Ralph M. Waters, M.D.
1883-1979
Ralph M. Waters, M.D., and Professionalism in Anesthesiology: A Celebration of 75 Years
June 6-8, 2002
Madison, Wisconsin
last
update: 21 February 2002
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 22, 2002
Conference Hotel:
Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club
1 West Dayton Street
Madison WI 53703
608/257-6000
608/257-5280 [fax]
800/356-8293 [reservations]
http://www.concoursehotel.com/
This conference will celebrate the arrival of Ralph M. Waters, M.D., in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1927, and explore his legacy in anesthesia practice and professionalism. Abstracts are invited on any aspect of his career and legacy AND ALSO on any aspect of anesthesia history related to the three broad areas of professionalism to which Dr. Waters contributed: 1)education; 2)research; and 3)creation of specialty societies designed to promote improvements in the clinical and ethical standards of practice in anesthesiology.
A preliminary program outline is included below.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 22, 2002
Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are invited on historical aspects of anesthesia as described above. Abstracts on medical humanities and/or ethical topics that relate to the history of these broad areas are also invited.Abstracts should be no longer than one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper. If possible, abstracts should indicate the research problem, sources used, methodological approach and may contain no more than ten references.
Abstracts may be submitted by mail, fax or electronic mail (in plain text format). Disc submission in DOS-compatible form is also permitted. Abstracts submitted in electronic format may be made available to registrants in advance of the meeting and at various Internet sites as chosen by the Organizing Committee. ALL accepted abstracts will be included in the abstract book distributed to meeting registrants.
Individuals who wish to organize a paper session around a theme should contact Dr. Mark Schroeder at the address below as soon as possible..
Abstracts should be submitted to Dr. Mark Schroeder at the address below.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE:
March 22, 2002
Conference Sponsors:
*University of Wisconsin Medical School,
Department of Anesthesiology
http://www.anesthesia.wisc.edu/
*University of Wisconsin Medical School, CME
Office
http://www.cme.wisc.edu/
*Anesthesia History Association [U.S.]
http://www.anes.uab.edu/anesthesia_history_association.htm
*History of Anaesthesia Society [Great
Britain]
http://www.histansoc.org.uk/
*Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
wssykes@facstaff.wisc.edu/
*Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
http://www.asahq.org/wlm/homepage.html
Contact for Conference Information/Abstract Submission:
Mark E. Schroeder, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin Medical School
B6/319 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison WI 53792-3272
608/263-8123
608/262-6247 [fax]
AHA2002@anesthesia.wisc.edu
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: AN OUTLINE
Thusday June 6, 2002
4:00 PM Opening Ceremonies
Welcome remarks by state official, university official, state society President
Plenary Session Speaker
Topic: Ralph Waters and his role in American anesthesiology: an overview
Reception
Dinner on your own
Friday June 7, 2002
7:00 AM Continental breakfast
8:00 AM Plenary Session Speaker
Topic: University of Wisconsin in 1927
9:00 AM Two concurrent sessions
Three papers each (9-9:30, 9:30-10, 10-10:30, includes questions)
10:30 Refreshment break
10:45 Two concurrent sessions
Three papers each (10-45-11:15, 11:15-11:45, 11:45-12:15, includes questions)
12:30 PM Lunch
Plenary Session Speaker
Topic: Ralph Waters and medical education
1:45 PM Two concurrent sessions
Three papers each (1:45-2:15, 2:15-2:45, 2:45-3:15, includes questions)
3:15 PM Refreshment break
3:30PM Plenary Session Speaker
Topic: Ralph Waters and research
4:30PM Dinner on your own
Saturday June 8, 2002
7:00 AM Continental breakfast
8:00 AM Plenary Session Speaker
Topic: Ralph Waters and organized anesthesia
9:00 AM Two concurrent sessions
Three papers each (9-9:30, 9:30-10, 10-10:30, includes questions)
10:30 Refreshment break
10:45 Two concurrent sessions
Three papers each (10-45-11:15, 11:15-11:45, 11:45-12:15, includes questions)
12:30 PM Lunch
Plenary Session Speaker
Topic: Ralph Waters' international influence
Afternoon at leisure
6:00 PM Banquet and Resident Graduation
Plenary session speaker
A full social program is also being planned
Activities and
Attractions:
[All are located in or near Madison unless otherwise noted]
*Capitol Square
*Farmers' Market on Saturday Morning
*House on the Rock
*Lake Mendota/Picnic Point
*Lake Monona
*Madison Children's Museum
*Monona Terrace Convention Center
*State Capitol Building
*State Historical Society of Wisconsin
*State Street Connecting the Capitol to the University
*Tailiesen [Frank Lloyd Wright family home near Spring Green, Wisconsin]
*University of Wisconsin Campus
*Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
*Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Dells
*Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology [Park Ridge, Illinois]
Bibliography of Secondary Sources on Ralph M. Waters, M.D.
