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The California Society of Anesthesiologists is a physician organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of the profession of anesthesiology, to fostering excellence through continuing medical education, and to serving as an advocate for anesthesiologists and their patients.

Hot Topics

CMS Issues Final CoPs and Medicare Regulatory Reform Rules; Notes ASA Objections, May 10, 2012

House Energy and Commerce Committee Approves FDA Bill: Enhanced Notification Requirement Includes Manufacturers of Drugs Used by Anesthesiologists, May 10, 2012

ASA: Need anesthesiology providers? Consider anesthesiologist assistants, May 9,2012

ASA Continues to Urge CMS to Make Changes to Meaningful Use Incentive Program, May 8, 2012

Photo Album: CSA House of Delegates, May 5-6, 2012

Spring 2012 CSA Bulletin, President's Page: Next Steps in the Opt-Out, May 1, 2012

Debate Over Who Should Be Allowed to Administer Anesthesia Moves to Courts, May 1, 2012

CSA News

May 1, 2012
Spring 2012 CSA Bulletin, President's Page: Next Steps in the Opt-Out

Apr 30, 2012
Gasline Volume 14, No. 4, April 2012

Apr 30, 2012
Compendium of CSA/CMA V. Governor Schwarzenegger Documents

Feb 13, 2012
Bulletin Volume 61, Number 1

Anesthesia in the news

May 15, 2012
A single dose of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) prevents severe pain after ureteric stent removal: a prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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CSA Fall Hawaii Anesthesia Seminar

The Mauna Lani Hotel at Kalahuipua'a

October 29 – November 2, 2012

Faculty

Program Chair - Dr. Edward Mariano, Stanford University
Dr. Brendan Carvalho, Stanford University
Dr. Piyush Patel, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Suanne Daves, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Robert Lagasse, Yale University

Hawaii, known as The Big Island, offers a tremendous variety of activities and beauty. Eleven different climate zones generate everything from lush rain forests to arid deserts, black sand beaches to snow-capped mountaintops. Kilauea and Mauna Loa, two of the world’s most active volcanoes, are still adding land to the island...

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The EMR Doesn't Tell You the Story
by Karen S. Sibert, MD
One morning recently, I found another physician standing morosely at one of the mobile computer terminals we refer to as “cows”—computers on wheels—that are everywhere now in our hospital...
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Member Spotlight

Eugene L. Bak, MD
Dr. Korpman Delegate, District 2
Dr. Bak has been a CSA member for over 7 years and is currently a Delegate in District 2. He serves on the CSA Committee on Professional and Public Communication... read more.