SAMBA ANNUAL MEETING - TOP

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

Please come to the 2006 Annual Meeting: 

From the Present to the Future:
Improving the Quality of Ambulatory Anesthesia
May 4-7, 2006
J.W. Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

General Sessions:

• Future of Ambulatory Practice
• Pain Management
• Preventing Bad Outcomes
• The Droperidol Debate
• Residents Session: Administration and Practice
• Sedation Update
• Challenges in Special Populations and Beyond Discharge

Parallel Sessions and SAMBA Favorites:

• Cases from the Real World 
• Problem-Based Learning Discussions
• Parallel Track 1: Regional Anesthesia
• Parallel Track 2: Office Based Anesthesia (OBA)

Preconvention Workshop: Postoperative Management

• Acupuncture for Ambulatory Anesthesia Practice
• An Introduction to Ultrasound and Anesthesia Simulation
• Advanced Administrative
• Regional Anesthesia: Peripheral Blocks of the Upper and Lower Extremities

SAMBA Social Evening:
International Spy Museum
Saturday, May 6, 2006
7-10 p.m.
 

(1964) The Aston Martin DB5 first appeared in the 1964 James Bond thriller Goldfinger.

The International Spy Museum is the only public museum in the world solely dedicated to the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of espionage.  Please note the social evening at the International Spy Museum is exclusively for SAMBA Annual Meeting attendees only; the museum will be closed to the public during this time period.

 

 

 

 

SAMBA MIDYEAR MEETING - TOP

The next SAMBA Mid Year Meeting will be held on October 13, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois. If you have any suggestions for this or future meetings, please send an email to us.

 

SAMBA ANNUAL MEETING CATERS TO RESIDENTS - TOP

SAMBA understands the importance of resident education and the future of residents in anesthesiology. We have designed a program that will provide leadership, educational and networking opportunities for Chief Residents. SAMBA is offering the following discounts to Chief Residents:

1. Complimentary Meeting Registration ($200)
2. Complimentary Registration for 1 of the following Workshops:

• Preconvention Workshop: Postoperative Management
• Workshop 1: Acupuncture for Ambulatory Anesthesia Practice ($15)
• Workshop 2A: An Introduction to Ultrasound and Anesthesia ($15)
• Workshop 2B: An Introduction to Ultrasound and Anesthesia ($15)
• Workshop 3: Advanced Administrative ($15)
• Workshop 4: Regional Anesthesia: Peripheral Blocks of the Upper and Lower Extremities ($25)
• Workshop 5: Anesthesia Simulation ($15)

In addition to the above discounts, SAMBA has created a General Session dedicated to residents. On Saturday, May 6, 2006, from 4:00 – 5:10 p.m., Alan P. Marco, M.D., will moderate General Session 5: Residents Session: Administration and Practice. SAMBA Leaders will host a special reception for Chief Residents immediately following this program. SAMBA Leaders and Chief Residents can continue to network during the SAMBA Social Evening at the International Spy Museum.

SAMBA has six other General Sessions and Parallel Tracks that Chief Residents may find particularly interesting.  Interested incoming chiefs or their program directors should contact the SAMBA office to register.  On Saturday afternoon, a special panel is offered focusing on administrative and practice issues for residents.  SAMBA will also sponsor a reception for incoming chief residents to give them the opportunity to meet their counterparts from other programs.

In addition, a limited number of travel awards are available for anesthesiology residents whose scientific abstracts are accepted for presentation at the SAMBA 2006 Annual Meeting.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the SAMBA Office at (847) 825-5586.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS - TOP

The Committee on Awards has issued a call for nominations for the Distinguished Service Award for presentation at the SAMBA 2006 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.  The SAMBA Distinguished Service Award is presented to an individual for outstanding achievement in ambulatory anesthesia and is the highest honor which the Society can bestow.

NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMBULATORY SURGERY - TOP

A new National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, is underway. The last such survey was in 1994-96. SAMBA encourages the selected hospitals and surgery centers to participate as the findings of this large-scale survey will have great importance. There will be more information in next month’s newsletter.