CASA Newsletter on March 1st
 

Issue 2.                                          March 1, 2014

Dear members and colleagues,
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The last month Newsletter we announced the first amendment of the bylaws during past 11 years and 2014-term officers.
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In this month Newsletter, we will present you

1.      What is happening in the practice of anesthesia?

2.      CRNA in anesthesia

3.  Introducing a CASA honorary member

1. As some members discussed the practice of anesthesia warmly on CASA WeChat, we all can feel there is clear national trend that the government is aggressively directing physicians to practice for high-quality and low-cost. Now it is time for anesthesiologists to contemplate the direction in which our practice is heading. How will ASA contribute to the change?

The summary of Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model is provided by Dr. Jeffrey Huang, M.D. Chair of CASA practice management. Tongji Medical University, China; Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis; Pain fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Editor, World Journal of Anesthesiology;  ASA Committee of Future Model of Anesthesia Practice; practice in Orlando Health; continue reading by click the attached file PSH.

2. With the enactment of the Affordable Health Care (Obama Care), more healthcare providers extensively hire Certified Registered Nurses Anesthetist (CRNA) to cut the cost. Let¡¯s take a look CRNA again about its history and missions.

This report is from Dr. Honghui Feng and his staff (Wenting Sun CRNA. MS., Tom Miett MD).  Dr. Honghui Feng, MD. Vice chair of CASA practice management. Shanghai Medical University, China; Residency and Pain fellow,  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Dept. of Anesthesia, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London, CT; President, Anesthesia Associates of New London, CT. continue reading by click the attached file CRNA.

3. Introduction of a CASA honorary member

Do you know when and who invented Train-of-Four monitoring technique in anesthesia? The myth will be revealed from the interview below, which is provided by Dr. Xiaoyan Zhang, MD. Chair of CASA Quality and Patient Safety committee. Shanxi Medical University, China; Residency, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Physician partner, Little Company Medical Center, Torrance, CA. Continue reading by click the attached file CASA honorary member.

News on meetings

1. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist (SCA), New Orleans, March 28 - April 2. Contact: Henry Liu  henryliula1@gmail.com

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2. Chinese Society of Anesthesiology (CSA), Chengdu, China September, 2014. Deadline for submitting papers on March 30, 2014. 
Please contact: Jie Zhou jiezhou@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu
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David Yue Tang (ÌÆÔ½), MD
President, CASA
Vice Chair, Dept of Anesthesia
Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, CA
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P.S. 
1.CASA starts its gmail account from today due to the technical limitation by yahoo mail. Thanks Dr. Zongyuan Hu for this project. 
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