The ASA Annual Meeting in Chicago

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Dear CASA members and friends:

 The ASA Annual meeting in Chicago is over, but it feels like happened yesterday. I had a great time. I would like to share it with you. CASA held a very successful meeting with the Chinese Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) on the 95th floor of John Hancock in Chicago. More than hundreds of colleagues attended the meeting from Mainland, Hong Kong and USA.

 Dr. Ge Li hosted the meeting. Dr. Yanfu Shao, Chair of international exchange committee of CASA, presented the work we did in CSA annual meeting. In the past two years, CASA has successfully sent delegations to attend the Annual Meeting of CSA in Guangzhou and Zhengzhou. The well organized teamwork has greatly improved communications and exchanges between the two societies.

  The former president of CSA, Dr. Shuren Li, talked about the current status of anesthesia in China. Dr. Lingqun Hu introduced recent CASA activities. Dr. Zhanggang Xue, on behalf of Dr. Xinmin Wu, president of CSA, gave a talk about future anesthesia in China.  With our joint efforts, the future of anesthesia in China is looking great. We truly believe it.

 I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Abbott laboratories for their  financial support and also thanks to Drs. Lingqun Hu and Ge Li for their hard work and timeless effort to organize the meeting. Due to the circumstances of  overwhelming responses and limited seats, some CASA members were unable to join the meeting. I, as the president, apologize to anyone who did not get a seat this time. In the future, we should do our best to organize meetings so everyone can attend. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let us know.

Please introduce CASA to your friends and colleagues so they could join our organization. Let us work together to strengthen and expand our society. We are going to organize another delegation to the Annual Meeting of CSA in Changsha, Human, 2007. If you and your friends want to join the event , please let us know ASAP.

 Guogang  Chen, M.D.

President of CASA

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