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HISTORY AT THE ASA 2006

Chicago, Illinois, October 14-18

Anesthesia and Pain History on the Internet

last updated: 5 October 2006

addition/corrections to A.J. Wright, MLS ajwright@uab.edu

These listings are in chronological order.

Listings from the past several years can be found at

*Anesthesia History at ASA05 *Anesthesia History at ASA04

*Anesthesia History at ASA03 *Anesthesia History at ASA02

*Anesthesia History at ASA01 *Anesthesia History at ASA00

*Anesthesia History at ASA99 *Anesthesia History at ASA98

*Anesthesia History at ASA97

ALL EVENTS AT MCCORMICK PLACE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED!!

Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
Board of Trustees Meeting
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m

McCormick Place, Room N126

Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
Board of Trustees Annual Dinner
Trattora no. 10
10 Dearborn Street
Chicago
Saturday, October 14
[By invitation only!]
6:30 p.m.

*Wood Library- Museum of Anesthesiology Annual Exhibit
“From New Orleans with Love: WLM’s Windfall Acquisition After ASA’s Katrina Response”

Friday, October 13-Wednesday, October 18
During registration hours

ASA Resource Center
McCormick Place
Hall B1

*Wood Library- Museum of Anesthesiology
WLM and ASA Book Sales

Friday, October 13-Wednesday, October 18
During registration hours
McCormick Place
Hall B1

*Scientific Papers Poster Session

*History and Education
Saturday, October 14, 2006
9:00-11:00 a.m.
McCormick Place
Hall E, Area F

