Read the 2024 Edition of Vital Times!
CSA Celebrates National Latino Physician Day
By Ludwig Lin, MD “Everyone has a different journey, but the time has come now to make sure that we rise.” – Dr. Antonio Hernandez Conte The California Society of Anesthesiologists has the core mission to support its members, as well as to advocate for patient safety. National Latino Physician Day is a perfect amalgam […]
Pain Awareness Month 2023: The Critical Role of Innovative Approaches to Pain Management
An Update from the CSA Committee on Pain Medicine By Rakhi Dayal, MD The California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) is celebrating Pain Awareness Month to educate and empower the chronic pain patients of California. Here, we share a patient story, highlighting the importance of involving a pain physician in the treatment of chronic pain. Patient story: […]
2023 ASA-Lifebox Resident Challenge
By Mark Singleton, MD, FASA For over a decade, the annual ASA Lifebox Resident Challenge fundraising effort has improved surgical safety and critical care for patients in some of the most under-resourced hospitals in world, and it continues this year with renewed importance. In 2011, Dr Sephalie Patel, a resident anesthesiologist at the University of Florida, […]
Difficult Airway Made Easier: How Dr. Jonathan Benumof Pioneered Airway Management with the First Difficult Airway Algorithm
By Hayk Manuk-Hakobyan, MD The CSA Committee on the History of Anesthesia congratulates Dr. Hayk Manuk-Hakobyan, the 2nd place winner of the 2023 CSA History of Anesthesia Essay Contest! Dr. Manuk-Hakobyan is a CA-2 resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He grew up in Los Angeles, where he attended college at UCLA before medical school at […]
The Importance of Outreach
By Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD, and Anika Sinha Lack of diversity in the health sciences is a well-recognized problem with serious implications for the health and well-being of all communities. Resulting from hundreds of years of inequitable policies, laws, institutional and social structures, those from the African American, Hispanic / LatinX, Native American / […]
CSA Global Health Committee Spotlight: Meet Dr. Vrushali Ponde
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? […]
We Need You Wednesday, August 9!
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 […]
Communicating Your Value: New ASA Practice Management Toolkit to Create Your Value Proposition
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 […]
“The Story of Anesthesia” Animated Video
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 […]
