Full program information and on-line registration for all STA activities are available on this web site. I appreciate that some people have changed their travel plans on account of the recent happenings and I fully expect that attendance will be less than we usually enjoy. Nonetheless, I hope to see many of you at these programs and you will join me in keeping these STA events valued in this changed world. The web site has a new research area with information about the Society's Research Grants and Best Abstract Awards Research Area Abstracts Posted Abstracts from the 2001 Annual Meeting and the 2001 International Meeting on Medical Simulation are now available online. The Society for Technology in Anesthesia is an international organization of physicians, engineers, students and others with an interest in anesthesia-related technologies.
Membership is open to all who are interested.
The Society's mission is to improve the quality of patient care by improving technology and its application. Since the year 2000, the Society has also run the Computers in Anesthesia Meeting that has been held in October for the past 20 years. In January 2001, the Society sponsored the first International Meeting on Medical Simulation . Benefits Members receive reduced registration rates for all 3 of the STA sponsored meetings . Members receive the Society's quarterly newsletter, Interface .