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MSA was founded in 1954 and is a component of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). The ASA  is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient.

Latest Central Line Podcast!

Recorded live at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2025, Dr. Jed Wolpaw, host of the ACCRAC podcast, interviews Dr. Joyce Wahr, who offered the John W. Severinghaus Lecture: It’s Not Your Fault! The Cognitive Basis of Error. Learn from Dr. Wahr as she shares her expertise on system 1 and system 2 thinking, and forcing functions that could reduce errors, with Dr. Wolpaw and attendees. Recorded October 2025.