu
Pain Fellow: Jeffrey Jian-Hong Huang,
MD,MS
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Huangj@msnotes.wustl.edu
Canadian Representative: Position currently unfilled
Resident Faculty Advisor: Alan
M. Harvey, MD, MBA
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Harveya@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu
The deadline for nominations for the 2001-2002 year is February 28, 2001.
Nominations should include a candidate statement and curriculum vitae and be sent to Jeffrey Green, MD, Chair, ASRA Resident Section, University of Michigan, Department of Anesthesiology, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Room 1G323 UH, Box 0048, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0048 or Stewart Hinckley, ASRA Executive Secretary, ASRA, P.O.Box 11086, Richmond, VA 23230-1086. Please feel free to contact the Chair or Chair-Elect/Newsletter Advisor with any questions. Please visit our website at www.asra.com.
Respectfully Submitted,
Allan R. Escher, Jr., DO
Chair-Elect/Newsletter Advisor,
ASRA Resident Section Committee
