ASA Monitor
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The official news publication of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the ASA Monitor delivers the latest specialty and industry news, and practice-changing clinical information to the perioperative health care community.
No one in #perioperative medicine wants to face the performance risks linked to incivility, which include:
🔸 Withheld information
🔸 Impaired teamwork
🔸 Reduced diagnostic accuracy
Learn more in “Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety.”
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🔸 Withheld information
🔸 Impaired teamwork
🔸 Reduced diagnostic accuracy
Learn more in “Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety.”
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No one in #perioperative medicine wants to face the performance risks linked to incivility, which include:
🔸 Withheld information
🔸 Impaired teamwork
🔸 Reduced diagnostic accuracy
Learn more in “Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety.”
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
🔸 Withheld information
🔸 Impaired teamwork
🔸 Reduced diagnostic accuracy
Learn more in “Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety.”
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
What can #anesthesiologists do to push back against HID? Drs. Yelena Spitzer, Molly Kraus, and Christine Doyle share steps to take:
1. Speak up: Be an upstander, not a bystander
2. Educate ourselves and our teams
3. Demand institutional accountability
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#anesthesiology
1. Speak up: Be an upstander, not a bystander
2. Educate ourselves and our teams
3. Demand institutional accountability
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#anesthesiology
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What can #anesthesiologists do to push back against HID? Drs. Yelena Spitzer, Molly Kraus, and Christine Doyle share steps to take:
1. Speak up: Be an upstander, not a bystander
2. Educate ourselves and our teams
3. Demand institutional accountability
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#anesthesiology
1. Speak up: Be an upstander, not a bystander
2. Educate ourselves and our teams
3. Demand institutional accountability
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#anesthesiology
Watch this video to learn about how harassment, incivility, and disrespect perpetuate a cycle that:
🔸 Damages individual well-being
🔸 Weakens organizational culture
🔸 Impacts patients and patient care
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🔸 Damages individual well-being
🔸 Weakens organizational culture
🔸 Impacts patients and patient care
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Watch this video to learn about how harassment, incivility, and disrespect perpetuate a cycle that:
🔸 Damages individual well-being
🔸 Weakens organizational culture
🔸 Impacts patients and patient care
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🔸 Damages individual well-being
🔸 Weakens organizational culture
🔸 Impacts patients and patient care
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journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
The November ASA Monitor “Features” section covers “Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect.” Find these articles and more:
🔸 Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety
🔸 The Relationship of Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect to Burnout in Anesthesiology
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🔸 Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety
🔸 The Relationship of Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect to Burnout in Anesthesiology
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November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The November ASA Monitor “Features” section covers “Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect.” Find these articles and more:
🔸 Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety
🔸 The Relationship of Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect to Burnout in Anesthesiology
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
🔸 Silent Threat: The Impact of HID on Patient Safety
🔸 The Relationship of Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect to Burnout in Anesthesiology
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
The @asamonitor.bsky.social won the distinguished 2025 Folio Eddie and Ozzie Award under the category of “Editorial that Drives Impactful Change” for the article, From Dollars to Sustainability: A Reinvigorated Goal for Anesthesiologists.
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⭐👉🔗Read:
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November 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The @asamonitor.bsky.social won the distinguished 2025 Folio Eddie and Ozzie Award under the category of “Editorial that Drives Impactful Change” for the article, From Dollars to Sustainability: A Reinvigorated Goal for Anesthesiologists.
⭐👉🔗Read:
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⭐👉🔗Read:
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Watch this video covering these topics and more:
🔸The ASA Division of Professional Affairs advocacy initiatives
🔸 The 2025 Excellence in Research and Presidential Scholar Award Winners
🔸Why opioid overdose deaths are declining
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@asamonitor.bsky.social
🔸The ASA Division of Professional Affairs advocacy initiatives
🔸 The 2025 Excellence in Research and Presidential Scholar Award Winners
🔸Why opioid overdose deaths are declining
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November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Watch this video covering these topics and more:
🔸The ASA Division of Professional Affairs advocacy initiatives
🔸 The 2025 Excellence in Research and Presidential Scholar Award Winners
🔸Why opioid overdose deaths are declining
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
@asamonitor.bsky.social
🔸The ASA Division of Professional Affairs advocacy initiatives
🔸 The 2025 Excellence in Research and Presidential Scholar Award Winners
🔸Why opioid overdose deaths are declining
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
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Why are 30-day outcomes important for assessing quality of care and #physician performance in #anesthesiology?
