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Letter from the Editors

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Hung Doan, Shane Stecklein, and Dan Matson, Newsletter Editors

Welcome to the fall 2009 APSA Newsletter.  We would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves as this year’s APSA Newsletter editors.  Since its inception, the newsletter has served as an important link through which readers have learned about happenings within both APSA and the physician-scientist community as a whole.  It has also provided an opportunity to highlight the accomplishments of our members and promote future APSA meetings and events.  In this fall issue we touch on all of these areas and cover almost nine months worth of APSA happenings, starting with a letter from APSA President David Braun.  We also hear from APSA Membership Committee Chair Marcus Gonclaves, who writes in with an excellent piece detailing some recent transitions and membership plans for the coming year.  Later in the issue, Mercedes Szpunar and Meagan Campol detail APSA’s promising new partnership with the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA).  Also be sure to catch the excellent synopsis of last spring’s annual meeting in Chicago, contributed by June Yowtak.  In addition, we include two articles written by two of our new newsletter editors.  Hung Doan writes on what the near future may have in store for physician-scientists, and Dan Matson reviews When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales From Neurosurgery by Frank Vertosick Jr., MD.  Finally, be on the lookout for the advertisement for the upcoming (and highly anticipated) regional meeting in New York.
We are sure that you’ll enjoy these great articles from your peers.  With help from APSA members and other distinguished contributors, we look forward to building upon the hard work of previous editors as we continue to deliver exciting newsletters!
Sincerely,
Hung Doan, University of Texas Medical BranchShane Stecklein, University of Kansas Medical CenterDan Matson, University of Virginia School of Medicine