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At the 2006 American Rhinologic Society annual meeting in Toronto this past September, Martin Citardi, MD officially handed over the gavel (or in this case, the mousepad) to the information technology committee. The website has undergone a tremendous change since its inception in 1999, and the ARS is extremely grateful to Dr. Citardi for his hard work. Initially, the website was primarily informational, with pages allowing ARS members to review newsletters (www.american-rhinologic.org/news.phtml) and patients to review articles (www.american-rhinologic.org/patientinfo.phtml) . Since then, Dr. Citardi has implemented critical additions that have allowed for on-line abstract submission (www.american-rhinologic.org/abstracts.phtml), meeting registration (www.american-rhinologic.org/springmeeting.phtml) , dues payment (http://app.american-rhinologic.org/controller.jsp?ACTION=Members.Profile.Start), and critical patient advocacy information (www.american-rhinologic.org/patientadvocacy.phtml), just to name a few of the functions. I know I speak for the entire ARS in expressing appreciation to Dr. Citardi for his tireless (and often thankless) work. I am also thankful to ARS members Sanford Archer, MD, Alexander Chiu, MD, H. Peter Doble, MD, Marc Kerner, MD and Neal Lofchy, MD for currently volunteering to assist with the IT committee.
Moving forward, we are continuing to update and expand the patient information articles (www.american-rhinologic.org/patientinfo.phtml), updating administrative functions of the website to make life easier for ARS administrator Wendi Perez, and we are working with Todd Kingdom, MD to coordinate and standardize the fellowship match program (www.american-rhinologic.org/fellowship.phtml). Meanwhile, we will make sure to perform regular website updates so ARS members can easily access all information they need for ARS spring (www.american-rhinologic.org/springmeeting.phtml) and fall (www.american-rhinologic.org/annualmeeting.phtml) meetings, see the latest issue of Nose News online (http://www.american-rhinologic.org/news.phtml), or communicate with colleagues (http://app.american-rhinologic.org/controller.jsp?ACTION=Public.Members.Search) .
I certainly hope that we can maintain the standard of excellence that has been set by our predecessors on the ARS IT committee, and I am excited to help the website continue to evolve to meet the needs of its members.
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