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Official page of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Anesthesiologists are medical doctors made for the critical moments in health care.

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In a new “Clinical Focus Review,” authors propose an evidence-based, multiparametric framework for defining, diagnosing, and managing perioperative right heart failure in cardiac surgery.

Read the article in @_Anesthesiology: https://t.co/kY0AvjYgRF

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ASA applauds the bipartisan Patients First Act of 2026. This Medicare physician payment reform proposal would help stabilize physician practices, strengthen quality measures, and support safer, more reliable care for Medicare patients. Read more: https://t.co/Nvx2A3qwsx

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A win for rural healthcare! The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously advanced H.R. 9642, the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act, a bipartisan bill that will expand access to anesthesiologists and high-quality care for rural patients. https://t.co/PGzwyA0TQE

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"Rural access does not mean doing everything everywhere; it means matching resources, personnel, and patient risk to the setting," says ASA President @pgiam005. Learn more by listening to the discussion at ASA's recent Rural Perioperative Symposium: https://t.co/1YsyO2RgIB

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Don’t miss the June @ASAMonitor! Explore these topics and more🎥
🔸Patient safety and risk stratification of patients
🔸Anesthesiology giants
🔸Suzetrigine
🔸Mentorship
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Today's Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Program is all about you. Choose what you want to learn and when, and work with your own mentor to analyze images or connect with ASA faculty.

Take a quick quiz to see what’s best for you: https://t.co/Tewx4eDwHY

#DiagnosticPOCUS

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JUST RELEASED: @CMSgov proposes a decrease to anesthesia payments in 2027 and several changes to how anesthesiologists will report MIPS: https://t.co/Wgzss3x4Fj

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Share your perspective on topics like #PatientSafety, innovation, economics, and more to help drive #anesthesiology business forward at #ADVANCE27! Hear what presenters from this January have to say and submit by August 11: https://t.co/pQukN4IvU4

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Deep spinal infection (DSI) is a rare but potentially devastating complication of epidural injections. A study aimed to determine the nationwide incidence of and risk factors for DSI after single-shot outpatient epidural injections.

See @_Anesthesiology: https://t.co/vxDIoJKv49

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Waking up from anesthesia after surgery can feel disorienting — but you’re in good hands with your anesthesiologist guiding every step of that process.

Dr. Abbie Cantwell tells you what to expect.

https://t.co/N9SQjEnd60

#anesthesia #anesthesiology #anesthesiologist

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Nerve blocks help control pain after surgery while reducing the need for opioids. A study in @_Anesthesiology found that temporary pain increases as a nerve block wears off don’t result from a nerve hypersensitivity effect caused by the block. Learn more: https://t.co/dh7od3utj3

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Stay up to date with leaders in the field on scope of practice, new models of care, payment issues, regulatory changes, and challenges.

Explore Business of Anesthesia Special Collection:
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Monitored #sedation is used to keep patients pain-free during minor procedures when local anesthesia isn’t enough, but general anesthesia isn’t needed.

Learn more about this type of #anesthesia: https://t.co/9SAo4eoQ0I

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ASA President @pgiam005 updates members on a bipartisan congressional effort to uphold safe, physician-led anesthesia care in the VA. More than 100 members of Congress signed the formal letter—an unprecedented level of the support. Learn more: https://t.co/KkKPxPOU4n

#SafeVACare

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Drs. Dane Saksa and Jennifer Yuan highlight the importance of deliberate staffing in the rapidly expanding NORA space to achieve safe care, efficiency, and workforce sustainability.

https://t.co/hd5uuqLlad

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Under fire from MD or DO anesthesiologists who claim their job title is being misappropriated, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has withdrawn applications to register trademarks for two variations on its name.

The AANA will keep using its revised name, however, keeping alive the battle over whether the clinicians long known as “nurse anesthetists” can rebrand themselves as “nurse anesthesiologists.”

Here’s what you need to know about this ongoing dispute. https://t.co/sX9BchVrvo

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In the late 19th century, the singing rheotome was among numerous electrotherapy devices falsely claimed to have medical benefits.

This device was said to induce #LocalAnesthesia that could last for days. This was refuted in 1901.

Read more: https://t.co/0tRMCLtwaS

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ASA® ADVANCE 2027 spotlights two exceptional leaders, bestselling author and advocate Wendell Potter and anesthesiologist and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. @JeromeAdamsMD.

Find out what they say about leading at a time when everything is in flux:
https://t.co/wrMAQK1utI

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Learn about these areas in the June @ASAMonitor 🎥

🔸 Clinical Communication
🔸 #ANES26
🔸 Excellence in anesthesiology
🔸 Being a modern elder

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https://t.co/kUJu28Zoog
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The future of the specialty depends on young anesthesiologists learning how to be tomorrow's leaders. ASA President @pgiam005 addressed #anesthesiology residents at a recent meeting of the Kansas City Society of Anesthesiologists 👇

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Had a wonderful meeting  with the amazing anesthesiology residents from the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, Kansas City, during my visit to the Kansas City Society of Anesthesiologists!