Call
for Abstracts - TOP
32nd Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting and Workshops
Abstract Deadline: February 2, 2007
 The
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain
Medicine (ASRA) invites electronic submission
of abstracts for presentation at the ASRA 32nd
Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting and Workshops,
April 19-22, 2007, at the Westin Bayshore Hotel
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstracts for the Annual Meeting
may be submitted in one of two categories:
- laboratory/basic science and
- clinical investigation. Abstracts
will be graded competitively on the basis of
scientific merit for presentation.
The five “Best of Meeting”
submissions will be accepted for poster display
and oral presentations. Others will be accepted
for poster sessions and display.
The deadline for abstract submissions
is February 2, 2007.
All papers presented at the ASRA
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Meeting
are eligible for presentation at subsequent meetings
of the American Society of Anesthesiologists as
well as other major anesthesia meeting.
Check the ASRA
Web site at www.asra.com for updates.
Residents
Travel Scholarships Awards - TOP
 ASRA encourages anesthesiology residents to become
more involved in the Society by making available
five $1,000 Travel Scholarship Awards to residents
whose abstracts are accepted for presentation
at the ASRA Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Meeting in Vancouver. Priority will be provided
to ASRA resident members and based on the abstract
score.
To apply for a Residents Travel
Scholarship Awards simply check the appropriate
box on the electronic submission cover letter.
BE SURE TO REMIT YOUR 2007
ASRA DUES
Dues statements for 2007 fiscal (calendar) year
have been distributed to all ASRA members. Please
be sure to remit your dues before the dues deadline
printed on your dues statement. You may also remit
your dues securely online at www.asra.com.
About
ASRA Memebership Information Booklet Available - TOP
 The new ASRA Membership Information Booklet “About
Us” is available through the ASRA office
and can be viewed online. The booklet is designed
not only to re-acquaint members with the many
benefits and services the Society has to offer,
but also to recruit new ASRA members. Remember,
membership recruitment begins at the grassroots
level. Make it your goal to recruit one new member
into ASRA in 2007.
The “About Us” booklet
provides information on the ASRA mission and vision,
membership categories, benefits, demographics,
CME mission and programs, research and award programs
and volunteering. The booklet also features information
on Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the
official journal of the Society, and ASRA News,
the Society’s highly-popular newsletter.
 Volunteer
in ASRA - TOP
ASRA features a structure
of committees and task forces comprised of members
who volunteer their time and expertise to further
the Society’s goals and mission. As a volunteer,
one not only assists ASRA in developing programs
and services that benefit practitioners of regional
anesthesia and pain medicine, committee service
helps one improve skills important to professional
development, including management skills, interpersonal
skills, communications skills, team building skills
and more. Volunteering to service on an ASRA committee
helps to stimulate creative ideas and programs
as well as places individuals on the path towards
leadership within the Society.
ASRA members are encouraged to volunteer
to serve on any of the Society’s committees
and task forces:
- Committee on Newsletter
- Committee on Communications
- Committee on Research
- Committee on Distinguish Service
Award
- Committee on the Gaston Labat
Award
- Committee on John J. Bonica Award
- Committee on Education
- Committee on Membership
- Task Force on Industry Relations
- Task Force on Patient Information
- Annual Pain Medicine Meeting
and Workshops Program Committee
- Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting
and Workshops Program Committee
- Resident Section
Please contact ASRA President-Elect
F. Michael Ferrante, M.D. via the ASRA Office
at asra@asahq.org should you be interested in serving on a committee
or task force.
Gaston
P. Labat Lecture Award - TOP
 The
Committee on the Gaston P. Labat Lecture has issued
a call for nominations from the ASRA membership
for recommendations of an individual who has demonstrated
outstanding contributions to the development,
teaching and practice of regional anesthesia in
the tradition of Gaston P. Labat, M.D. (1843-1908).
The Labat Lecture is presented annually at the
ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting and Workshop
held each spring. Members are asked to nominate
qualified anesthesiologists who have distinguished
themselves in two of the following areas of regional
anesthesia: research, teaching or clinical practice.
Dr. Labat and his colleagues founded
the original American Society of Regional Anesthesia
in 1923. It should be noted that his colleagues
wanted to honor Dr. Labat by calling the fledging
organization the Labat Society. The first ASRA
merged with the American Society of Anesthesiologists
in 1939 and dissolved after the merger. The records
of the early society are preserved at the Wood
Library – Museum of Anesthesiology at the
ASA office in Park Ridge, Illinois. The present
day ASRA was re-founded in 1975.
Nominations should be forwarded
to members of the Committee on the Labat Lecture.
Committee members are as follows:
John
J. Bonica Lecture Award - TOP
 The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and
Pain Medicine (ASRA) John J. Bonica Award is presented
annually at the ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting
and Workshops to an individual for his/her outstanding
contributions to the development, teaching and
practice of pain medicine in the tradition of
Dr. John J. Bonica.
Nominations should be forwarded
to the Committee on the Bonica Lecture Award in
care of the ASRA office at asra@asahq.org.
Distinguished
Service Award - TOP
The Committee on Distinguished
Service Award is seeking nominations of individuals
who have displayed a lifetime of achievement and
distinguished service in the field of regional
anesthesia and/or pain medicine. Nominations may
be forwarded to the Committee in care of the ASRA
office at asra@asahq.org. Please include your
contact information should the committee need
to contact you for additional information regarding
your nomination.
 Resident
Section - TOP
The American Society
of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine is proud
to have an active resident section, second only
to the ASA Resident Section in terms of size and
commitment. The ASRA Resident Section meets three
times a year at the Society’s Annual Regional
Anesthesia Meeting and Workshops in the spring,
at the ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops
in the Fall and at the ASA Annual Meeting in October.
Dedicated programming is presented exclusively
for resident members at ASRA meetings along with
receptions with fellowship program directors.
If you are a program director, we
would like to encourage you to have your residents
join ASRA and have them become involve in this
Resident Section. Membership is available to all
CA1, CA2 and CA3 residents. Reduced dues are $30
a year, with CA1 dues waived, allowing residents
to enjoy three years of resident membership for
the price of two years. Plus, resident members
receive the same benefits as active members, including
subscriptions to Regional Anesthesia and Pain
Medicine and ASRA News, which features a resident
section in each issue.
Have your resident join online today.
You may enroll your CA1 resident by simply sending
a letter with the resident’s full contact
information to the ASRA office at:
ASRA
520 N. Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573
Enews is also presented in Adobe
Acrobat format. - TOP
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