Find out from Dr. Randall Clark and explore the role of the Anesthesia Quality Institute in using data to improve patient care.
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Find out from Dr. Randall Clark and explore the role of the Anesthesia Quality Institute in using data to improve patient care.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Why are 30-day outcomes important for assessing quality of care and #physician performance in #anesthesiology?
Find out from Dr. Randall Clark and explore the role of the Anesthesia Quality Institute in using data to improve patient care.
👉👉
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
@faer-anesthesia.bsky.social
Find out from Dr. Randall Clark and explore the role of the Anesthesia Quality Institute in using data to improve patient care.
👉👉
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
@faer-anesthesia.bsky.social
Educational programs targeting #perioperative care providers are fundamental to improving surgical outcomes and #PatientSafety.
Learn about ASA’s state‐of‐the‐art education offerings tailored to busy clinicians through scalable, accessible, and effective strategies.
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Learn about ASA’s state‐of‐the‐art education offerings tailored to busy clinicians through scalable, accessible, and effective strategies.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Educational programs targeting #perioperative care providers are fundamental to improving surgical outcomes and #PatientSafety.
Learn about ASA’s state‐of‐the‐art education offerings tailored to busy clinicians through scalable, accessible, and effective strategies.
🔗👉
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Learn about ASA’s state‐of‐the‐art education offerings tailored to busy clinicians through scalable, accessible, and effective strategies.
🔗👉
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
In this episode, Dr. Vilma Joseph speaks with Dr. Keya Locke about the impact #anesthesiology has on a patient’s life beyond the day of surgery.
Hear about the vital role #anesthesiologists play throughout the entire #perioperative period.
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Hear about the vital role #anesthesiologists play throughout the entire #perioperative period.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In this episode, Dr. Vilma Joseph speaks with Dr. Keya Locke about the impact #anesthesiology has on a patient’s life beyond the day of surgery.
Hear about the vital role #anesthesiologists play throughout the entire #perioperative period.
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www.asahq.org/podcasts/cen...
Hear about the vital role #anesthesiologists play throughout the entire #perioperative period.
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www.asahq.org/podcasts/cen...
Drs. Angela Edwards, TJ Gan, Marc Koch, and Basma Mohamed discuss:
• Precise and scalable risk assessment
• The impact of enhanced recovery after surgery pathways
• Multimodal analgesia, goal-directed fluid therapy
• Early nutrition and mobilization
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#Anesthesiologist
• Precise and scalable risk assessment
• The impact of enhanced recovery after surgery pathways
• Multimodal analgesia, goal-directed fluid therapy
• Early nutrition and mobilization
Read: doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#Anesthesiologist
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Drs. Angela Edwards, TJ Gan, Marc Koch, and Basma Mohamed discuss:
• Precise and scalable risk assessment
• The impact of enhanced recovery after surgery pathways
• Multimodal analgesia, goal-directed fluid therapy
• Early nutrition and mobilization
Read: doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#Anesthesiologist
• Precise and scalable risk assessment
• The impact of enhanced recovery after surgery pathways
• Multimodal analgesia, goal-directed fluid therapy
• Early nutrition and mobilization
Read: doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#Anesthesiologist
Compared to other major specialties, anesthesiology lacks quality outcome measure databases. But efforts are being made, including with a newly proposed list of quality outcomes for anesthesiologists to track.
Learn more from Dr. Ramon Abola.
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#Anesthesiology
Learn more from Dr. Ramon Abola.
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#Anesthesiology
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Compared to other major specialties, anesthesiology lacks quality outcome measure databases. But efforts are being made, including with a newly proposed list of quality outcomes for anesthesiologists to track.
Learn more from Dr. Ramon Abola.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#Anesthesiology
Learn more from Dr. Ramon Abola.
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#Anesthesiology
🎙️Tune in to Episode 171: Inside the Monitor - Reducing 30-Day Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality🎙️ to hear Drs. Vilma Joseph and Keya Locke discuss these topics and more:
🔸 Quality metrics in the postoperative period
🔸 Monitoring strategies
🔸 Data registries
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🔸 Quality metrics in the postoperative period
🔸 Monitoring strategies
🔸 Data registries
www.asahq.org/podcasts/cen...
