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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

Pandemic Aftermath

07/7/20

Anesthesia Private Practice in a Viral Pandemic
By Casey Dowling, DO, FASA
Winchester Anesthesiologists, Inc.

When the national emergency for COVID-19 was declared, the crisis left my anesthesia private practice group feeling overwhelmed and uncertain for what the future would bring. Initially, we worried about whether the disease would strike our region and we would fall ill. Then we worried about the accuracy of the prediction models and whether this was being overblown – some of … [Read more...] about Anesthesia Private Practice in a Viral Pandemic
By Casey Dowling, DO, FASA
Winchester Anesthesiologists, Inc.

07/7/20

Observations of a Pandemic
By Tamara D. Lawson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Virginia Commonwealth University

COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that is believed to have originated in the Wuhan province in China, has seized worldwide attention in an unprecedented fashion1. The pandemic has had a dramatic impact on global health indices, economic stability, and geopolitical systems. The medical community has been central in the response to the virus. Frontline healthcare providers, … [Read more...] about Observations of a Pandemic
By Tamara D. Lawson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Virginia Commonwealth University

07/7/20

Adapting to New Information
By Justin Bremer, DO
Staff Anesthesiologist
Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC

Bertrand Russell said, “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts.” There is no such thing as complete data in the real world. Every publication must include a caveat at the end that the topic merits further study, right? Fortunately, we have mechanisms to act on incomplete data, which have … [Read more...] about Adapting to New Information
By Justin Bremer, DO
Staff Anesthesiologist
Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC

07/7/20

The “New Normal”
By Jessica L. Feinleib, MD, PhD, CHSE
Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology

  We could have faced this pandemic far more effectively. We would not need to beg for PPE, build intubation boxes, frantically compile educational materials and lose sleep worrying about how we are going to approach patient care with safety for healthcare providers while maintaining the highest standards of care. We spend our time in the MICU with teams of … [Read more...] about The “New Normal”
By Jessica L. Feinleib, MD, PhD, CHSE
Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology

07/6/20

The Role of the Anesthesiologist in the Time of COVID-19
By Christin Kim, MD and Megan Rashid, MD

Dr. Kim is an Assistant Professor and Medical Director of the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit in the Department of Anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Dr. Rashid is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Introduction With the COVID-19 global pandemic came … [Read more...] about The Role of the Anesthesiologist in the Time of COVID-19
By Christin Kim, MD and Megan Rashid, 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
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Emil D. Engels, MD, MBA, CPC, FASA
Immediate Past President
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Brooke Trainer, MD
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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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