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The Rhode Island Society of Anesthesiologists (RISA) serves the Rhode Island Community as an advocate for the delivery of competent and safe care to all patients requiring anesthesia and pain relief. RISA is an educational, networking and advocacy professional membership organization of physicians.

RISA is a component society of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, is represented on the Council of the Rhode Island Medical Society, and represents the profession on various state regulatory agencies.

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