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🎙️Tune in to Episode 171: Inside the Monitor - Reducing 30-Day Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality🎙️ to hear Drs. Vilma Joseph and Keya Locke discuss these topics and more:
🔸 Quality metrics in the postoperative period
🔸 Monitoring strategies
🔸 Data registries
www.asahq.org/podcasts/cen...
🔸 Quality metrics in the postoperative period
🔸 Monitoring strategies
🔸 Data registries
www.asahq.org/podcasts/cen...
What is the next major challenge in patient safety? Find out in the ASA Monitor+.
Don’t miss these articles and more:
• Beyond the Operating Room: Advancing Anesthesiology’s Role in 30-Day Outcomes
• Postoperative Mortality
• Quality Outcome Indicators
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Don’t miss these articles and more:
• Beyond the Operating Room: Advancing Anesthesiology’s Role in 30-Day Outcomes
• Postoperative Mortality
• Quality Outcome Indicators
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What is the next major challenge in patient safety? Find out in the ASA Monitor+.
Don’t miss these articles and more:
• Beyond the Operating Room: Advancing Anesthesiology’s Role in 30-Day Outcomes
• Postoperative Mortality
• Quality Outcome Indicators
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
Don’t miss these articles and more:
• Beyond the Operating Room: Advancing Anesthesiology’s Role in 30-Day Outcomes
• Postoperative Mortality
• Quality Outcome Indicators
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
“Postoperative mortality remains high – so high that the 30 days after surgery is the world’s third-leading cause of death,” writes Dr. Daniel Sessler. Explore:
• Postoperative mortality incidence
• Causes of postoperative mortality
• Continuous ward monitoring
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• Postoperative mortality incidence
• Causes of postoperative mortality
• Continuous ward monitoring
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October 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Postoperative mortality remains high – so high that the 30 days after surgery is the world’s third-leading cause of death,” writes Dr. Daniel Sessler. Explore:
• Postoperative mortality incidence
• Causes of postoperative mortality
• Continuous ward monitoring
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
• Postoperative mortality incidence
• Causes of postoperative mortality
• Continuous ward monitoring
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Explore insights from Medtronic about:
• Pulse oximetry in clinical practice
• Clinical research on pulse oximetry technology
• Safety innovations
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• Pulse oximetry in clinical practice
• Clinical research on pulse oximetry technology
• Safety innovations
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Explore insights from Medtronic about:
• Pulse oximetry in clinical practice
• Clinical research on pulse oximetry technology
• Safety innovations
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
• Pulse oximetry in clinical practice
• Clinical research on pulse oximetry technology
• Safety innovations
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
The latest @ASAMonitor+ highlights the crucial role #anesthesiologists play in influencing 30-day morbidity and mortality.
These articles offer a comprehensive view of how ASA is addressing the next major challenge in patient safety.
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#PatientSafety @apsf.org
These articles offer a comprehensive view of how ASA is addressing the next major challenge in patient safety.
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
#PatientSafety @apsf.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The latest @ASAMonitor+ highlights the crucial role #anesthesiologists play in influencing 30-day morbidity and mortality.
These articles offer a comprehensive view of how ASA is addressing the next major challenge in patient safety.
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
#PatientSafety @apsf.org
These articles offer a comprehensive view of how ASA is addressing the next major challenge in patient safety.
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
#PatientSafety @apsf.org
Interested in a #perioperative medicine fellowship? Learn about this newly designed web-based program that includes expert mentorship, a capstone project.
@asamonitor.bsky.social #Anesthesiology
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@asamonitor.bsky.social #Anesthesiology
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October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Interested in a #perioperative medicine fellowship? Learn about this newly designed web-based program that includes expert mentorship, a capstone project.
@asamonitor.bsky.social #Anesthesiology
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@asamonitor.bsky.social #Anesthesiology
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The ASAMonitor+ theme is “Reducing 30-Day Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality.”
Don’t miss the introduction by guest editor Dr. Vilma Joseph, Chair of the ASA Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement.
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#Anesthesiology #Surgery
Don’t miss the introduction by guest editor Dr. Vilma Joseph, Chair of the ASA Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement.
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#Anesthesiology #Surgery
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The ASAMonitor+ theme is “Reducing 30-Day Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality.”
Don’t miss the introduction by guest editor Dr. Vilma Joseph, Chair of the ASA Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement.
