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Black History Month: Recognizing the Leaders Among Us
William McDade, MD, PhDWilliam McDade, MD, PhD is the Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He has been Chief Academic Officer/EVP for the Ochsner Health System, Professor and Deputy Provost at the...
Governor Pritzker Recognizes Illinois Physician Anesthesiologists with Proclamation
Physician Anesthesiologists Week 2021 is a week-long event of advocacy and public outreach on key issues affecting the specialty led by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Throughout the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, ISA members will be able to virtually meet with...
Special Membership Reward Event in November
Amazon Gift Card Reward* – Redeemable November 1–15, 2020 The year 2020 started like most of other years with celebrations, resolutions, and plans. Goodness how things have changed! One thing that remains unchanged is our gratitude for your membership. Thank you! It’s...
Resident Scholar Corner
Mariana Montes, MD, MPH When I applied to the ASA Resident Policy Research Rotation in Political Affairs in February of 2020, I don’t think any of us could have imagined the turn of events that would follow. At the time, I was a CA2 resident, concerned about the...
Virtual ISA House of Delegates Elects New Leadership
Many thanks to the ISA Delegates that participated in the virtual Special Meeting of the House of Delegates this past weekend. The virtual format provided a means for us to keep the governance of the Society moving forward. However, it's just not the same as...
A Message from Past President Dr. Sean Adams
How many of your New Year’s predictions come true? At our 2019 ISA HOD, who could have predicted we would face something called COVID-19 that placed our specialty as a key frontline responder in Illinois?! Our last House of Delegates on April 27, 2019 had an...
Best Practices in Restarting Elective Surgeries
A video of this important ISA town hall meeting, held on June 18, 2020, discusses the best practices and pitfalls of restarting elective surgeries is available for viewing. Click here to view in a new window.
Racism Undermines Public Health!
The ISA believes that racism undermines public health. We stand in solidarity against racism, violence and intolerance wherever it may occur. Included in our mission is ensuring all patients are treated with dignity and respect. This extends beyond the operating room....
ISA Benefits our Patients
Sean Adams, MD, FASA ISA President, 2019-2020 The Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists was founded in 1948, and here we are 71 years later stronger than ever and confident that the future will be even better. I thank Dr. Ori Gottlieb, who has provided many years of...
The ASA’s Chief Quality Officer Shares Insights on MACRA at ISA Practice Management Dinner
Michael G. Haske, Jr., MD ISA District 2 Delegate At its Practice Management Dinner last Fall, the ISA welcomed the ASA’s Chief Quality Officer, Alex Hannenberg, MD, to lecture on Quality Measures, MACRA & Bundled Care, with a focus on “Value vs. Volume.”...
Make Your Voice Heard on HB 1820
HB 1820 would eliminate the patient safety requirement for physician supervision of nurse anesthetists. ISA needs members to reach out and prompt positive action.
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