1 TI - Ralph Waters as a regional anesthesiologist. AU - Sands RP Jr AU - Bacon DR AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14236, USA. SI - MED/99268500 SO - Reg Anesth Pain Med. 1999 May-Jun;24(3):252-4.
2 TI - Ralph Waters and the beginnings of academic anesthesiology in the United States: the Wisconsin Template. AU - Bacon DR AU - Ament R AD - Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. SI - MED/96087706 SO - J Clin Anesth. 1995 Sep;7(6):534-43.
3 TI - Ralph M. Waters and Swedish anesthesiology. AU - Gordh T AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. SI - MED/94338713 SO - J Clin Anesth. 1994 May-Jun;6(3):221-6.
4 TI - Ralph Waters' ghost and the AUA [letter; comment] AU - Bacon DR AU - Lema MJ SI - MED/92378030 SO - Anesth Analg. 1992 Sep;75(3):462.
5 TI-Ralph M. Waters. AU-Bamforth BJ AU-Siebecker KL. SO-Volpitto PP, Vandam LD, eds. The Genesis of Contemporary American Anesthesiology. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1982, pp 30-68
6 TI-Ralph Waters as a stimulus. AU-Dillon JB. SO-Anesthesia History Association Newsletter 1990 October; 8(4):7
7 TI-Ralph Milton Waters: a brief biogaphy. AU-Gillespie NA. SO-Br J Anaesth 1949; 21:197-214
8. The following items appeared in Rupreht J, et al, eds. Anaesthesia: Essays on Its History. Springer-Verlag, 1985:
-Gordh T. The influence of Ralph
M. Waters on the development of anaesthesiology in Sweden. pp 36-41
-Morris LM. The continuing influence of Ralph M. Waters on education in
anesthesiology. pp 32-35
-Steinhaus JE. Anesthesiology and pharmacology at Wisconsin in the 1930s.
pp 198-202
9. TI-In defense of Waters, Blalock, and Taylor. AU-Bacon DR, Ament R, Morris L. SO-Anesthesiology 1996 Sept; 85(2):442-443
10. The following items appeared in Atkinson RS, Boulton TB, eds. The History of Anaesthesia. Parthenon, 1989:
-Morris LE. Ralph M. Waters
(1883-1979). To teach doctors--a scientific basis for practice of anaesthesia.
pp 579-580
-Parsloe C. The contribution of two Brazilian physiologists to the
introduction of carbon dioxide absorption into clinical anaesthesia. An
acknowledgement by Ralph M. Waters (1883-1979). pp 590-595
-Wilson G, Morris L.
"My dear dogfish." A correspondence between Ralph M. Waters
(1883-1979) and Geoffrey Kaye (1903-1986). pp 580-590
The ASA
Newsletter for September 2001 included the following articles:
[ http://www.asahq.org/NEWSLETTERS/2001/9_01/toc_0901.htm
]
*Bacon DR. Why celebrate Ralph Milton Waters? ASA Newsletter 65(9):4-6, September 2001
*Boulton TB. Ralph Waters' visit to Great Britain in 1936. ASA Newsletter 65(9):13-16, September 2001
*Burkle CM. The political career of Ralph M. Waters: 'This is your society for the future.' ASA Newsletter 65(9):19-20, September 2001
*Erickson JC III. A focus on history. ASA Newsletter 65(9):25-26, September 2001
*Morris LE. Ralph M. Waters' legacy: the establishment of academic anesthesia centers by the 'Aqualumni.' ASA Newsletter 65(9):21-24, September 2001 [includes reproduction of the "Waters tree"]
*Parsloe CP. Ralph Milton Waters: his influence on the world and me. ASA Newsletter 65(9):17-18, 27, September 2001
*Sands RP Jr. The influence of Ralph Waters on regional anesthesia. ASA Newsletter 65(9):10-12, September 2001
*Steinhaus JE. The investigator and his 'uncompromsing scientific honesty.' ASA Newsletter 65(9):7-9, September 2001