🔗
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
@asamonitor.bsky.social
#Anesthesiology #Surgery
Don’t miss the introduction by guest editor Dr. Vilma Joseph, Chair of the ASA Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement.
🔗
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
@asamonitor.bsky.social
#Anesthesiology #Surgery
The ASA Monitor+ theme is “Reducing 30-Day Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality.”
This special edition of the @asamonitor.bsky.social focuses on the impact #anesthesiology has on a patient’s life beyond the day of surgery.
👉
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
@apsf.org #PatientSafety
This special edition of the @asamonitor.bsky.social focuses on the impact #anesthesiology has on a patient’s life beyond the day of surgery.
👉
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
@apsf.org #PatientSafety
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The ASA Monitor+ theme is “Reducing 30-Day Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality.”
This special edition of the @asamonitor.bsky.social focuses on the impact #anesthesiology has on a patient’s life beyond the day of surgery.
👉
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
@apsf.org #PatientSafety
This special edition of the @asamonitor.bsky.social focuses on the impact #anesthesiology has on a patient’s life beyond the day of surgery.
👉
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/...
@apsf.org #PatientSafety
Dr. Arens influenced at least three generations of #anesthesiologists.
Learn about his leadership, commitment, and legacy.
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Learn about his leadership, commitment, and legacy.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Dr. Arens influenced at least three generations of #anesthesiologists.
Learn about his leadership, commitment, and legacy.
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Learn about his leadership, commitment, and legacy.
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“Health policy can happen to you or for you. Advocacy is the opportunity to make sure it happens for you,” declares ASA Chief Advocacy Officer Manuel Bonilla.
Learn about ASA’s work on behalf of its members and how to get involved.
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Learn about ASA’s work on behalf of its members and how to get involved.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
October 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Health policy can happen to you or for you. Advocacy is the opportunity to make sure it happens for you,” declares ASA Chief Advocacy Officer Manuel Bonilla.
Learn about ASA’s work on behalf of its members and how to get involved.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Learn about ASA’s work on behalf of its members and how to get involved.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
“All we can say today is that the end of the pandemic was temporally associated with a sustained decrease in death from self-administered opioids,” writes Dr. Steven Shafer.
Read about the ongoing opioid epidemic.
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Read about the ongoing opioid epidemic.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“All we can say today is that the end of the pandemic was temporally associated with a sustained decrease in death from self-administered opioids,” writes Dr. Steven Shafer.
Read about the ongoing opioid epidemic.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Read about the ongoing opioid epidemic.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
For which of the following types of lasers are green eye goggles the MOST appropriate eye protection?
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Argon
(C) Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)
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#Anesthesiology
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Argon
(C) Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)
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#Anesthesiology
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For which of the following types of lasers are green eye goggles the MOST appropriate eye protection?
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Argon
(C) Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#Anesthesiology
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Argon
(C) Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
#Anesthesiology
Learn about preserving and maintaining physician-led anesthesia care.
Dr. Brooke Trainer describes her decades-long advocacy fight and stresses the importance of maintaining vigilance, for the sake of our Veterans.
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Dr. Brooke Trainer describes her decades-long advocacy fight and stresses the importance of maintaining vigilance, for the sake of our Veterans.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Learn about preserving and maintaining physician-led anesthesia care.
Dr. Brooke Trainer describes her decades-long advocacy fight and stresses the importance of maintaining vigilance, for the sake of our Veterans.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Dr. Brooke Trainer describes her decades-long advocacy fight and stresses the importance of maintaining vigilance, for the sake of our Veterans.
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Dr. Solomon outlines the steps ASA has taken to ensure that you can effectively and efficiently be engaged in advocacy.
Explore these programs:
• ASA Grassroots Network
• ASAPAC representatives
• Resident advocacy
• ASA Team 535
• Advocacy Modules
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Explore these programs:
• ASA Grassroots Network
• ASAPAC representatives
• Resident advocacy
• ASA Team 535
• Advocacy Modules
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
October 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dr. Solomon outlines the steps ASA has taken to ensure that you can effectively and efficiently be engaged in advocacy.
Explore these programs:
• ASA Grassroots Network
• ASAPAC representatives
• Resident advocacy
• ASA Team 535
• Advocacy Modules
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...
Explore these programs:
• ASA Grassroots Network
• ASAPAC representatives
• Resident advocacy
• ASA Team 535
• Advocacy Modules
doi.org/10.1097/01.A...