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Welcome To The SNACC Web Site

The Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care (SNACC) is an organization dedicated to improving the perioperative and intensive care of patients, who are neurologically impaired or at risk of developing neurological complications, through advances in medicine and research.

Membership in SNACC is open to physicians or investigators having an interest in neurosurgical anesthesia and critical care.

Benefits of membership include: 50% discounted subscription to the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, discounted annual meeting registration fees, and a monthly membership directory.

APPLICATION FOR THE 2008 CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION IN NEUROCRITICAL CARE

This is a friendly reminder that the application deadline for the 2008 certification examination in Neurocritical Care is June 15, 2008. The certification examination fee is $1,500 and the certification examination is scheduled the week of December 8 - 12. Please visit http://www.ucns.org/certification/applications for information on certification examinations and schedules.

The UCNS will not be offering a certification examination in 2009 for the subspecialty of Neurocritical Care. The exam for this subspecialty will be offered again in 2010.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Online submission now available

Submission Deadline is: June 1, 2008

The Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care invites electronic submission of abstracts for presentation at the SNACC 36th Annual Meeting, which will take place on October 17, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. Abstracts will be graded competitively on the basis of scientific merit and will be selected for poster presentation. Your abstract presentation at the SNACC Annual Meeting does not conflict with or preclude presentation at the ASA 2008 Annual Meeting, which immediately follows the SNACC Annual Meeting. Accepted abstracts will be published in the October 2008 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology.

Program directors are invited you to encourage your residents, fellows, and young faculty member colleagues to submit an abstract for presentation. Abstracts submitted by residents should be marked
accordingly by checking the respective box on the online submission form. Presentation of selected abstracts by residents will be identified as such in the poster session.

Available for residents, fellows and junior faculty within three (3) years of ending their post-graduate training, is the John D. Michenfelder New Investigator Award. Please note you must be a SNACC member to be eligible. To be considered, the applicant will need to submit an online abstract, check the respective box to identify their interest. In addition, the applicant for the award needs to submit a full length manuscript to snaccmeetings@asahq.org

Please note that the deadline to submit your manuscript is June 20, 2008. The final award recipient will be asked to make an oral presentation of their work at the SNACC Annual Meeting and will receive a plaque in honor of this occasion and $2500 for travel reimbursement.

Starting April XX, 2008 you may submit a SNACC abstract by visiting the Society's online submission program. Simply complete the submission form and upload your abstract as an MS Word document. It is that simple. Please note, ONLY electronic submissions will be accepted for consideration.

The abstract submission deadline is June 1, 2008.

Please contact the SNACC office at (847) 825-5586 or snacc@asahq.org should you have any questions regarding the above information.

We look forward to receiving your submission.

Mark Your Calendars...

SNACC 2008 Annual Meeting
October 17, 2008
Orlando, Florida

The Subcommittee on Education introduces a new initiative: a web-based problem-based learning discussion (PBLD).

Web-based PBLD is conceptually similar to the PBLD presented at the ASA Annual Meeting and the PGA. It commonly includes:
(a) three-to-four learning objectives
(b) case for discussion
(c) several set of questions
(d) discussion. Questions would be interspersed throughout the case.

Initially, the subcommittee plans to introduce one case every two months. New questions will be posted every two weeks. A reader is able to write a short opinion or suggest an approach to solve a particular problem. A moderator will be responsible for reviewing the opinion, respond to each participant, as well as post a "correct" answer at the end of each period (approximately two weeks). It is appreciated if the attending anesthesiologists would encourage their residents to participate in the discussion. The subcommittee believes that a web-based PBLD will play an important role in meeting the educational needs of practicing anesthesiologists as well as residents.

SNACC members are encouraged to submit their cases. A member of the Subcommittee on Education will review the submissions.

Photos from SNACC 35th Annual Meeting • San Francisco, CA

SNACC 35th Annual Meeting Accepted Abstracts
	Abstracts by Poster Session		Abstracts by Author

	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology The Journal of the Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care		SNACC Winter 2008 Newsletter

	2007 Annual Meeting Brochure		Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award
	Photos from SNACC 34th Annual Meeting Chicago, IL		SNACC Searchable Membership Directory
	The John D. Michenfelder New Investigator Award

SNACC - The Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care
520 N. Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573
TEL: 847-825-5586 FAX: 847-825-5658
email: snacc@ASAhq.org