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

• to stimulate interest in anaerobes and to encourage and facilitate interchange among anaerobists from all disciplines, including medical, dental, veterinary, environmental and basic sciences.
• to bring together investigators, clinicians, and technicians interested in anaerobes and anaerobic infections for formal and informal meetings.
• to review and assess new advances in the field
• to discuss areas of controversy
• to mark future directions

Other 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 Proceedings 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 a subscription to the journal Anaerobe

Newsletter

Forum

• members will have an opportunity to belong to the ASA Forum

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 third proceedings appeared in the July/August 1999 issue of Anaerobe (Volume 5, number 3/4)

2007-2008 Board

President: Stuart Johnson, M.D. - Loyola University, Chicago, IL

Vice President: - Bennett Lorber, M.D. - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Secretary: Cynthia L. Sears, M.D. - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Treasurer: Ellie J.C. Goldstein, M.D. - R.M. Alden Research Laboratory, Santa Monica, CA

Executive Director: Ronald Goldman, Ph.D.

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