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SOAP Presents:
The Sol Shnider, M.D. Obstetric Anesthesia Meeting

Grand Hyatt Hotel - San Francisco, California
March 12-14, 2010

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

This activity has been approved for 17 AMA PRA Category I credits.  This program has been approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 17 CE credits; Code Number 32181; Expiration Date 3/14/10.

For more information about the Sol Shnider Meeting and the UCSF Workshop, PLEASE VISIT THE SOL SHNIDER MEETING TAB AT THIS WEBSITE.

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SOAP 42nd Annual Meeting
Grand Hyatt San Antonio • San Antonio, Texas
May 12-16, 2010

MEETING REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

28 Total CME hours are available (for annual meeting and optional workshops)

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Survey participation request from Rishimani S.N. Adsumelli, MD (for US members only):

IRB Approval

Loss-of-resistance (LOR) techniques used to locate the epidural space vary between anesthesiologists. You are being asked to participate in the “Survey Of The Epidural Technique Among Obstetric Anesthesiologists in the USA”, a research study being conducted by the Department of Anesthesiology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. As a participant, you are being asked to complete an on-line questionnaire, which should take about five minutes of your time.


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2009 - 2010 Committee Listings


Board of Directors

Lawrence C. Tsen, M.D. - President (position term ends 2010; automatic succession to Immediate Past President)
Robert D'Angelo, M.D. - President-Elect (position term ends 2010; automatic succession to President)
Maya S. Suresh, M.D. – 1st Vice President (position term ends 2010; automatic succession to President-Elect)
McCallum R. Hoyt, M.D., M.B.A. – 2nd Vice President (position term ends 2010; automatic succession to 1st Vice-President)
Barbara M. Scavone, M.D. - Secretary/Newsletter Editor (term ends 2010 for Secretary, 2011 for Newsletter Editor)
John T. Sullivan, M.D. - Treasurer (term ends 2011)
Linda S. Polley, M.D. – Immediate Past President (board term ends 2010)
Richard N. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D. - ASA Delegate (term ends 2011)
David J. Wlody, M.D. - ASA Alternate Delegate (term ends 2011)
Kathryn J. Zuspan, M.D. - Director at Large (term ends 2011)
Robert Gaiser, M.D. - 2009 Meeting Host (term ends 2010)
Manuel Vallejo, M.D. - 2010 Meeting Host (term ends 2011)
Kenneth Nelson, M.D. - 2011 Meeting Host (term ends 2012)
William R. Camann, M.D. - Journal Liaison (continuing, appointed position)
Craig M. Palmer, M.D. – Chair, ASA Committee on OB Anesthesia (appointed by ASA President-Elect) 

Executive Committee

Lawrence C. Tsen, M.D. - President
Robert D'Angelo, M.D. - President-Elect
Maya S. Suresh, M.D. – 1st Vice President
Barbara M. Scavone, M.D. - Secretary
John T. Sullivan, M.D. - Treasurer
Linda S. Polley, M.D. – Immediate Past President 
Richard N. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D. - ASA Delegate

2010 Annual Meeting Program Committee
 

Robert D'Angelo, M.D. - (Chair)
Bill Camann, M.D.
Robert Gaiser, M.D.
McCallum R. Hoyt, M.D.
Kenneth Nelson, M.D.
Craig Palmer, M.D.
Richard Smiley, M.D.
John Sullivan, M.D.
Maya S. Suresh, M.D.
Lawrence Tsen, M.D.
Manny Vallejo, M.D. 


Bylaws Committee

David Wlody, M.D. (Chair)
Bill Camann, M.D.
Linda Polley, M.D.
Gary Vasdev, M.D.




Disbursement Committee
 

Valerie Arkoosh, M.D. (Chair)
G.M. Bassell, M.D.
Joy Hawkins, M.D.
Alan Santos, M.D.
Richard Smiley, M.D.
John T. Sullivan, M.D. 


Economics and Government Affairs
 

Curtis Baysinger, M.D. (Chair)
James Bates, M.D.
Patricia Dailey, M.D.
Andrew Harris, M.D.
McCallum Hoyt, M.D.
Klaus Kjaer-Pedersen, M.D.
James McMichael, M.D.
Donald Penning, M.D.
Lang Ha T. Pham, M.D.
Tracie Saunders, M.D.
Bernard Wittels, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D. 


Education Committee

A=Awards I = Information P= Programs
 

Manuel C. Vallejo, M.D. (A) (Chair)
Patrick Armstrong, M.D. (Res) (P)
Audrey Alleyne, M.D. (I)
Arthur L. Calimaran, M.D. (A)
Jessica Cheney, M.D. (Res) (A) 
Cheryl A. DeSimone, M.D. (P)
Helene Finegold, M.D. (P)
Regina Y. Fragneto, M.D. (A)
Michael Froelich, M.D. (P)
Stephanie Goodman, M.D. (P)
Joanne C. Hudson, M.D. (I)
Ellen Lockhart, M.D. (P)
Edward McGonigal, M.D. (A)
Robert S.F. McKay, M.D. (P)
Jill Mhyre, M.D. (I)
Lee S. Perrin, M.D. (A)
Cathleen Peterson-Layne, M.D. PhD
Stephen D. Pratt, M.D. (P)
Deborah Qualey, M.D. (Programs)
Divina J. Santos, M.D. (I)
Grace H. Shih, M.D. (A)
John T. Sullivan, M.D.
Ashu Wali, M.D. (I)
Richard Wissler, M.D. (I)
David J. Wlody, M.D. (P)
Mark Zakowski, M.D. (Awards)
Kathryn J. Zuspan, M.D. (P)

