SAMBA ANNUAL MEETING - GET YOUR ABSTRACTS IN NOW! - TOP

Site of the meeting: J.W. Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.

The Committee on Scientific Papers has issued a call for abstracts for the SAMBA 21st Annual Meeting to be held in Washington, D.C., on May 4 - 7, 2006. Only abstracts submitted online via the SAMBA Web site will be considered for grading. February 15, 2006, is the deadline for abstract submissions.

Online abstract submission is now available.

Travel awards are available!

The Society encourages residents in anesthesiology training programs to become more involved in SAMBA. To this end, the Society will issue a limited number of travel awards to anesthesiology residents whose scientific abstracts are accepted for presentation at the SAMBA 2006 Annual Meeting.

SAMBA Congratulates Rebecca Twersky, MD - TOP

SAMBA congratulates Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D., M.P.H., upon the completion of her term as chair of the JCAHO Ambulatory Health Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC). Dr. Twersky was first appointed to the Ambulatory PTAC in 1988 as ASA's representative. Recognizing her valuable input, she was elected by its members to the position of Vice-Chair in 2001, where she represented the PTAC at the Standards and Survey Procedure Committee, the body that is responsible for making Standards and Elements of Performance recommendations. She was a constant advocate for ASA especially regarding Sedation/Anesthesia and Medication Management Standards. From 2003-5 she served as the Chair of the AHC PTAC, and participated in the Board of Commissioners meetings. Her leadership in guiding the PTAC in complex review and discussions of ambulatory accreditation programs was recently recognized by JCAHO. She has been elected to serve on the newly formed Physician Engagement Advisory Group.

MID YEAR MEETING A SUCCESS - TOP