By Genevieve D’Souza, MD, FASA The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. The CSA Committee on Global Health works to celebrate the volunteerism, philanthropy, and global health impact of CSA members, both locally and internationally. Where did you grow up? […]

GASPAC Day of Contributing Challenge 2023 has been an eventful year in the California State Legislature, witnessing the introduction of thousands of bills, many of which have a direct impact on healthcare and physicians, particularly Anesthesiologists. In the midst of this legislative flurry, the California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) has been tirelessly fighting for the […]

By Puja Trivedi, DO Hospital acquisitions and mergers, changes in insurance reimbursement rates and misinformation about our training have led to increased scrutiny of anesthesia groups and questions about our value. Most internal practice changes to improve safety, efficiency and cost reduction remain unseen by hospital administrators unless we can find an effective way to clearly […]

By Mark Singleton, MD, FASA The California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA), along with many other state component societies of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), celebrates its 75th year since being founded in 1948. On an occasion such as this, it seems appropriate not only to revel in our accomplishments as a medical specialty, but […]

By Becky Wong, MD Dr. Travis Reece-Nguyen is a pediatric anesthesiologist at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) at Stanford. He is the LGBTQ+ Health Leader for the Stanford Anesthesiology Department, Medical Director of the Gender Recognition and Affirmative Care through Education (GRACE) Team at LPCH, and Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) […]

By Christine Doyle, MD, FASA The CSA launched its new website beginning of June during the House of Delegates meeting.  This has been a months-long process, starting from proposals in October to this weekend’s launch.  Our new website serves as the communication foundation for the association – housing our resources, providing information for internal and […]

By Anthony Sawyer, MD, MPH Anthony Sawyer, MD, MPH is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Stanford University. Yesterday was Juneteenth in the US, and I’m going to do my best to briefly reflect on what this holiday is to those who aren’t familiar with it, as well as give a little insight […]

By Paul Yost, MD, FASA We are FOUR DAYS away from the 2023 ASAPAC Day of Contributing Challenge. Over the past four years, California has led the way during this event, and we need your help to keep the streak alive! What has ASAPAC been doing on your behalf? At our legislative conference two weeks […]

By Eric Reilly, DO, Abigail Smith, MD, Olivia Sonderman, MD, MPH, Matthew Tan, MD, and Justin Yuan, MD What is it?The delegations for each state anesthesia society as well as additional engaged ASA members attend a 3-day conference in Washington DC from May 15-17, 2023. The conference has three main goals: California sent 13 attending […]