The answer to the question posed in the title is very simple. If you don’t advocate for your patients and your profession, who will?
You probably wouldn’t want to read about all the misadventures I experienced as a board member and officer in the North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists (NCSA) and board member of the Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA), but some of … [Read more...] about Why Your Involvement In Advocacy Is Essential
By John Butterworth IV, MD
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
VCU Health Systems
House of Medicine
Why Your Involvement In Advocacy Is Essential
Community Building, Collaboration and Outreach: Get involved in your society today!
By Jeffrey A. Green, MD, MSHA, FASA
VSA President
Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
VCU Health Systems
In this issue of the newsletter, we stress the importance of involvement in organized medicine. Organized medicine benefits us all in many ways and has a phenomenal record of accomplishment in the United States. Physicians in organized medicine have delivered an amazing record of achievements in healthcare such as the development of standards of practice, codes of ethics, … [Read more...] about Community Building, Collaboration and Outreach: Get involved in your society today!
By Jeffrey A. Green, MD, MSHA, FASA
VSA President
Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
VCU Health Systems