Thursday, September 9

8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. TSA Registration
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. TSA House of Delegates
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Reference Committee #1, #2
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Reference Committee #1, #2
3:00 - 6:15 p.m. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, 3.0 CME credit hours
Welcome and Introductions, Moderators and Co-Chairs, Gregory M. Kronberg, MD, David C. Powell, MD
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Keynote Address: Legislative Issues Facing Texas, David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor (Invited) 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Review of the Sunset Process, Scott E. Kercheville, MD, James P. McMichael, MD

4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Coffee Break
4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Update on the Key Contact Program, Linda S. Adkins
How to Effectively Lobby Your Legislators: The Importance of Key Contacts, Thomas A. Forbes
5:30 - 6:15 p.m. Washington Update on Federal Legislation, S. Diane Turpin, JD
Reflection as the Director of Governmental Affairs for the ASA, Michael Scott, JD
6:30 p.m. Evening on Your Own
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Past Presidents' Party, Honoring TSA Past Presidents, By Invitation Only

Friday, September 10

7:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12th Annual TSA Golf Tournament: Shotgun Start @ 7:45 a.m., Hyatt Hill Country Golf Club. Meet at the Pro Shop at 7:15 a.m. for pairings.
7:00 - 11:00 a.m. TSA Tennis Tournament, Tournament will be limited to 20 players. Meet at the tennis courts at 7:00 a.m. for
team pairings.
7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. TSA and CME Registration
8:00 - 11:30 a.m. "Bonus" Continuing Medical Education Sessions or Free Time
8:00 - 11:30 a.m. MORNING "BONUS" SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, Update in Anesthesiology, 3.0 CME credit hours
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions, Moderator Timothy M. Bittenbinder, MD
8:05 - 9:00 a.m. Combat Anesthesia - Lessons Learned During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Joel W. McMasters, MD, MC, US Army
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Anesthesiology Workforce in 2004: Effects on Recruitment and Retention, Timothy M. Bittenbinder, MD
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Clinical Monitoring of the Brain and Spinal Cord, Tod B. Sloan, MD, PhD
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own

12:30 - 3:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, 3.0 CME credit hours
12:30 p.m. Welcome and Introductions, Moderator
Joseph J. Naples, MD
12:35 - 1:30 p.m. Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in the Elderly, Gary H. Morton, MD
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Why Do Bad Things Happen to Little People? Napoleon Burt, MD
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Oxygen Monitoring, Steven J. Barker, PhD, MD
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Perioperative Echocardiography Workshop, 2.0 CME credit hours, Moderator Presenter Christopher K. McQuitty, MD
Presenters, D. Michael Anderson, MD, William C. Culp, MD
Philip E. Greilich, MD
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. TSA House of Delegates
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. TSA Welcome Reception, Exhibit Hall
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. TSA Exhibits Open
8:00 - 8:30 p.m. Golf and Tennis Tournament Awards
Ceremony and Acknowledgments, Exhibit Hall

Saturday, September 11

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. TSA and CME Registration
7:00 - 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall
8:00 a.m. - Noon Regional Anesthesia Workshop, 4.0 CME credit hours, Coordinators: Daneshvari R. Solanki, MD, FRCA, Dhanlakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD
Brachial Plexus Blocks: Infraclavicular Approach, Edward R. Sherwood, MD, PhD.
Interscalene Approach, Dhanlakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD
Supraclavicular Approach, Gregory Panomitros, MD
Axillary Midhumeral Approach, Ralf Gebhard, MD
Lumbosacral Plexus Blocks: Lumbar Plexus Block,Chandramouli P. Iyer, MD
Sciatic Nerve Block, Daneshvari R. Solanki, MD, FRCA
Paravertebral Block, D. Michael Anderson, MD
3 in 1 Block, Ray Callas, MD
7:30 a.m. - Noon MORNING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, 4.0 CME credit hours
7:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions, Moderator Timothy M. Bittenbinder, MD
7:35 - 8:30 a.m. The Pharmacological Control of Hemorrhage, Peter H. Norman, MD
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Transfusion Triggers: What's Missing? Gary E. Hill, MD
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Presentation of TSA Distinguished Service Award, To James Cottingham, MD
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall
10:00 a.m. - Noon Panel on Perioperative Fluid Management
Moderator William E. Johnston, MD
New Paradigm in Perioperative Fluid Management: Fluid Restriction Improves Outcome! Girish P. Joshi, MB BS, MD, FFARCSI
New Paradigm in Perioperative Fluid Management: Is It Really Colloids? Donald S. Prough, MD

Static vs Dynamic Indices to Assess Myocardial Preload, William E. Johnston, MD
Questions and Answers, Noon - 1:00 p.m. TSA Luncheon
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, 4.5 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, Eugene P. Sinclair, MD, ASA President Elect
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Ethics Panel, Physician Heal Thyself, Abraham Verghese, MD, DSc
Are We Ethical? Gary W. Welch, MD, PhD, JD
(2 CME Hours of Ethics, PRA AMA Category I Ethics)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Multimedia for the Home, Computer Workshop, LoriJean K. Reed, MD, Jeffrey R. Zavaleta, MD
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15 - 6:00 p.m. Economics Panel, Moderator Amr E. Abouleish, MD, MBA
Avoiding Denials and Winning Appeals, James M. O. Rubin, MD, MBA
A New Anesthetizing Site: How Do You Determine Staffing Costs? Asa C. Lockhart, MD, MBA
Update from the ASA Committee on Economics, James P. McMichael, MD
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. RESIDENCY COMPONENT SEMINAR & EVENING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, 2.0 CME credit hours
The Anesthesia Machine: From Wall to Patient - What Can Go Wrong In Between, Babatunde O. Ogunnaike, MB BS
Aspiration: Incidence, Risk Factors, Prophylaxis and Management, Uma Munnur, MD
7:30 - 10:00 p.m. An Evening on the Caribbean! Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort- Ballroom A-D

Sunday, September 12

7:00 a.m. - Noon TSA and CME Registration
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - Noon MORNING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, 4.0 CME Hours
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions, Moderator Thomas W. Feeley, MD
8:05 - 9:00 a.m. Central Neuraxis Blockade in the Ambulatory Patient, Randall J. Malchow, MD, LTC(P), MC, US Army

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia for Labor, Jeffrey Katz, MD
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. TSA Board of Directors Meeting
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Regional Anesthesia in Patients with Difficult Airways: Pros and Cons, Maya S. Suresh, MD
11:00 a.m. - Noon Pharmacology and Clinical Implications of Anti-Platelet Agents, Michael H. Wall, MD
Noon Meeting Adjourns