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ANAEROBE SOCIETY OF THE
AMERICAS, INC.
P.O. Box 452058, Los
Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 216-9265 -- asa@anaerobe.org
History of the Society
At the first American Congress on
Anaerobic Bacteria and Anaerobic Infections held at Marina del Rey, CA
on July 24-26, 1992, a business meeting was held to consider setting up a
new society for those interested in anaerobes, anaerobic infections, and
related matters. There was overwhelming support for such a society. The
society has been formed under the name ANAEROBE SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAS, INC. and is
registered as a non-profit corporation status in the state of California.
The first permanent officers were elected at the 1994 meeting. The society
holds meetings every two years.
Purposes of the Society
The mission of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas (ASA)
is to promote the quality of health care and advance science through the
study of anaerobic bacteria and their environments, by:
- stimulating interest in anaerobes and
encouraging and facilitating interchange among anaerobists
from all disciplines, including medical, dental, veterinary,
environmental and basic sciences.
- bringing together investigators,
clinicians, and technicians interested in anaerobes and anaerobic
infections for formal and informal meetings.
- reviewing and assessing new advances
in the field.
- discussing areas of controversy.
- marking future directions.
Benefits of the Society:
Scientific Meetings
- these will consist of invited
presentations, free papers, discussions, and posters.
- participants are encouraged to submit
abstracts and describe the results of their original research.
- members will receive a copy of the
published Abstract Book of all ASA meetings.
- workshops.
- opportunities to meet others in the
field, to exchange ideas, and to learn about research being done in
other disciplines (e.g. dentistry, veterinary medicine etc.) with
anaerobes.
Anaerobe
- members will receive discounts to
the electronic and print editions of the Anaerobe journal.
Newsletter
Forum
- members will have an opportunity
to receive communications via the Anaerobe e-mail network.
Published proceedings of
meetings:
- The first Proceedings appeared in the June 1993
issue of Clinical Infectious
Diseases (Volume 16, supplement 4)
- The second proceedings appeared in the June 1995
issue of Clinical Infectious
Diseases (Volume 20, supplement 2)
- The third proceedings appeared in the September
1997 issue of Clinical
Infectious Diseases (Volume 25, supplement 2)
- The fourth proceedings appeared in the July/August
1999 issue of Anaerobe
(Volume 5, number 3/4)
- Presentations from later Congress appeared in
issues of Anaerobe; abstracts are accessible at our web site.
2025-2026 Board
President: Yiping
Han, Ph.D.
Columbia University, New York, NY USA
Vice President: Francisco Uzal,
D.V.M.
University of California, Davis, CA USA
Secretary: Laura Cox, Ph.D.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA
Treasurer: Kevin W. Garey,
Ph.D.
University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
Executive Director: Ronald Goldman,
Ph.D.
Council
Emma Allen-Vercoe,
Ph.D.
University of Guelph, Canada
Eliane de
Oliveira Ferreira, Ph.D.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sarah Kuehne, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Rajat Madan, M.D.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
Daniel Paredes-Sabja,
Ph.D.
Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX USA
A. Krishna Rao, MD,
M.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
Anna Maria Seekatz,
Ph.D.
Clemson University, Clemson, SC USA
Aimee Shen, Ph.D.
Tufts University, Boston, MA USA
Audrey N. Shuetz,
M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
Casey Theriot, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
USA
Past Presidents
Sydney M. Finegold,
M.D. - Founding President (1992-1996)
Ellie J.C. Goldstein, M.D
(1996-2000)
David W. Hecht, M.D. (2000-2002)
Stephen D. Allen, M.D. (2002-2004)
Dennis L. Stevens, M.D. (2004-2006)
Stuart Johnson, M.D. (2006-2008)
Bennett Lorber, M.D. (2008-2010)
Cynthia L. Sears, M.D. (2011-2012)
Dale N. Gerding, M.D.
(2013-2014)
David Aronoff, M.D. (2015-2016)
Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D.
(2017-2018)
David Fredericks, M.D.
(2018-2022)
Vincent Young, M.D.
(2023-2024)
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