Read the 2024 Edition of Vital Times!
CSA Board of Directors Convene in Sacramento: Discuss Budget, 2023 Legislation, and Enhancing Member Value
The CSA Board of Directors met September 9-10 in Sacramento in our first full meeting since officer elections were held in June at the House of Delegates meeting. Hosting an in-person meeting was a valuable reminder of the importance of networking and personal connection to enhance our wellbeing, professional satisfaction, and effectiveness in leading your […]
Member Spotlight: Meet Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD
In recognition of Women in Medicine Month and the many major accomplishments by women in anesthesia, CSA will be highlighting a variety of women leaders who practice throughout the state. They bring their diverse backgrounds and life perspectives into their work, taking purposeful steps to create pathways for mentorship and sponsorship, and helping support the […]
The New Early Career Membership Program
Graduating residents and fellows face a tremendous set of professional, personal, and financial challenges as they transition from training into their first years of practice. While engagement in the ASA and the CSA provides countless benefits over an anesthesiologist’s career, many early career professionals are hard-pressed to find the time or the money to justify […]
CSA to host first annual GASPAC Day of Contributing Challenge, Wednesday, August 17
Once again California anesthesiologists successfully raised funds for the ASAPAC during its annual Day of Contributing Challenge, which is critically important to national-level advocacy for our specialty. However, what happens in Sacramento directly affects the day-to-day practice for anesthesiologists in California, so CSA leaders have decided to host our own DoC Challenge to help raise […]
Cronutt’s Case: California Anesthesiologists in the Care of Iconic Fauna
Brown eyes drooping, Cronutt fell asleep quickly in his transport enclosure after receiving an intramuscular cocktail of midazolam, medetomidine, and butorphanol. Having arrived from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, where he had been cared for as a special needs animal, the 8-year-old California sea lion was now in the parking lot of the SAGE […]
CSA UCI Leadership Program at the CSA House of Delegates
At this year’s June CSA House of Delegates meeting, the inaugural class of CSA UCI Leadership for Healthcare Management participants presented the projects they have been completing this year. During the past eight months the participants have been learning leadership skills from the UCI Paul Merage School of Business Faculty, as well as leaders from […]
Experiencing Long Covid as a Physician and a Patient
The sound of the drape pulling back, metal rings on a metal rod, rustles a memory. “So,” he says kindly, “I hear you’re an anesthesiologist.” I look up at the physician who has entered the preop bay where I lie on a gurney. I smile under my mask and reply, “Not today.” I am, of […]
What Early Career Anesthesiologists Should Know About Public Service Loan Forgiveness
On October 6, 2021, the United States Department of Education announced a temporary waiver to allow borrowers to receive credit for federal student loan payments that previously did not qualify for the public service loan forgiveness program (PSLF). The waiver has created a large amount of new interest and attention in the program for good […]
Children’s Book Author and an Anesthesiologist? An Interview with Edna Ma, MD
I recently had the chance to sit down with Edna Ma, MD, a physician anesthesiologist and entrepreneur in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Ma is the author of the bilingual children’s book series, “Travel Learn and See.” We spoke about her background, what brought her to writing, and how to balance a busy anesthesiology practice with […]
