2. Message from editor

Physician-Scientist Training in the U.S., authored by  Dr. Wei Chao (巢卫), graduated from Xiang-Ya School of Medicine(湘雅医学院), China in 1982, completed residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1999, practices at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School (HMS), Boston, MA.

3. Travel journal

Travel in Phoenix (pdf) by Dr. Henry Liu (刘恒意), chair of International committee, graduated from Tongji Medical College, China in 1983, completed residency at University of Maryland Medical Center  and cardiac fellow at Emory University Medical Center, GA in 2001, practices at Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.

4. CASA's Highlights 

(Includes recent publications, presentations, grants awarded, prizes awarded, major committees & task forces, news articles & releases and new patents)

Major Committee & Task Force Positions:

Dr. Wei Chao (巢卫)was appointed for the following positions:

1) Chair, ASA Subcommittee on Experimental Circulation;

2) Member, ASA Committee on Scientific Advisory;

3) Member, Advisory Council of Office for Research Career Development (ORCD), MGH, HMS;

4) Member, the Scientific Advisory Board, the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA).

Chen C, Feng Y, Zou L, Wang L, Chen HH, Cai JY, Xu JM Sosnovik DE, Chao W.  Role of Extracellular RNA and TLR3-Trif Signaling in Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.  J Am Heart Assoc.  2014 Jan 3;3(1):e000683. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000683. 
Role of Extracellular RNA and TLR3-Trif Sig... [J Am Heart Assoc. 2014] - PubMed - NCBI

Chen L, Mao J. Update on neuropathic pain treatment: ion channel blockers and gabapentinoids. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013 Sep;17(9):359. doi: 10.1007/s11916-013-0359-2.

Update on neuropathic pain treatment: [Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

Li N, Lim G, Chen L, McCabe MF, Kim H, Zhang S, Mao J, Spinal expression of hippo signaling components YAP and TAZ following peripheral nerve injury.  Brain Res 2013, 1353:137-147.

Spinal expression of Hippo signaling components YA... [Brain Res. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

Ma Y, Wang S, Tian Y, Chen L, Li G, Mao J.  Disruption of persistent nociceptive behavior in rats with learning impairment. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 11;8(9):e74533. doi: 0.1371/journal.pone.0074533

Disruption of persistent nociceptive behavior in ra... [PLoS One. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

Presentations:

Dr. Wei Chao was invited to give a lecture at the 23rd Annual Symposium of Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, MGH on Nov. 14, 2013. The title of his lecture was "Imaging Cellular Apoptosis During Sepsis". (from MGH Anesthesia newsletter).

Jiabin Liu's (刘家彬)recent publications

Liu J, Ma C, Elkassabany N, Fleisher LA, and Neuman MD. Neuraxial Anesthesia Decreases Postoperative Systemic Infection Risk Compared with General Anesthesia in Knee Arthroplasty. Anesth Analg 2013, 117(4): 1010-6.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Liu J, CAI LF, Elkassabany N. Fluoroscopy Study of Peripheral Nerve Block Catheter Tip Movement–Its Clinical Implication in Guiding Catheter Adjustment. J Anesthe Clinic Res 2013, 4(5): 318.

http://omicsonline.org/2155-6148/2155-6148-4-318.php?aid=14145

5.  Message from Editor-in-chief

More doctors switching to salaried jobs

Healthcare reform is a highly debated topic in the U.S. Generally, policies are designed to improve the quality of care for patients, but how do changes in policy affect physicians? Recent reports indicate that as U.S. health care policies shift, more doctors are switching to salaried jobs. Why?

Health economists are nearly unanimous that the U.S. should move away from fee–for–service payments to doctors because it drives up the nation’s $2.7 trillion health–care bill by rewarding overuse. U.S. physicians, worried about changes in the healthcare market, are streaming into salaried jobs with hospitals. Though the shift from private practice has been most pronounced in primary care, specialists are following. Today, about 60 percent of family doctors and pediatricians, 50 percent of surgeons and 25 percent of surgical subspecialists are employees rather than independent. (Jill Baker, PDR Powered by MDLinx)

(2) If you are interested in visiting Hong Kong, please make a plan to attend the 16th World Congress of Anesthesiologists in August, 2016. For the details, please clink http://www.wca2016.com/welcome.html (source from Dr. Davy Cheng​(鄭仲煊)​