Program Name:     The 2011 Annual CASA Anesthesia Conference  
                               (Joined with Chinese Society of Anesthesiologists, CSA)

Institution Name:   Chinese American Society of Anesthesiology (CASA)

Sponsor:                 TUOREN Group (驼人集团)

Organizing Chairs: Drs. Lingqun Hu, Yun Xia

Date:                       October 15, 2011 17:40 – 22:00 (Saturday)
Location:                 Sushi Taiyo
                                58 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611
                                (about 3 miles from Chicago convention center and ASA shuttle bus
                                will pass by Sushi Taiyo)
                                 Phone: 312-440-1717
                                Website: http://www.taiyochicago.com/aboutus.aspx

Agenda

17:00 - 18:00     CASA Extended Board Meeting

Moderator: Hong Liu, MD, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA                                (all current CASA board directors, officers and committee chairs are invited; the meeting agenda TBA)

17:50 - 18:30     Reception (Dr. Yun Xia and Lingqun Hu)

18:30 -18:37       Welcome & Introduce VIPs in the meeting      

Lingqun Hu, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

18:38-18:45       Outstanding Awards Ceremony

                        Moderators: CASA President and Vice-President:

Jianzhong Sun, MD, Liaoyang Xie, MD, Chuanyao Tong, MD

Scientific Session 1

18:45-19:00      Research updating:

                        Toll signaling during myocardial ischemia        

                        Wei Chao, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Med. Sch.

Special Session 1

19:00 -19:10      Jerry Cohn, MD, ASA President speaking

Moderator: Yong G. Peng, MD

Scientific Session 2 (Dinner starts at 7:10pm)

19:10-19:25       Research updating:

Exhaled Breath Biomarkers                   

Enyou Li, MD, Chair & Prof. Dept. Anesthesiology, Haerbin Med. Uni.

Special Session 2

19:25-19:35       Tuoren official speaking                          

Hui Zhao, General Manager

Guosheng Wang, Chairman

19:35-19:45        CSA President speaking                          

                          Buwei Yu, MD

Committee Reports

19:45-19:50          Research work by CASA members: Current status

                            Yun Xia, MD, PhD, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

19:50-19:55          No Pain Labor N’ Delivery (2011无痛分娩中国行)                    

                           Lingqun Hu, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL                                   

19:55-20:00          Scholar Exchange Program updating                           

                            Yong G Peng, MD, PhD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

20:00-20:05          Anesthesia CME meeting & International Affair updating

                           Yanfu Shao, MD, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

20:05-20:10          Closing remarks by CASA President

                           Jianzhong Sun, MD, PhD (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA)   

20:10-22:00          Social activity among members, all colleagues and friends

22:00                  Adjourn

Please be noticed that the agenda and meeting event(s) are subjected to changes, which will be announced in CASA website or before the meeting.

RSVP: Please send your reservation to: (members from the USA asked to pay $30 voluntarily at site).

Lingqun Hu:lingqunh@gmail.com

Yun Xia: yun.xia@osumc.edu

Jianzhong Sun: jian-zhong.sun@jefferson.edu