UPDATE: Ralph M. Waters and Medical Humanities (3/8/02; 6/6/02-6/8/02)

From: A.J. Wright (a.j.wright@ccc.uab.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 09:42:54 EST

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    ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 8, 2002!!!!

    Ralph M. Waters, M.D., and Professionalism in Anesthesiology: A Celebration
    of 75 Years

    June 6-8, 2002
    Madison, Wisconsin

    last update: 25 January 2002

    CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
    [This announcement also available at
    http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/watersconf.htm ]

    Conference Hotel:
    Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club
    1 West Dayton Street
    Madison WI 53703
    608/257-6000
    608/257-5280 [fax]
    800/356-8293 [reservations]
    http://www.concoursehotel.com/

            This conference will celebrate the arrival of Ralph M. Waters, M.D.,
    in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1927, and explore his legacy in anesthesia
    practice and professionalism. Abstracts are invited on any aspect of his
    career and legacy AND ALSO on any aspect of anesthesia history related to
    the three broad areas of professionalism to which Dr. Waters contributed:
    1)education; 2)research; and 3)creation of specialty societies designed to
    promote improvements in the clinical and ethical standards of practice in
    anesthesiology.

            A preliminary program outline is included below.

    CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
    ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 8, 2002

            Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are invited on historical aspects
    of anesthesia as described above. Abstracts on medical humanities and/or
    ethical topics that relate to the history of these broad areas are also
    invited.
    Abstracts should be no longer than one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper. If
    possible, abstracts should indicate the research problem, sources used,
    methodological approach and may contain no more than ten references.

                    Abstracts may be submitted by mail, fax or electronic mail
    (in plain text format). Disc submission in DOS-compatible form is also
    permitted. Abstracts submitted in electronic format may be made available to
    registrants in advance of the meeting and at various Internet sites as
    chosen by the Organizing Committee. ALL accepted abstracts will be included
    in the abstract book distributed to meeting registrants.

            Individuals who wish to organize a paper session around a theme
    should contact Dr. Mark Schroeder at the address below as soon as possible.

            Abstracts should be submitted to Dr. Mark Schroeder at the address
    below.

            ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 8, 2002

            Conference Sponsors:

    *University of Wisconsin Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology
    <http://www.anesthesia.wisc.edu/>

    *University of Wisconsin Medical School, CME Office
    <http://www.cme.wisc.edu/>

    *Anesthesia History Association [U.S.]
    <http://www.anesthesia-history.org/>

    *History of Anaesthesia Society [Great Britain]
    <http://www.histansoc.org.uk/>

    *Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
    wssykes@facstaff.wisc.edu/ <mailto:wssykes@facstaff.wisc.edu>

    *Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
    <http://www.asahq.org/wlm/homepage.html>

    Contact for Conference Information/Abstract Submission:

    Mark E. Schroeder, M.D.
    Associate Professor
    Department of Anesthesiology
    University of Wisconsin Medical School
    B6/319 Clinical Science Center
    600 Highland Avenue
    Madison WI 53792-3272

    608/263-8123
    608/262-6247 [fax]

    AHA2002@anesthesia.wisc.edu <mailto:aha2002@anesthesia.wisc.edu>

    PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: AN OUTLINE

    Thusday June 6, 2002
    4:00 PM Opening Ceremonies
    Welcome remarks by state official, university official, state society
    President
    Plenary Session Speaker
    Topic: Ralph Waters and his role in American anesthesiology: an overview
    Reception
    Dinner on your own

    Friday June 7, 2002
    7:00 AM Continental breakfast
    8:00 AM Plenary Session Speaker
    Topic: University of Wisconsin in 1927
    9:00 AM Two concurrent sessions
    Three papers each (9-9:30, 9:30-10, 10-10:30, includes questions)
    10:30 Refreshment break
    10:45 Two concurrent sessions
    Three papers each (10-45-11:15, 11:15-11:45, 11:45-12:15, includes
    questions)
    12:30 PM Lunch
    Plenary Session Speaker
    Topic: Ralph Waters and medical education
    1:45 PM Two concurrent sessions
    Three papers each (1:45-2:15, 2:15-2:45, 2:45-3:15, includes questions)
    3:15 PM Refreshment break
    3:30PM Plenary Session Speaker
    Topic: Ralph Waters and research
    4:30PM Dinner on your own

    Saturday June 8, 2002
    7:00 AM Continental breakfast
    8:00 AM Plenary Session Speaker
    Topic: Ralph Waters and organized anesthesia
    9:00 AM Two concurrent sessions
    Three papers each (9-9:30, 9:30-10, 10-10:30, includes questions)
    10:30 Refreshment break
    10:45 Two concurrent sessions
    Three papers each (10-45-11:15, 11:15-11:45, 11:45-12:15, includes
    questions)
    12:30 PM Lunch
    Plenary Session Speaker
    Topic: Ralph Waters' international influence
    Afternoon at leisure
    6:00 PM Banquet and Resident Graduation
    Plenary session speaker

    A full social program is also being planned

    Activities and Attractions:

    [All are located in or near Madison unless otherwise noted]

    *Capitol Square
    *Farmers' Market on Saturday Morning
    *House on the Rock
    *Lake Mendota/Picnic Point
    *Lake Monona
    *Monona Terrace Convention Center
    *State Capitol Building
    *State Historical Society of Wisconsin
    *State Street Connecting the Capitol to the University
    *Tailiesen [Frank Lloyd Wright family home near Spring Green, Wisconsin]
    *University of Wisconsin Campus
    *Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
    *Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Dells
    *Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology [Park Ridge, Illinois]

    Bibliography of Secondary Sources on Ralph M. Waters, M.D.
    [NOTE: More citations are available on the Waters Conference WWW site at
    http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/watersconf.htm ]

    1 TI - Ralph Waters as a regional anesthesiologist. AU - Sands RP Jr AU -
    Bacon DR AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute,
    Buffalo, New York 14236, USA. SI - MED/99268500 SO - Reg Anesth Pain Med.
    1999 May-Jun;24(3):252-4.

    2 TI - Ralph Waters and the beginnings of academic anesthesiology in the
    United States: the Wisconsin Template. AU - Bacon DR AU - Ament R AD -
    Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
    SI - MED/96087706 SO - J Clin Anesth. 1995 Sep;7(6):534-43.

    3 TI - Ralph M. Waters and Swedish anesthesiology. AU - Gordh T AD -
    Department of Anesthesiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. SI -
    MED/94338713 SO - J Clin Anesth. 1994 May-Jun;6(3):221-6.

    4 TI - Ralph Waters' ghost and the AUA [letter; comment] AU - Bacon DR AU -
    Lema MJ SI - MED/92378030 SO - Anesth Analg. 1992 Sep;75(3):462.

    5 TI-Ralph M. Waters. AU-Bamforth BJ AU-Siebecker KL. SO-Volpitto PP, Vandam
    LD, eds. The Genesis of Contemporary American Anesthesiology. Springfield,
    Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1982, pp 30-68

    6 TI-Ralph Waters as a stimulus. AU-Dillon JB. SO-Anesthesia History
    Association Newsletter 1990 October; 8(4):7

    Posted by:

    Posted by:

    A.J. Wright, MLS
    Dept of Anesthesiology Library
    School of Medicine
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    ajwright@uab.edu

    Anesthesia History Files
    http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/aneshist.htm

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