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VSA UPDATE

An official publication of the Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists

  • Leadership Messages
    • Patient Safety and Comfort Will Always Be Our Concern
    • Creation of an Acute Pain Service at the VA in Richmond, Virginia: Aims and Outcomes
  • Letter to the Editor
    • Letter to the Editor: Comments on Language Reflecting Gender Bias
  • Theme Articles
    • The Opioid Crisis: Four years later
    • Access to Interventional Pain Management in Virginia
    • Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Pumps: Anesthetic Considerations, Perioperative Evaluation, and Management
    • ERAS Pain Control Protocol Explained
    • The Influence of Sex, Gender, and the “X” Chromosome on the Pain Management Experience
    • Anesthesia Trainees and Pain Management: Learning through the Global Pandemic Lens
  • Practice Spotlight
    • Richmond Spine Interventions and Pain Center
    • Community Memorial Hospital
  • Member News
    • Dr. Marc Huntoon Receives 2020 ASRA Distinguished Service Award
  • Legislative News
    • Dr. Moses Running for the House of Delegates
    • Senator Emmett Hanger Awarded as VSA’s 2020 Legislator of the Year
    • Legislative Update

Meetings

07/7/20

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2020: Pushing the Boundaries
By Emil Engels, MD, MBA, FASA

A Review of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ (ASA) Practice Management Meeting Originally published in the ASA Monitor. Reprinted with permission. Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada - The two opponents faced off with millions of dollars at stake. This match was months in the making. The period leading up to it had included hours of preparation, and was marked by … [Read more...] about PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2020: Pushing the Boundaries
By Emil Engels, MD, MBA, FASA

04/6/20

VPS Meeting Explores Treatment of Painful Conditions
By Robert J. Trainer DO, MBA, FASAM
Central Virginia VA Medical Center
Richmond VA

On the first weekend in February the Virginia Pain Society (VPS) held its’ third annual exploratory convention and scientific session at the Boar’s Head in Charlottesville. It was a multi-disciplinary meeting with subject matter experts from academic, private, and DoD facilities, ranging from general pain medicine, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, … [Read more...] about VPS Meeting Explores Treatment of Painful Conditions
By Robert J. Trainer DO, MBA, FASAM
Central Virginia VA Medical Center
Richmond VA

04/6/20

ASA Practice Management Meeting Review
By Casey N. Dowling, DO, FASA
Medical Director
Winchester Medical Center

Members of the VSA representing several anesthesia groups attended the ASA Practice Management Meeting in Las Vegas this January. This conference offers a lot of information to physicians and practice managers alike.  If one is new to the business side of anesthesia, the Fundamentals of Practice Management, held during Friday’s Touchpoint series, was not to be missed. The … [Read more...] about ASA Practice Management Meeting Review
By Casey N. Dowling, DO, FASA
Medical Director
Winchester Medical Center

04/3/20

Advocacy in Residency: Why We Should Care, and What We Can Do?
By Alexander J. Skojec, MD
CA-2 Resident of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia

The excuses hardly need repeating - we’re tired.  Some of us hardly have enough time for basic self-care.  Without question, residency is demanding. Advocacy feels like a chore better left to someone else; someone older or someone no longer in residency. That neither changes the precarious reality of our specialty nor absolves us from our responsibility in shepherding our … [Read more...] about Advocacy in Residency: Why We Should Care, and What We Can Do?
By Alexander J. Skojec, MD
CA-2 Resident of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia

02/26/20

VSA Central Region Reception
By Michael A. Fowler, MD, MBA
VSA Regional Director
Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology
VCU Health Systems

A reception was held on September 28, 2019 for the Central Region at Dogtown Brewery. There was a nice turnout from the membership to meet and socialize with other members and some of the VSA leadership. Drs. Jeff Green (President), Marie Sankaran-Raval), Mike Fowler (Regional Director) and Brooke Trainer (Newsletter Editor) were there to meet with members and discuss any … [Read more...] about VSA Central Region Reception
By Michael A. Fowler, MD, MBA
VSA Regional Director
Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology
VCU Health Systems

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From the Editor

Creation of an Acute Pain Service at the VA in Richmond, Virginia: Aims and Outcomes
By Brooke Albright-Trainer, MD, FASA
Acute Pain Physician, Anesthesiologist, and Intensivist
Central Virginia VA Health Care System
Richmond VA

Special thanks to contributions from Robert Trainer, DO; Allen Ha, PharmD; Mercy Orikogbo, RN; and Diane Ibanez, RN. The Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC cares for veterans with the most significant and life-threatening disease burden across the VHA system. Our VA in Richmond is one of only a few VA facilities across the nation that has a true … [Read More...]

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VSA Executive Board

Jeffrey A. Green, MD, MSHA, FASA
President
ASA Alternate Director

Marie Sankaran-Raval, MD
President-Elect

Casey N. Dowling, DO, FASA
Secretary

Craig Stopa, MD
Treasurer

Emil D. Engels, MD, MBA, CPC, FASA
Immediate Past President
ASA Director

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Andrew Mann
Association Executive
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Newsletter Editors

Brooke Trainer, MD
Editor
brooke@vsahq.org

Daniel H. Gouger, MD
Resident Editor
Daniel.Gouger@vcuhealth.org

The VSA Update newsletter is the publication of the Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc. It is published quarterly.  The VSA encourages physicians to submit announcements of changes in professional status including name changes, mergers, retirements, and additions to their groups, as well as notices of illness or death. Anecdotes of experiences with carriers, hospital administration, patient complaints, or risk management issues may be useful to share with your colleagues. Editorial comment in italics may, on occasion, accompany articles. Letters to the editor, news and comments are welcome and should be directed to: Brooke Trainer, MD

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