HISTORY AND EDUCATION
A147	Pioneering Cardiac Anesthesia: The Life and Work of Emerson Moffitt, M.D.
	Adam K. Jacob, M.D., Hugh M. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Douglas R. Bacon, M.D., M.A.
	Emerson Moffitt strove to better understand the physiology of cardiac bypass, and having witnessed the procedure from its infancy, he possessed a novel historical and clinical perspective. His career is testimony to the spirit of life long learning so necessary to the successful physician.	View: • Abstract
A148	The Impact of Hurricane Training on Our Residency Training in Anesthesiology
	Ylva Bengtsson, M.D., Kierstin Lund, M.D.
	For The ASA Resident Research Essay, a personal account of the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina and its Impact on Residency Training is given. The Hurricane caused a program rich in educational tradition to be decimated leaving its future unclear.	View: • Abstract
A149	Sir James Simpson: The First To Describe Obstetric Venous Air Embolism and Vacuum Extraction
	Robert A. Strickland, M.D.
	James Simpson is well-known as one of the earliest proponents of obstetrical anesthesia. He also described 1) an infant vacuum extraction device that might replace forceps, and 2) peripartum uterine air embolism resulting in death.	View: • Abstract
A150	The History of Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation
	J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D., M.S., Thomas E. Starzl, Ph.D., M.D.
	For the first 178 transplants anesthesia techniques were deviced to provide compatibility with diseased liver, anhepatic state and transplanted organ. Metabolic changes, extensive bleeding, hypothermia and anesthetic metabolism problems were found, measured and corrected.	View: • Abstract
A151	Halothane Hepatotoxicity Untangled
	Adolph H. Giesecke, M.D., Jeffrey R. Zavaleta, M.D.
	Burnell R. Brown MD, PhD, FFARCS, chairman of anesthesiology at the University of Arizona spent 18 years untangling the pathophysiology of halothane hepatotoxicity. This abstract is a summary of that important scientific work.	View: • Abstract
A152	Music in the Operating Room: Harmony or Discord?
	Robert A. Strickland, M.D.
	Since at least 1914 the topic of music in the operating room has been discussed. Music may assist in the management of patients, especially with local or regional anesthesia and sedation. The benefit to OR personnel is less well documented, subject to personal preferences.	View: • Abstract
A153	Mallampati Test Revisited; 20 Years on
	Anthony M. O'Leary, F.R.C.A., M.B.B.S., Kathleen Aurelia, M.D., Raymond Nguyen, M.D., Micheal Sandison, M.D., Kevin W. Roberts, M.D.
	The authors re-evaluate the positive predictive value of the Mallampati test.	View: • Abstract
A154	The Curse of Eve: Maimonides' Perception of Pain
	Aharon Avramovich, M.D., Michael C. Lewis, M.D., Dennis Patin, M.D., David Birnbach, M.D., David Lubarsky, M.D.
	Maimonides' major contribution to the modern perception of pain was the development of a unique holistic approach that incorporated the relationship between the body and the mind.	View: • Abstract
A155	A Lecture and a Demonstration: Ralph M. Waters at Oxford, July 1936
	Mark E. Schroeder, M.D.
	Ralph Waters lectured about cyclopropane at a meeting of the Section of Anaesthesia of the British Medical Association in Oxford, England in July 1936. Previously unpublished accounts of this event by Noel Gillespie and Waters are presented.	View: • Abstract
A156	Ralph M. Waters' 1936 Visit to Europe: Hospitality Repaid
	Mark E. Schroeder, M.D.
	Ralph Waters' visit to England in 1936 impressed British anesthetists and influenced academic anesthesia in that country. Noel Gillespie, who visited Waters in Madison in 1935, advocated for his invitation and hosted his visit. Gillespie likely contributed to Waters' impact on British anesthesia.	View: • Abstract
A157	A True Hero of Anesthesia. Ole Secher
	Michael C. Lewis, M.D., Aharon Avramovitch, M.D.
	The Hippocratic Oath underpins physicians ethical behavior. Individuals can rise above this standard risking personal safety for others. This abstract outlines the life Ole Secher MD, whose heroism shone through his professional career.	View: • Abstract
A158	Balloons and Medical Gases: The Collaboration of James Sadler and Thomas Beddoes
	Amos J. Wright, M.L.S.
	In the late eighteenth century, early ballooning and early research on the human inspiration of gases combined in the collaboration of James Sadler and Thomas Beddoes. This collaboration is one of the earliest examples of the medical-industrial research efforts so common today.	View: • Abstract
A159	A Fascinating Relationship: Isabella Herb, M.D. and William J. Mayo, M.D.
	Allison J. Christie, M.D., Terese T. Horlocker, M.D., Douglas R. Bacon, M.D., M.A.
	The correspondence between Isabella Herb, M.D. and William J. Mayo, M.D. provides insight into the lives of and relationship between two important figures in the history of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and the field of anesthesiology.	View: • Abstract
A160	Lundy's Travel Club Correspondence and the Early Development of Anesthesiology
	John E. Forestner, M.D.
	The volume of John Lundy's correspondence related to the Anesthetists' Travel Club declined as he became more involved in the organization of Anesthesiology as a specialty. Reasons for this change are suggested in his letters.	View: • Abstract
A161	Ochsner Clinic Foundation Department of Anesthesiology: The First Thirty Years
	Melissa Russo, M.D., Brett Winthrop, M.D., David Broussard, M.D.
	The Department of Anesthesiology at Ochsner Clinic Foundation was founded in 1947. Staff members over the years have held prominent national leadership positions, including two ASA presidents.	View: • Abstract
A162	Theodore Tuffier (1859-1929) and the Franco – American Surgical Alliance
	Marie-Therese Cousin, M.D., David Baker, M.D., F.R.C.A., Jean-Bernard Cazalaà, M.D.
	This French surgeon experimented positive pressure anesthesia in thoracic surgery. His principle was applied in US. He studied in New-York with Carrel the surgery of cardiac orifices. During the WWI, he founded the Cercle interallie where war surgery was discussed.	View: • Abstract
A165	Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Practicing Anesthesiologist and Residency Training in New Orleans
	Corey S. Scher, M.D., Alan Kaye, M.D., Ph.D.
	On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina disrupted the entire medical community of New Orleans and changed the lives of practicing anesthesiologists and residents in training in ways that one could never have imagined.	View: • Abstract

Tour of the Wood Library-Museum, I
Sunday, October 15

12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.

Scientific and Educational Exhibits

Sunday, October 15: 12:30-6:00 p.m.
Monday, October 16: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 17: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

McCormick Place
Hall B1

#25 “The History of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States”

#30 “The Ether Monument”

AHA Council Breakfast Meeting
Monday, October 16, 2006
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Hilton Chicago, Private Dining Room #2 (third floor)

Friends of the WLM
Annual Appreciation Tea and Book Signing Event
Monday, October 16
12:30-2:30 p.m.
McCormick Place
Room E353a

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