CBS Philadelphia highlights ASA Doctors Back to School Program

The segment showed how, during the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024 annual meeting, Philadelphia middle school students got an inside look at anesthesiology thanks to ASA’s Committee on Professional Diversity and local members. As part of the ASA Doctors Back to School Program, students simulated an intubation, performed a mock epidural on a cantaloupe, and learned a little of what it’s like to be an anesthesiologist. Pediatric anesthesiologist Marc Parris said, "A lot of people think we just put people to sleep. That is partly true. More importantly, we make sure we wake up safely at the end.”