At the start of my Presidency, I pledged that ASA must focus greater attention on the vital issue of recognizing, preventing, and treating burnout. As you will see in this report, that was one of many successful initiatives we launched in 2024. I’ll highlight some ... Read more ›
During ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024 in October, I had the privilege of addressing our ASA House of Delegates and pledged to work with them, and you, as I assumed the role of President. I committed to listen and learn from leaders and members throughout our ASA ... Read more ›
In 2024, I began my new role as Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. I am honored that the Board of Directors gave me the great responsibility to be the CEO of this amazing organization, working with our inspiring ... Read more ›
ASA grew its impact and membership counts by creating meaningful engagement opportunities for members and delivering relevant resources and value across the continuum of career stage, subspecialization, and practice environment.
ASA's Member and Customer Relationship Strategy, an initiative to explore, research, and plan for new benefit offerings, membership models, and business opportunities is strengthening our relationship with all anesthesiologists.
Offering confidential clinical well-being resources to help address professional and personal challenges. Learn more ›
Connecting mentors and mentees for coaching, networking, professional development, and experiences. See how ›
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An affordable membership package hyper-focused on the needs and challenges of anesthesiologists just after training. View ›
Membership continues to grow in all categories, including trainees with 9,342 residents and 5,027 medical students. View ›
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ASA ensures a formative and empowering experience for a member from medical school to retirement. Get details ›
Five ASA members answer the question about ways ASA is relevant in their professional life. See all answers ›
ASA successfully advocated at both the state and federal level in support of the economic well-being of anesthesiologists’ practices and patient access to safe, high-quality anesthesia care. This winning season spanned a broad range of policy issues that kept access to safe, physician-led anesthesia care at the forefront.
ASA defeated AANA-led independent practice legislation in 17 states and recorded wins for title protection and AA licensure. See all wins ›
ASA fought for our members against bad private insurance policies that placed the insurer between the patient and the physician. Read more ›
ASA secured Medicare payments for fascial plane blocks and preserved safe physician care for Veterans for more than 10 years to date. See details ›
A year of growth and innovation in anesthesiology education.
The Editorial Board for Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) launched the multi-organ Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Program and the Diagnostic POCUS Gastric Certificate Program. These high-yield programs provide reliable and valuable tools to enhance learners' POCUS skillsets in indication, acquisition, interpretation, and decision-making.
The Editorial Board for Perioperative Resuscitation and Life Support (PeRLS) developed a practical Physical Resuscitation module for PeRLS, focusing on anesthesia-centric basic life support training. The course offers two pathways: Physical Resuscitation and PeRLS, and PeRLS Standalone. Both are available March 2025.
More than 12,000 unique users enrolled in ACE: Anesthesiology Continuing Education courses. ACE evaluations averaged a recommendation rating of 99.4%.
ACE and SEE courses are the premier self-study solutions in anesthesiology education that empower lifelong learners to drive impactful clinical changes.
Summaries of Emerging Evidence (SEE) continues to be a highly regarded educational offering, with an average recommendation rating of 98.5% for the 2024 editions. The program had nearly 5,300 subscribers.
ASA completed and released Anesthesia SimSTAT – MRI, the sixth course in the SimSTAT series and the first new SimSTAT module since 2019. 1,200 unique individuals purchased more than 6,500 SimSTAT courses in 2024.
Significant updates enhanced the learning experience for its growing global user base of 12,500 enrolled users from 125 resident programs across three continents— North America, Europe, and Asia— expanding reach and impact.
ASA hosted more than 50 in-person, virtual and hybrid meetings, and partnered on more than 50 revenue-generating events at the ASA Conference Center, the second highest grossing revenue year since the Center opened in 2014.
Our annual meeting was once again an outstanding success. ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024 in Philadelphia boasted an overall attendance of nearly 12,700. The ASA Research Track delivered 60+ research-focused sessions and 874 scientific abstracts.
In-person attendance reached 12,185, a 7% increase over 2023. With hybrid attendees, total meeting attendance was near 12,700.
ASA® ADVANCE: The Anesthesiology Business Event had an attendance of 979, showcasing an increase of 20% from 2023.
The 2024 LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE had an attendance of 559, displaying an increase of 10% compared with 2023.
ASA proactively pursued media attention on a range of topics including: research presented during ANESTHESIOLOGY 2024, articles in Anesthesiology on anesthesia workforce shortages and the impact of wildfire smoke on acute illness, ASA’s practice parameter to help reduce postoperative delirium, ASA’s joint guidance on GLP-1 agonists, ASA’s Statement on Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect, and more.
ASA pushback on Anthem's proposed policy, and the reversal generated more than 2,100 stories garnering audience ... Read more ›
Ongoing media outreach generated more than 5,250 placements, potentially garnering more than 24 billion views. See details ›
ASA’s short-form videos garnered more than one million organic views recruited more than 20 member contributors. View more ›
A new digital platform, launched in December, offers the same quality content with enhanced features like Read Aloud and a more intuitive design to support readers’ professional needs.
ASA Monitor delivers the latest news and practice-changing clinical information and Anesthesiology continues to promote scientific discovery and knowledge. Access at asamonitor.org and anesthesiology.org.
With the new “Featured Videos” online, the ASA Monitor has never looked or sounded better. Guest Editors introduce each month’s content in a personalized format.
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With a journal impact factor of 9.3, Anesthesiology’s ranking is now first in the anesthesiology category.
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ASA maintained a strong emphasis on quality and safety, as demonstrated by our accomplishments in 2024.
Published the Practice Advisory for Perioperative Care of Older Adults Scheduled for Inpatient Surgery that focuses on aspects of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care of specific relevance to older adults. Read now ›
Defended the use and increased the number of anesthesia quality measures available in federal payment programs and changed federal regulations to ensure anesthesiologists succeed in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
Convened the first Center for Perioperative Medicine (CPMed) Stakeholder Summit and embarked on developing educational pathways and resources for anesthesiologists to expand their role and expertise in this space. Visit site ›
ASA gained momentum on strategic goals with continued success of the Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative, support of six foundations, and strong intersociety collaborations.
ASA maintained its positive momentum throughout 2024 to meet imperative goals for the continued success of the Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative. Find more ›
Collaboration continued with our 53 component societies, 14 affiliated subspecialty societies, and 13 international societies. Explore more ›
Securing the future of the profession through continued support of six important anesthesia charitable foundations.
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Hundreds of companies provided $6 million in financial support for ASA’s programs and initiatives through year-round sponsorships, exhibits, meeting advertising and sponsorships, and education grants.
A big thank you to our Industry Supporters who collaborate with us to advance our mission throughout the health care ecosystem.
Unrestricted Support and Sponsorship Revenue.
Live Event (ANESTHESIOLOGY and ADVANCE) Meeting Exhibits, Advertising, and Sponsorships.
Restricted and CME Education Funding.
We're proud to recognize these industry supporters for their year-round support of the American Society of Anesthesiologists®.
