A physician anesthesiologist’s involvement in perioperative care helps prevent unnecessary testing, same-day cancellations, operating room emergencies, and surgical complications. ow.ly/F7XS50BWSG3

Congratulations Manuel Bonilla, ASA chief advocacy and practice officer, for being selected by the National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics as a 2020 Top Lobbyist! The award honors professionals who've been innovative in their field and saw significant legislative success in 2020. ow.ly/Qqro50CiV2S

American Society of Anesthesiologists decided to deemphasize the exhibit hall portion of its online annual meeting and create “engagement packages” for sponsors instead. pcma.co/38pYm5D

Update at 2:36pm ET: An injured Capitol Police officer was just escorted by me. Shortly after this video, several other officers with visible injuries to their faces walked by me. “You want to get the hell out of here, they’ve taken over the Capitol,” one officer said.

Great sessions planned for ASA's 2021 Practice Management Conference #ASAPM21. Definitely worth a listen tomorrow and over the weekend. ASA® asahq.org/practicemanage…

I’m excited to join a couple of ASA Practice Management panels and listen in on many others today and this weekend. A good way to learn what’s happening in anesthesiology and the issues confronting groups in 2021. #ASAPM21 asahq.org/practicemanage…

Participating in the ASA® Practice Management Session: “Everything I Needed to Know About Leadership and Relationships that was NOT Taught to Me in Residency” with Tom Whalen, MD MMM FACHE Free for Anesthesiology Residents! ASRA Pain Medicine Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Stanford RAAPM

Congratulations!

Applauding the AHA statement that opioid OD out of hospital is distinctly different from cardiac event. ASA already onboard. Jeanmarie Perrone MD Penn Anesthesia Halena M Gazelka, MD ASA® hansoncw3 @JeffKHom Sean Fogler @hcadagal Nicole M O'Donnell Priya Mammen newsroom.heart.org/news/cardiac-a…

In a big win for patient safety, today the New Hampshire (N.H.) Supreme Court upheld the N.H. Board of Medicine’s decision to ban nurses' use of the term #anesthesiologist and require the term only be used by licensed physicians. Read more: ow.ly/CQtr50DUj2o

Happy #DoctorsDay! March 30th was chosen for this holiday to commemorate the first use of general anesthesia for surgery, done by Dr. Crawford Long in 1842. Thank you anesthesiologists, and all doctors, who work hard to keep us healthy! #DoctorsDay2021 #NationalDoctorsDay

Best wishes and deep appreciation to all ASA member anesthesiologists for all you do to provide patient centered, high quality, safe anesthesia care especially during these challenging times.

Best wishes and deep appreciation to all ASA® member anesthesiologists for all you do to provide patient-centered, high quality, safe anesthesia care especially during these challenging times. #DoctorsDay2021

Study released at ASA Annual Meeting in San Diego re symptomatic and non-symptomatic COVID positive pregnant women gets time on the CNN crawler. 👍 #ANES21 ⁦ASA®⁩

ASA asks DOJ to look at United’s business practices. nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Can’t do it 🚫. We can’t support any insurance coverage expansion - public option, Medicare for all, reduced age eligibility - that is based upon Medicare’s deeply flawed payment rates. Great presentation by Neal Cohen, MD.

Congratulations to Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld!

This is ⁦ASA®⁩ delegation (missing our key leader Tripti Kataria) who with over 40 ASA members who are our section council. Great crew here pictured with 1st anesthesiologist elected ⁦AMA⁩ president. ⁦Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭⁩ ⁦Jesse Ehrenfeld MD MPH⁩

Eight House Republicans (listed below) joined all Democrats in supporting federal protections to access contraception. Reps. Gibbs & Kelly voted present. 1.Mace 2.Upton 3.Katko 4.Fitzpatrick 5.Kinzinger 6.Salazar 7.Cheney 8.Gonzalez (OH)

Dr. Ed Mariano ⁦Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭⁩ #ASRASpring23#ASRA100 #ASAlifeline#ASAGrassroots just delivered a tremendous talk on pain advocacy and the power of ASRA-ASA collaboration.