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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Volume 74, Number 8<br /> August 2010<br /> Editor<br /> Douglas R. Bacon, M.D., Chair<br /> Associate Editor<br /> N. Martin Giesecke, M.D.<br /> Assistant Editors<br /> Brooke Albright, M.D.<br /> (Junior Residents' Review Co-Editor)<br /> John F. Dombrowski, M.D.<br /> Ike I. Eriator, M.D.<br /> Girish P. Joshi, M.D.<br /> Angela Kendrick, M.D.<br /> James E. Szalados, M.D.<br /> Brad M. Taicher, D.O.<br /> (Senior Residents' Review Co-Editor)<br /> John E. Tetzlaff, M.D.<br /> Mary Ann Vann, M.D.<br /> Editorial Staff<br /> Dawn M. Glossa<br /> Jennifer Gremmels<br /> Terri Navarrete<br /> Roy A. Winkler<br /> Karen L. Yetsky<br /> Send general NEWSLETTER questions<br /> to communications@asahq.org<br /> or call Karen L. 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The importance of kee</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=38"> Self-Education and Evaluation SEE Question A re</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=39"> Your children have performance standards, </a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=40"> Profiles in Service: Lt. Colonel Eric Holt – Warr</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=41"> </a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=42"> Continued from page 39 Once flat, a new proble</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=43"> some nerve issues in the face and throat, but the</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=44"> Spokesperson Media Training: Bridging, D</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=45"> Flagging, Staying on Message </a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=46"> TheLatestScienceofAnesthesia: Join Us in San Dieg</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=47"> This will be the third yearoftheverypopular“Bes</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=48"> 2010 House of Delegates Sessions at San Diego Con</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=49"> OpeningSesion-Saturday, October 16 AMERICAN SOCIE</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=50"> Join Us on Saturday Night for the Welcome Recepti</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=51"> Exhibit Program New and Expanded Hours: Don’t Mis</a> <a title="August 2010 ASA Newsletter page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0ce64b62?page=52"> Edgar D. 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