PLAN NOW TO ATTEND THE SAMBA MID YEAR MEETING! - TOP

Friday, October 17, 2008
(one day prior to the ASA)

Rosen Centre Hotel
Early registration ($50 Discount) ends September 26th! 
Avoid long onsite registration lines by registering on SAMBA’s Web Site. 

A MESSAGE FROM SAMBA'S NEW PRESIDENT: TJ GAN, M.B., F.R.C.A. - TOP

It is with great honor and privilege to serve as your President for 2008-2009. SAMBA has grown over the years and has matured into young adulthood. The society celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006. It is perhaps timely to be reminded of the society’s mission.

"To advance the practice of ambulatory anesthesia in all ambulatory venues, to encourage high ethical and professional standards by fostering and encouraging education and research, and to provide professional guidance for the practice of ambulatory anesthesia."

SAMBA was formed for the benefits of its members and we will continue to strive to meet that challenge. The society has achieved significant successes over the years. However, there are still much to do. I look forward to an exciting year with many on-going projects which will benefit the membership. I would like to urge you to be actively involved in SAMBA and welcome your ideas and suggestions.

Remember, we need to work together to advance the specialty of ambulatory anesthesia.

AWARENESS AND THE BIS MONITOR - TOP


I would like to thank all of you who were able to participate in our last journal club Care for the Jehovah's Witnesses. Our next real-time journal club discussion will be broadcasted on June 17th at 7 PM EST.

The topic of discussion will be Awareness and the BIS Monitor. I am inviting anyone who has interest in this topic to join in on the discussion by e-mailing me at jahana@ccf.org. I will send instructions detailing the sign-in process allowing you to participate. Space is severely limited so please e-mail as soon as possible. And again, I challenge all to actively help promote educational activities and welcome your ideas.

WEB SITE OF THE MONTH - TOP

The goal of this section is to share certain highlights of informative web-sites.  If you have a favorite web page that you’ve visited, please e-mail me at VSMOOT@anes.umm.edu.

Optimizing surgical outcomes continues to be what we all strive for.  As presented at the recent annual SAMBA meeting, addressing postoperative pain management is a key factor in determining quality of outcomes.  A web-site, designed to address Procedure Specific Postoperative Pain Management (known as PROSPECT) is available. This web-site (www.postoppain.org) is managed and developed by anesthesiologists and surgeons (including our own Dr. Joshi) with the goal of providing a set of procedure specific, evidenced based recommendations for a variety of procedures such as:

1. Abdominal Hysterectomies
2. Herniorrhaphy
3. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies
4. Non-cosmetic Breast Surgery
5. Open Colonic Resection
6. Thoracotomies
7. Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties

The working group of physicians performs extensive literature reviews based on the protocol of the Cochrane Collaboration leading to the development of  guidelines for postoperative pain management.

The web-site is developed by CHOICE PHARMA and funded by Pfizer.  The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management also support their efforts.

Feedback
Please feel free to give us your feedback about this web-site and this new section (VSMOOT@anes.umm.edu).  Furthermore, if you have a web-site that you have found to be informative for the practice of anesthesiology, please let us know. Thanks.

Victoria Smoot, MD

JEFFREY AFPELBAUM, M.D. RECEIVES SAMBA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD - TOP

The SAMBA 2008 Distinguished Service Award was presented to Jeffrey Afpelbaum M.D.in recognition for his outstanding service to the subspecialty of ambulatory anesthesia and to the Society. This award represents the highest honor SAMBA can bestow upon an individual.

Nominations are open for the SAMBA 2009 Distinguished Service Award, which will be presented at the SAMBA 24nd Annual Meeting in May 2009. Nominations must include a cover letter, a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and no more than four letters of support of the nomination. All information must be received at the SAMBA office by no later than August 15, 2006.

RESIDENT TRAVEL AWARD AND WHITE MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE AWARD - TOP

• A Novel Approach to Patient Positioning During Ultrasound Guided Supraclavicular Perivascular Approach.
  - Kristy Bonn, MD
• Cuff Herniation with NIM (tm) EMG Endotracheal Tube During a Thyroidectomy
  - Jennifer E Burke, MD
• Dex and Phones Will Break my Stones...And Nausea Will Never Hurt Me Third
  - Nicholas Lodato, MD
• Dexmedetomidine and Ketamine Sedation for Cosmetic Liposuction
  - John L Lin, MD

A MESSAGE FROM THE RESIDENTS SECTION CHAIRMAN - TOP

The residency component of SAMBA is happy to announce the launching of our Resident Leadership Mentoring Program. This will aim to empower residents to seek leadership positions in national level organized medicine. Through one-on-one experience with established SAMBA leaders, this program will provide experience in career development and advantageous networking in a well established colleague forum. Interested residents are encouraged to contact Ruchir Gupta, MD, chair of the SAMBA resident section, at guptar2005@yahoo.com.