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News -> February, 1999 News
Greetings from Savannah! As we start into the New Year, the last year of the
century and the millennium, a number of exciting things are happening in the
ARS. Dr. Benninger in his year as President fine-tuned the committee structure
to allow it to function more efficiently. Dr. Panje, now as President, has
taken on the task of writing a policy manual for the society so that the
policies we develop for our day-to-day operations can be continued year to
year as our leadership changes. Your Board of Directors is exploring ways
to address various socioeconomic issues through the Long-Range Planning
Committee.
Through the AMA CPT Advisory Committee we are attempting to rectify the
problem of having no CPT code number for Frameless Stereotactic Surgical
Navigation or Stereotactic Computer Assisted Navigation (SCAN).
Our Society is now approaching 1,000 members. As we grow, the volume of
work to keep our Society functioning may soon require a full time person
to keep everything coordinated. We now have a research award program funded
by our corporate affiliates, the first grants having been awarded this past
fall. We are progressing in the development of our web site and our
newsletter has been revived by the appointment of Dr. Osguthorpe as Editor.
We have had many good abstracts submitted for the spring meeting and the
Board has decided to advertise the meeting separately in The Laryngoscope.
Your Board has also decided to jointly sponsor with the International
Rhinologic Society, an international meeting in Washington in September
of 2000, just prior to the AAO/HNS meeting. Over the next few years I
expect the society to become more organized and offer even more to its
membership. I encourage you to attend the spring ARS meeting in Palm
Desert, California. I look forward to seeing each of you there.
Frederick A. Kuhn, M.D.
Georgia Ear Institute
Memorial Health Systems
Savannah, GA
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