Society for Technology in Anesthesia

Annual Meeting Program
16 January through 18 January 1997

Fort Lauderdale Marina Marriott
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

You can register for the STA Annual Meeting by filling out this form.

1997 Annual Meeting Meeting Calendar [Check this out for committee meetings, board meetings, and the general calendar]

Web page on Florida with restaurant, other Ft. Lauderdale Info

This year's meeting integrates the know-how of clinical anesthesiologists and biomedical engineers with the resources of industry in workshops and panels to explore the creation of new equipment and technology. Speakers include:

John Leinhard, PhD

MD Anderson Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston, Texas
Host, National Public Radio's Engines of our Ingenuity
Topics: Business and the Inventive Muse; Technology and Dying

Peter B Carstensen, PhD

Office of Training and Assistance
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Food and Drug Administration
Topic: Why are Equipment Standards Introduced?

Charles Joyner, JD

Patent Attorney
Durham, North Carolina
Topic: Let Me Tell You about My Invention...

Scott Augustine, MD

Founder, Augustine Medical, Inc.
Inventor of the Bair Hugger
Topic: I've Got this Great Idea! Now What Do I Do?

Colonel Nancy K Jaax, DVM

Chief, Pathology Division
United States Army
Topic: The Ebola Virus

Charles V Wetli, MD

Chief Medical Examiner
Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
Topic: High Tech Death

For registration, abstract submissions, and corporate exhibit information, please contact:

Glenda J Davis
Business Manager, STA
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
PO Box 100254
Gainesville, FL 32610

Voice: +1-305-846-1298
Fax: +1-305-392-6407

Email: davis@anest2.anest.ufl.edu