Dr. Elisha Peterson is a Harvard-trained, triple-boarded anesthesiologist who has since added “podcast host” and “TEDx speaker” to her already impressive resume. In this Member Spotlight, she explains how her many professional activities and interests contribute to a singular goal: pulling back...
Dr. Mary Arthur recently returned from a mission trip to Ghana sponsored by Internal Healthcare Volunteers (IHCV). In this Member Spotlight, she shares her commitment to medical education and clinical care programs worldwide, including her work on ASA's Committee on Global Health. How...
Over the past five years Dr. Elizabeth Hansen has made it a personal and professional goal to reduce the environmental impact of anesthesia. In this Member Spotlight, she gets granular about the various projects she's working on to help hospitals cut emissions and waste while saving on costs,...
This past January, anesthesiology resident Dr. Neal Al-Attar boarded a plane to the Philippines to participate in a global health mission. Over three days, he and his fellow volunteers performed nearly 30 cases. In this Member Spotlight, Dr. Al-Attar tells us what he learned from the...
Dr. Allison Fernandez isn't afraid to ask the hard questions. For the past two years, she's directed that inquisitive nature toward women in the field of anesthesiology, asking them about their lives and careers in often very personal terms. Her video series Women of Impact in ...
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When Dr. Emily Hagn received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, she was so excited that she asked to keep the vial. At the time, she had no idea that her spur-of-the-moment decision would grow into a multimedia art installation featuring thousands of vials and other...
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This September we go "back to school" for an interview with Dr. Michaela Farber, whose career in academia is off to a mighty impressive start. In this Member Spotlight, she shares her hopes for the next generation of anesthesiologists, how things are changing in learning and education (or not),...
August is often referred to as the "dog days of summer," a time when many of us feel a little sluggish and – hey, we'll say it – maybe just a tiny bit lazy. This month we bring you the story of Dr. Zohra Salahuddin, who is anything but. Speaker of many languages, mother of three kids, one-time...
Happy Independence Day! This month we catch up with Dr. Gary Lawson-Boucher, anesthesiologist and veteran of the U.S. Navy. In this ASA Member Spotlight, he shares how serving in the military helped shape him as a physician and a person. You served for ten years as an anesthesiologist in...
June is Pride month, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ identity and freedom of expression. For this Member Spotlight we reached out to Dr. Travis Reece-Nguyen, a champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at both Stanford Medical School and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, to find out...