Dear CCAS Members,
The CCAS Communications Committee is seeking self-nominations for;
1) Committee Chair
2) Editor of the Newsletter
3) Associate Editor of the Newsletter
4) Question of the Week Editors (2)
5) Question of the Week Authors (4)
6) Social Media Editor
7) Website Editor
8) ChiP Network Article Review Editor
9) Echo tutorial Editor for the upcoming 2-year term starting at the 2025 CCAS Annual Meeting
The Communications Committee is a recognized committee within the CCAS. The committee produces the biannual newsletter, including ChiP Network article reviews, creates and gathers the educational content for the CCAS website, writes the Questions of the Week and Polls of the Month, and maintains the social media of the Society.
The role of the Chair is to oversee and assist the Editor and Associate Editor of the Newsletter and the ChiP network Editor with the compilation of the biannual newsletter, in addition to supervising each of the Editors (Website, Social Media, Echo tutorial, and Question of the Week Editors). The Question of the Week Editors revise and edit the Question of the Week, while Question Authors research and write the Questions of the Week and Polls of the Month. The Website Editor creates, gathers, and updates resources and educational content for the official CCAS website. The Social Media Editor maintains the social media (X, Instagram, Facebook) and WhatsApp accounts for the society. The ChiP Network Editor works directly with the ChiP Network to select articles and reviewers for articles related to anesthetic care or critical care of congenital cardiac disease to be published in the newsletter. The Echo tutorial Editor oversees submissions meant to highlight basic aspects of the echocardiographic assessment of selected cardiovascular pathology pertinent to congenital heart disease.
Candidates should submit a personal statement to [email protected] that discusses (1) the position that the candidate wishes to self-nominate for, including the following: 1) why you are interested and any prior experience relevant to the position applied for and (2) prior involvement with CCAS and/or SPA. You may apply for more than one position and rank the order in which you place the highest to the least preference. The deadline for submission is December 18, 2024. Candidates will be chosen by the current committee leaders and will be approved by the CCAS Board of Directors. The candidates will be notified in January and announced in the upcoming 2025 Winter Newsletter. Thank you for your interest in supporting the educational mission of the CCAS. Please email me at [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the positions available for self-nomination.
Anne Elisa Cossu, MD, MS, FASA
Chair, Communications Committee and Editor of the Newsletter
Jeremy Deer, MD
Associate Editor of the Newsletter
Sana Ullah, MB ChB FRCA
Questions of the Week Editor
