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Editorial - In Nabil's Corner
And That's a Wrap!
Just like that, 3 years are now over. As I write my last article as
your ASRA News editor, I look back at the past 3 years and I am
really proud of what ASRA News has become. I am grateful for
the time and effort that the ASRA News family has put in over the
past 3 years to get us to this point. I have witnessed ASRA News
transition from print to digital, and I can attest to how much
this allowed us to expand our content and include resources in
each article that we were incapable of before. I am confident
that ASRA News will continue to thrive under the editorship of
Kristopher Schroeder, MD. I have no doubt that he will bring new
energy and brilliant ideas to enrich this platform and take it to
the next level.
I want to thank every ASRA member who contributed to ASRA News
during my tenure and allowed us to offer you the materials we
presented each quarter. I am also grateful to the ASRA staff who
worked tirelessly behind the scenes to bring you each issue. I was
fortunate to share my time with our dedicated committee members
and associate editors. Last
but not least, I would like to
thank ASRA leadership for their
support and for entrusting me
with this opportunity to serve
the subspecialty I cherish.

in New York City just around the
corner, ASRA members and leaders
share why they are going to the
Big Apple. We also present two
examples of fighting the opioid
epidemic. The first highlights the
collaboration between Pennsylvania
state and government officials and
pain physicians, and the second
discusses the effort of the pain
physician group at the University
of Texas and its plans to further
Nabil Elkassabany, MD, MSCE
educate providers and regulate
ASRA News Editor
opioid prescription practices. I
also know you will be intrigued by
this issue's "How I Do It" article, where the regional anesthesia
and acute pain medicine group at Penn State Hershey Medical
Center shares its experience in expanding the use of a relatively
new erector spinae plane block for acute pain management after
thoracic trauma and rib fractures.
In this issue, we also present
articles about myofascial
pain, use of ultrasound
for interventional pain
procedures, and the lost
art of intravenous regional
anesthesia. We share Ohio
State University's experience in training its nursing staff on
simulation scenarios for local anesthetic systemic toxicity. There's
so much more to share in this issue, but you have to read it all to
learn it all.

"I look back at the past 3 years
and I am really proud of what
ASRA News has become."

OK! Enough with the thankyous.
This issue of your ASRA News is a phenomenal one. With the
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