DCSA Annual Business Meeting and Elections

When:  Oct 13, 2022 from 06:00 PM to 10:00 PM (ET)

The DCSA Annual Business dinner meeting will be held Thursday October 13, 2022 starting at 6:00 PM. The location is the American Society of Anesthesiologists DC office at 905 Black Lives Matter Plaza (formerly 16th Street NW), Washington DC, Suite 400. The location is at the corner of 16th and Eye Streets NW. Please note that traffic and parking can be challenging at that time of day. DCSA is planning to provide validated parking vouchers at a nearby lot, available to active / retired / military / government members. Alternatively, there are several Metro stops within walking distance and Uber / Lyft is an option as well.


Zoom link for the main speaker's address:

DCSA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: DCSA Annual Meeting - remarks by Dr. Evan Kharasch
Time: Oct 13, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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As previously noted, the featured speaker for the event will be Dr. Evan Kharasch, editor-in-chief of Anesthesiology and the Merl H. Harmel Professor of Anesthesiology at Duke University. Dr. Kharasch is a renowned expert in clinical pharmacology and translational research.

Please RSVP for the Business Meeting so we can plan an appropriate amount of space and food. You may RSVP by e-mailing me directly at DCSASecretary@gmail.com. Due to catering restrictions, please RSVP if at all possible by Monday October 3, 2022.

Voting for positions for upcoming terms on the DCSA Executive Committee will be held live at the Business Meeting. Listed below are the positions on the upcoming 2023 Executive Committee, showing which positions are open for the following year(s):

  • Director: Dr. Yewande Johnson - currently serving a three-year term, through 2023
  • Immediate Past-President: Dr. Michael Brennan (term 2023 - 2024)
  • President: Dr. Cathy Cao (term 2023 - 2024)
  • President-Elect: open for election (term 2023-2024)
  • Vice-President: open for election (term 2023 - 2024)
  • Treasurer: open for election (term 2023-2024)
  • Secretary: open for election (term 2023-2024)
  • Delegate to ASA House of Delegates: three open positions, 1 year each (term through 2023)
  • Alternate Delegate to ASA HOD: three open positions, 1 year each (term through 2023)

In a change from a recent email, there will be no Zoom voting during the Business Meeting. Rather, if you would like to vote in the elections but cannot attend the dinner, you must request an absentee ballot. You may request an absentee ballot from me by emailing me directly at DCSASecretary@gmail.com. The deadline to request an absentee ballot will be Saturday October 8, 2022 at 10:00 PM, with the ballot sent out on Sunday October 9, 2022. Submission of the ballot will be due by the start of the dinner on Thursday October 13 at 6:00 PM.

With the generation of the absentee ballot, I will email to DCSA members a list of known candidates and their written statements. If you would like to be a candidate for an open position, and you would like to be on the absentee ballot, please notify me of your interest in running and an optional written statement by Saturday, October 8, 2022. You may self-nominate or nominate a colleague through the time of the live elections at the Business Meeting, but you will not be on the absentee ballot if your interest is not made known until after Saturday October 8.

To recap important deadlines:

RSVP for the Business Meeting and Dinner by Monday October 3, 2022.

Submit your request for an absentee ballot by Saturday October 8, 2022.

If interested in running for a position and having your name on the absentee ballot, submit that interest to me by Saturday October 8, 2022.

Deadline for submission of an absentee ballot will be the start of the Business Meeting on Thursday, October 13 at 6:00 PM.

Location

ASA DC Office
905 Black Lives Matter Plaza, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006