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TSA 2003 Annual Meeting Schedule

Saturday, September 6

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. TSA and CME Registration
7:00 -7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - Noon Regional Anesthesia Workshop
Daneshvari R. Solanki, MD, FRCA
7:30 a.m. - Noon MORNING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
4.0 CME credit hours
7:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Moderator
Girish P. Joshi, MB BS, MD, FFARCSI
7:35 - 8:30 a.m. Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Kent F. Elliott, MD
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Role of COX-2 Inhibitors in Acute Pain Management
Girish P. Joshi, MB BS, MD, FFARCSI
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Presentation of TSA Distinguished Service Award
To Adolph "Buddy" Giesecke, MD
9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break, Exhibits Hall

10:00 a.m. - Noon

Panel Discussion: Automated Record Keeping Pros and Cons
Pros
Thomas W. Feeley, MD
Cons
James F. Arens, MD

To Write or Not To Write. The Pen is Mightier
Than the Computer!

Lewis A. Coveler, MD

noon - 1:00 p.m. TSA Luncheon (advance reservations required)
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
4.0 CME credit hours
1:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
3.0 CME credit hours
1:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
Moderator
Girish P. Joshi, MB BS, MD, FFARCSI
1:05 - 2:00 p.m. ASA Update
Roger W. Litwiller, MD, ASA President-Elect
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Ethics Panel
Patients in Pain: Lessons From a Federal Judge

Wendy B. Kang, MD

The Virtue of Humility in Medical Practice:
How to Cope with Medical Errors

Marvin S. Cohen, MD

**This panel discussion qualifies for the required 2 CME Hours of Ethics and satisfies the PRA AMA Category I Ethics requirement.

2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Anesthesia Simulator Session
Ronald S. Levy, MD
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15 - 6:00 p.m. Economics Panel
Moderator
Amr E. Abouleish, MD, MBA

Getting the Most Out of Your Billing Solution:
A Review of Critical Performance Metrics

Jody Locke, CPC

Staffing and Stipends: How Many People Do You Really Need?
Asa C. Lockhart, MD, MBA

Clinical Operations: The Manual of Anesthesia Department Organization and Management and the ASA Consultation Service
John M. Zerwas, MD

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

RESIDENCY COMPONENT SEMINAR & EVENING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
2.0 CME credit hours

Anesthesia for Obstetric Emergencies
Kallol Chaudhuri, MD, PhD

Opioids in Chronic Pain: Are We Really Achieving Realistic Goals?
Barry F. Bass, MD

7:30 - 10:00 p.m. "Shakin' Things Up" with Stephanie Urbina Jones
(Advance reservations required), Westin La Cantera Resort - Ballroom D-I

Evening event co-sponsored by:
Archibald & Associates and
Medical Management Professionals

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