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Volume 75 Number 2
Looking Back on a Productive Year
The NYSSA Resident and Fellow Section had a busy year. Our incredible officers for 2022-2023 accomplished a wide variety of initiatives that we believe will have a lasting, positive impact on anesthesiology in New York state.
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Legislative Update
The NYSSA’s in-person Legislative Day was held on May 9, 2023, and included members from every district. We greatly appreciate the efforts of these dedicated members. Conducting an in-person meeting requires additional planning and preparation.
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The 39th Annual International Symposium: Clinical Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery and Perioperative Medicine
The 39th Annual Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery and Perioperative Medicine, organized by the Department of Anesthesiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, was held January 15-20, 2023, at the Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort in Willemstad, Curaçao.
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New ASA Guidelines for Neuromuscular Blockade: Contraceptive Considerations
Since obtaining FDA approval in 2015, the steroidal encapsulating agent sugammadex has become anesthesia providers’ neuromuscular blockade (NMB) reversal agent of choice.
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NYSSA Legislative Day in Albany
MSSNY House of Delegates and ASA Legislative Conference
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Rebecca S. Twersky, M.D., M.P.H., FASA
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Rebecca Twersky, a longtime faculty member in the Department of Anesthesiology at SUNY Downstate. Dr. Twersky received her M.D. from Downstate in 1983.
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Tracey Straker, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., FASA, Appointed to National Committee
NYSSA member Tracey Straker, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., FASA, was recently appointed to the position of chairwoman of the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA).
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Don’t Become a Victim
I want to thank Dr. Ellen Brand for sharing her story with us. While I am not a security expert, I will make the following comments:
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The Day I Almost Went to Jail
A few months ago, my workday started normally. My assignment was in OB, as it usually is. As I took over from the night call doc, the obstetricians called a STAT CS on a patient who had just arrived.
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Sustainability Tip of the Quarter
INDIVIDUAL Lower your fresh gas flow during maintenance of anesthesia, regardless of anesthetic choice. Learnhow on the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) website: https://www.apsf.org/apsf-technology-education-initiative/low-flow-anesthesia INSTITUTIONAL Create your Green Team!Choose a leader and invite sustainably minded clinicians from all divisions and roles within your department (including residents, CRNAs, and techs). Want to know more? Submit your […]
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Beyond the OR
Artificial intelligence (AI), where machines employ algorithms to reason and perform functions, including problem-solving and decision-making, is rapidly finding a foothold in the practice of medicine. The specialties of radiology, cardiology and surgery are already using AI applications.
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Legislative Update
Once again, there was intense lobbying by the New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NYSANA) to move this legislation forward, as well as a last-minute amendment by New York state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky, chair of the Committee on Higher Education, in an apparent attempt to move the legislation out of this committee in the final days of the session.
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