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Received the Tellers’ report and confirmed the Council composition for 2004–2005. President: Kathleen Rasmussen; Past President: Dale Bauman; President-Elect: Dennis Bier; Treasurer: Penny Kris-Etherton; Secretary: Sharon Donovan; ASCN Representative: Janet King; SINR Representative: Jean-Pierre Habicht (until September 1, 2004 to be followed by Rebecca Stoltzfus); Councilors: Joanne Lupton, Te...

Objective: OFFPump CABG surgery (opcab) is performing worldwide and the rate of coronary revascularization without CPB (cardiopulmonary Bypass) is growing significantly. The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk factors for early mortality after OPCABG. Methods: From April 2009 to April 2011, data were collected from a total of 920 patients who underwent OFFPump CABG. Variables that were re...

Giovanni Battista Migliori European Respiratory Society (ERS) Secretary General 2013–2016, Elisabeth Bel ERS President 2014–2015, Guy Joos ERS President 2016–2017, Mark Elliott ERS Treasurer 2013–2016, Gernot Rohde ERS Education Council Chair 2014–2017, Stephen T. Holgate ERS Science Council Chair 2013–2016, Christina Gratziou ERS Advocacy Council Chair and Secretary for EU Affairs 2015–2018, D...

President, International Network for Person-centered Medicine, President 2005–2008, World Psychiatric Association and Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, New York, USA President 2007–2008, World Medical Association and Board Member, International Network for Person-centered Medicine, Department of Geriatrics, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, ...

Judith Shamian, RN, PhD, LLD (hon), D.Sci (hon), FAAN, is the president of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Previous positions include immediate past president and CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses, immediate past President of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), executive director of the Office of Nursing Policy at Health Canada and vice-president of nursing at Mount Sinai Hospi...

It has been argued and stated that the 21st century is America's Pacific Century, the century or millennium of Asia, and century or era of China, the inevitable superpower. This paper explains the essence of the new changes when the Pivot Policy was announced by President Obama in 2011. The main question discussed is therefore the following: ‘Why (and how) did President Obama adopt (and impleme...

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2011;24(1):21–26 I n his defi nitive history on the early days of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, Alan Chesney wrote of Mary Elizabeth Garrett as follows: “For to this lady, more than any other single person, save only Johns Hopkins himself, does the School of Medicine owe its being” (1). Strong words indeed, and doubly important because of the truth they convey. Mos...

Recognizing known faces of possible speakers at the train station is usually how the journey to the outstanding Bürgenstock conference starts, now held in the majestic village of Brunnen, Switzerland (Fig. 1). Tradition dictates that the programme remains a mystery until the beginning of the conference and that speakers can only give one plenary lecture during their life-time. The conference is...

The 2-part Education News column, “Upgrading nurse anesthesia educational requirements (1933-2006)” by Betty Horton, CRNA, PhD, was very timely and informative.1,2 Dr Horton succinctly chronicled the historical development of our educational standards and how the consistent elevation of those standards reflects a sustained commitment to excellence. Over the past 2 years, I have practiced anesth...