Volume 78 Number 1
The Launch of NYSSA’s Advocacy Track for Residents
To overcome this deficiency, the NYSSA RFS has launched the GAS advocacy program open to all New York State anesthesiology residents.
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ASA-Lifebox Resident Challenge: An Annual Fundraiser to Increase Global Access to Essential Safety Monitors
In the United States, it is mandatory to monitor all patients receiving anesthesia care for adequate oxygenation and ventilation. But in low-resource countries, patients regularly undergo surgery in operating rooms that lack pulse oximeters and capnographs. This absence of essential safety monitors leads to high rates of surgical complications—including death—for millions of patients worldwide.
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Inspiring the Next Generation: Anesthesiologists Sparking Interest in STEM Careers
Anesthesiologists are uniquely positioned to serve as STEM ambassadors. Their expertise in physiology, pharmacology and physics—combined with their leadership roles in patient care and team coordination—makes them ideal mentors to inspire students through real-world applications of science.
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Lighting the Path: A Multi-Level Mentorship Approach to Anesthesiology
Led by academic organizations including the National Medical Association, American Medical Association and Liaison Committee on Medical Education, pathway programs were developed over 60 years ago. The goal of these cross-sectional efforts is to diversify the workforce based on projected nationwide physician shortages.
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Vol. 77 #3
Lighting the Path: A Multi-Level Mentorship Approach to Anesthesiology Pathway programs were developed over 60 years ago via cross sectional efforts to diversify the workforce based on projected nationwide physician shortages. These initiatives were led by academic organizations including the National Medical Association, American Medical Association and Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Inspiring the Next […]
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Exploring Anesthesiology Through a Summer Research Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
“After our first year of medical school, we had the exciting opportunity to participate in the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). This eight-week summer research program was an important step in our journey into anesthesiology.”
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Catch the “Wave”: Resident Education in Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Five years after the launch of the first Objective Structured Clinical Examination, it has expanded to include a separate section dedicated to POCUS. Assessment for abdominal free fluid along with gastric content and volume are to begin during this year’s round of testing, and sonographic evaluation of airway-related structures will start in 2027.
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Resident and Fellow Section
Catch the “Wave”: Resident Education in Point-of-Care Ultrasound In the late 1960s, just as the word “groovy” was becoming popular in America, a radiology group in Philadelphia proved they could diagnose free intraperitoneal fluid with ultrasound using a cadaver model.1 This is one of the earliest recordings of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). From that point forward, […]
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