 

International Outreach Committee
 

Ashraf Habib, M.D. (Chair)
Evelyn Ansa, M.D.
Sabri Barsoum, M.D.
Ferne Braveman, M.D.
Terry Breen, M.D.
Susan Bright, M.D.
Kal Chaudhuri, M.D.
Brittany Clyne, M.D.
Alex Colquhaun, M.D.
Lisa Councilman, M.D.
Patricia Dalby, M.D.
Jo Davies, M.D.
Michael Froelich, M.D.
Wendy Gore-Hickman, M.D.
Kehana Kausav, M.D.
Ali Kamani, M.D.
KiKiMDKu-mie Kim, M.D.
Virgil Manica, M.D.
Simon Millar, M.D.
Holly Muir, M.D.
Paul Nelson, M.D.
Yemi Olufolabi, M.D.
Medge Owen, M.D.
Kiki Palacios, M.D.
Elizabeth Peter, M.D.
Lang Ha Pham, M.D.
Vernon Ross, M.D.
Divina Santos, M.D.
Ratna Sashidharan, M.D.
John R. Schultz, M.D.
Marge Sedensky, M.D.
Dennis Shay, M.D.
Susan Kay Stein, M.D.
Gary Vasdev, M.D.
Ivan Velickovic, M.D.
Ashu Wali, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D. 

Media Committee
 

Barbara Scavone, M.D. (Chair)
William Camann, M.D.
Paula A. Craigo, M.D.
Michael Froelich, M.D.
Bhavani Kodali, M.D.
Cathleen Peterson-Layne, M.D.
Vernon Ross, M.D.
Mark I. Zakowski, M.D. 

Membership Committee
 

Vernon Ross, M.D. (Chair)
David Birnbach, M.D.
Arthur Calimaran, M.D.
Brendan Carvalho, M.D.
Brittany Clyne, M.D.
Lisa Councilman, M.D.
Patricia Dalby, M.D.
Cheryl A. DeSimone, M.D.
Regina Fragneto, M.D.
Robin J. Goldsmith, M.D.
Christopher F. James, M.D.
Ruth Landau, M.D.
Virgil Manica, M.D.
Chawla Mason, M.D. 
Holly Muir, M.D.
Donald H. Penning, M.D.
Divina Santos, M.D.
Maya Suresh, M.D.
Lawrence Tsen, M.D.
Rakesh Vadhera, M.D.
Gary Vasdev, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D.
 

Patient Safety Committee

Stephen Pratt, M.D. (Chair)
David Birnbach, M.D.
Robert D'Angelo, M.D.
Ed McGonigal, M.D.
Robert McKay, M.D.
Jill M. Mhyre, MD
Long Ha Pham, M.D.
Mai Pian-Smith, M.D.
Paul Preston, M.D.
John Sullivan, M.D.
Rakesh Vadhera, M.D.
Richard Wissler, M.D. 

Research Committee
 

Richard Smiley, M.D. (Chair)
Yaakov Beilin, M.D.
David Campbell, M.D.
Brendan Carvahlo, M.D.
Robert D'Angelo, M.D.
Pamela Flood, M.D.
Michael Froelich, M.D.
Laura Goetzl, M.D.
Ashraf Habib, M.D.
Stephen Halpern, M.D.
Ayesa Hilvano, M.D. 
Philip Hess, M.D.
Ruth Landau, M.D.
Barbara Leighton, M.D.
Kiki Palacios, M.D.
Peter Pan, M.D.
Edward Riley, M.D.
B. Scott Segal, M.D.
Cynthia Wong, M.D.
Paloma Toledo, M.D.
 

Resident Affairs Committee

Paloma Toledo, M.D. (Chair)
Syed Ali, M.D.
Jonathan Anderson, M.D.
Patrick Armstrong, M.D.
Anne Baetzel, M.D (Resident Chair)
Ed Bryan, M.D.
Jessica Cheney, M.D. 
Omid Khodadadi, M.D.
Ben Lowry, M.D.
Lori Marshall, M.D.
Gillian Newman, M.D.
Emily Parke, M.D.
Cynthia Wang, M.D.
 

Ad Hoc Accreditation of Obstetric Anesthesia
 

Alan Santos, M.D. (Chair)
David Birnbach, M.D.
Bill Camann, M.D.
Brendan Carvalho, M.D.
Joy Hawkins, M.D.
Nicole Higgins, M.D.
Donald Penning, M.D.
Linda Polley, M.D.
John Sullivan, M.D.
Lawrence Tsen, M.D.
Gary Vasdev, M.D.
Richard Wissler, M.D.
David Wlody, M.D.
Cynthia Wong, M.D. 

Legacy Task Force

Joanne Douglas, M.D., (Chair)
Douglas Bacon, M.D.
Curtis Baysinger, M.D.
Don Caton, M.D.
Richard Clark, M.D.
Mike Finster, M.D.
Bev Minzter, M.D.
Alex Pue, M.D.
Divina Santos, M.D.
Gurinder Vasdev, M.D.
Kathryn Zuspan, M.D. 


Web Site Task Force
 

Bhavani Kodali, M.D. (Chair)
William Camann, M.D.
Michael Smith, M.D.
Vernon Ross, M.D.
Richard Smiley, M.D.
Barbara Scavone, M.D.