TSA NEWSLETTER

Inside this Issue:

TSA Annual Meeting Announcement and Exhibitor List

Welcome to the Family: Hiring of the Next TSA Director of Governmental Affairs

N. Martin Giesecke, MD

Parachutes for the Pharmaceutical Free Fall: Policy and Practical Solutions for Medication Shortfalls

N. Martin Giesecke, MD

Washington D.C. 2012 ASA Buffet: ASA Director Report

Scott E. Kercheville, MD

Doctors, Doctors, Everywhere: 2012 Texas Election Update and Legislative Forecast

Jaime Capelo, JD

Advocacy‐ Texas Anesthesiology Residents GET IT

Catherine L. Scholl, MD

Alterations in the Alphabet Soup of Academic Anesthesiology: Changes in Residency Program Accreditation and ABA Certification

Russell K. McAllister, MD

Paying Attention to Peds: Update on the Pediatric Anesthesiology Board Certification and the Pediatric Fellowship

Priscilla J. Garcia, MD, MHA

D.O.P.E. the “Scope” AA’s Practice in Texas: Data on Anesthesiologist Assistants Scope of Practice in Texas

Nitin Wadhwa, MD

Digging for Data Gold: The Importance and Value of Anesthesia Data Mining and Management

Jeffrey R. Zavaleta, MD

Seek and Ye Shall Find: Highlighted Anesthesiology Research in Texas

Stirring the Echoes of the TSA Presidency

Udaya B. Padakandla, MD

TSA Members Leading in the House of Medicine: 2012-2013 TMA Councils and Committees

Riding the Waves of Networks Adequacy

David E. Bryant, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD

Let Bylaws be Bylaws: Notification of Proposed Bylaw Changes

Susan Curling. MD

 

The Eyes of the TSA Are Upon You: The TSA Peer Review of Expert Witness Testimony

Evan G. Pivalizza, MD

nanos gigantum humeris insidentes: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Christopher R. Cook, DO

In Memoriam

Tex Med 2013 Notice

TSA Membership

Lights, Camera, Actions: Actions of the 2012 TSA HOD and TSA BOD

NEW PEDIATRIC PRESENCE
IN EL PASO

El Paso Children’s Hospital is the largest expansion of pediatric medical services in West Texas, boasting 225,000 square feet of dedicated space exclusively for pediatric healthcare.

El Paso Children’s Hospital opened its doors to the public on February 14, 2012. It is the first and only separately licensed, independent, 501(c) (3) not-for‐profit children’s hospital in the El Paso region and is the only dedicated Pediatric Hospital within a 250‐mile radius of El Paso, Texas.

El Paso Children’s Hospital elevates the quality and scope of medical care in the El Paso region by providing unmatched excellence in specialized pediatric patient care as well as research and educational opportunities through our education affiliations with (among others) the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, University Medical Center of El Paso, University of Texas at El Paso, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Columbia University, and the University of South Alabama. Additionally, El Paso Children’s Hospital is an anchor facility of the Medical Center of the Americas campus.

El Paso Children’s Hospital