Read the 2024 Edition of Vital Times!
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 […]
Rethinking Desflurane
Written & Edited by Drs. Veronica Zoghbi, Carole Lin, & Victoria Fahrenbach Global climate change has reached a tipping point in its effects on human health. The impact from human activity has hit many aspects of our daily lives and is now reaching catastrophic levels. While deadly heat waves, storms, floods, and wildfires are immediate […]
Spotlight on the Annual Meeting Part 2: POCUS Workshop, Abstract Presentations, & Pain Day
The CSA’s Annual Meeting was in-person this year (the first one since 2019) at the beautiful Mission Bay San Diego Hyatt Regency. It was wonderful to see colleagues and friends and learn new techniques and advances in the field. The resort was gorgeous and family-friendly, the speakers, panels and workshops were excellent and informative, and […]
Spotlight on Saturday at the CSA 2022 Annual Meeting: The Leffingwell Lecture, Diversity in Anesthesia, and Practice Management
The CSA 2022 Annual Meeting featured several excellent presentations on Saturday, April 9: the Leffingwell Memorial Lecture, a panel on diversity in anesthesia, a presentation on developing physician investigators, and a session on practice management. 2022 Leffingwell Lecture: Reimagining Anesthesiology Karen Sibert, MD, FASA, Past CSA President, spoke on “Reimagining Anesthesiology” for this year’s highly […]
Member Spotlight: Meet Roya Saffary, MD, FASA
In recognition of the many major accomplishments by women in anesthesia, CSA will be highlighting a variety of women leaders who practice throughout the state, bringing their diverse backgrounds and life perspectives into their work, taking purposeful steps to create pathways for mentorship and sponsorship, and helping support the clinical and research work that is […]
A Tribute to Thomas Joas, MD, Friend and Colleague
Tom Joas’ career in the specialty of anesthesiology and affairs of medicine was truly extraordinary by any assessment but was characteristically understated by Tom himself. Gregarious, but thoughtful, and soft spoken, he represented us well here in California through the California Society of Anesthesiologists, and Medical Board of California and nationally through the American Society […]
