Unfortunately the 2020 OSA Annual Meeting and Haugen Lecture is being canceled due to the current COVID-19 concerns. Anesthesiologists are uniquely situated to inadvertently spread the virus — especially from asymptomatic infected patients (as highlighted in the...
OMA: https://www.theoma.org/OMA/Learn-content/Public-Health-Library/COVID-19-Coronavirus.aspx ASA: https://www.asahq.org/in-the-spotlight/coronavirus-covid-19-information Other recent ASA COVID-related statements include: The updated joint Roadmap for...
Physician and hospital groups are asking Governor Kate Brown for limited legal immunity for Oregon physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic similar to what Governor Cuomo put in effect in New York:...
Fellow OSA Members, Our hearts are heavy with the recent examples of systemic racism in America and its profound effect on people of color. The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, along with the glaring disparities in outcomes of COVID-19 in our...
The ASA recently developed a campagin to promote our specialty to policymakers and healthcare executives. Part of the reason the ASA organized this campaign was that about one quarter of healthcare opinion leaders are not aware that anesthesiologists are...
The Oregon Society of Anesthesiologists sponsored scholarships for five students who identify as underrepresented minorities in medicine to each spend a week shadowing anesthesiologists this summer. This opportunity was coordinated by a new nonprofit called...