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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
      Anneke Schroen, MD, MPH
      Associate Professor, Surgery
      University of Virginia
  • 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

Opinion

01/20/21

Letter to the Editor: Comments on Language Reflecting Gender Bias
Anneke Schroen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Surgery
University of Virginia

Dear Editor: I read your Fall 2020 issue on Women and Diversity with great interest. Drs. Kamilla Esfahani and Allison Bechtel highlighted leadership development seminars at the University of Virginia titled, Women in Anesthesia and Women in Surgery, conducted in early 2020. Among the featured topics, the role of language in reflecting, and likely furthering, our gender … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor: Comments on Language Reflecting Gender Bias
Anneke Schroen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Surgery
University of Virginia

07/7/20

If They Asked Me, I Could Write a Book
By Paul Rein, DO

The 1940 musical Pal Joey had a great song, “I could write a Book”. That title is apropos as to what I could write about the COVID19 pandemic. I’ve been around longer than most of you, but this event is unrivaled as to what it has done to America, and hopefully, as I have said to many people during training: “Mistakes give you experience, and experience prevents mistakes.” The … [Read more...] about If They Asked Me, I Could Write a Book
By Paul Rein, DO

04/3/20

Physician Burnout – A Few Thoughts
By Paul Rein, DO

Physician burnout is one of the big topics of the day. As an older anesthesiologist I am fascinated by the burnout discussion. I wonder how we got to this point where burnout is such a major topic. I finished my residency in 1982, and became an assistant professor at MCV. After four and-a-half years, I entered the private practice world where I still am. I am fortunate to have … [Read more...] about Physician Burnout – A Few Thoughts
By Paul Rein, DO

04/3/20

Letter to the Editor
By John J. Danyi, MD

By John J. Danyi, MD I spent 30 years practicing anesthesia, half of that as a member of the VSA, until two years ago. It was then, after enormous stress, that I attempted suicide. I’d never heard about physician wellness programs.  I was not aware that physicians had a much higher rate of suicide in the general population, or that anesthesiologists had a much higher risk … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor
By John J. Danyi, MD

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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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Brooke Trainer, MD
Editor
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Daniel H. Gouger, MD
Resident Editor
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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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