Board of Directors Officers President Tong J (TJ) Gan, MD, MHS, FRCA President-Elect Julie Thacker, MD Vice-President Timothy Miller MB, ChB, FRCA Treasurer Roy Soto, MD Secretary Stefan D. Holubar MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS Directors Keith A. (Tony) Jones, MD Anthony Senagore, MD Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD Terrence Loftus, MD, MBA, FACS Andrew Shaw MB, FRCA, FFICM, FCCM Desiree Chappel, CRNA Newsletter Committee Thomas Hopkins, MD: Chair Lyla Hance, MPH: Co-Chair Jeffrey Huang, MD Uday Jain, MD, PhD Amy McCutchan, MD Asha Naik, FRCA Christina Solis, MHA Matthias Stopfkuchen-Evans, MD About ASER ASER is a nonprofit organization with an international membership, which is dedicated to thepractice of enhanced recovery in the perioperative patient through education and research. ASER’s mission is to advance the practice of perioperative enhanced recovery, to contribute to its growth and influences, by fostering and encouraging research, education, public policies, programs and scientific progress. Administrative Office American Society for Enhanced Recovery 6737 W Washington St. | Ste. 4210 Milwaukee, WI 53214 414-389-8610 | info@aserhq.org President’s Message By Tong J (TJ) Gan, MD, MHS, FRCA, President A s I am writing this message, Chinese communities have just celebrated the Year of the Rooster. According to the Chinese zodiac, there are 5 types of roosters, based on the 5 elements: wood, fire, metal, water and gold. 2017 is the Fire Rooster Year. What does “Fire Rooster Year” Mean? Some characteristics of the rooster are energetic, determined, perseverant and forward-looking. I believe these characteristics represent the membership of ASER. We are here to promote enhanced recovery after surgery and help hospitals implement enhanced recovery pathways to improve patient care. The US healthcare system is going through a period of uncertainty with the current administration. It is unclear what the future direction holds. Regardless, enhanced recovery principles are here to stay and will benefit patients, physicians and hospitals irrespective of what the models of healthcare turn out to be. I encourage all of you to be active participants in ASER activities. We have a few exciting events over the next several months. The upcoming ASER/EBPOM Congress will be held on April 27-29, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Dr. Timothy Miller, the scientific program Chair, has put together a superb and scientifically robust program covering multiple surgical disciplines in the context of enhanced recovery and perioperative medicine. We have successfully conducted two leadership forums in Louisville, KY and Miami, FL and have received 2 great feedback. ASER and The Detroit Medical Center Perioperative Institute For Surgical Excellence (PISE) cohosted a symposium on Healthcare Reform and Innovation in Perioperative Musculoskeletal Care in Detroit in December 2016, with more than 200 attendees. Last fall, ASER participated in the “Plan Against Pain” campaign to promote awareness regarding the many options of analgesics for perioperative pain management, using a multimodal approach to reduce opioid related side effects and potential opioid abuse and addiction. You can read the details in this newsletter. The second PeriOperative Quality Initiative (POQI) conference was successfully held in Stony Brook, NY on December 2-3, 2016. A summary on the POQI activities in the past year as well as future meeting is presented in this newsletter. Many of our committees have been extremely active, providing great ideas to expand membership and moving ASER ALERT • VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 • aserhq.org
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