Educational Courses and Special Sessions from the ASA

Drawing on more than two decades of experience in pediatric anesthesiology, Dr. Lewis Satloff treats patients at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance and McAllen Anesthesia Consultants. Dr. Lewis Satloff also belongs to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).

Established in 1905, the ASA seeks to set standards for the field of anesthesiology, ensuring the best quality patient care. Part of maintaining those standards involves educating professionals in the field through its education center.

Anesthesiologists can obtain continuing education credits through the ASA Education Center, which holds accreditation from ACCME. It offers courses in focused areas of anesthesiology ranging from pediatric to geriatric anesthesia, and also covers the basics of anesthetics. Its courses also assist with preparation for licensing from state medical boards.

In addition to its regular courses, the ASA features select online lectures of special sessions from its annual meeting. These include a lecture by Dr. Jerome Adams on The Future of the Physician Anesthesiologist, and the Lecture on Translational Science: Personalized PEEP by Dr. Jeanine Wiener-Kronish.

ASA Applauds New Hampshire’s Prohibition of Medical Title Manipulation

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With more than three decades of experience caring for patients, Dr. Lewis Satloff serves as a staff anesthesiologist with McAllen Anesthesia Associates, a position he has held since 2018. Alongside this, Dr. Lewis Satloff is a member of several medical organizations, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).

The nonprofit, which looks to improve best practices in anesthesiology, recently welcomed the New Hampshire Board of Medicine’s vote to make ‘anesthesiologist’ a protected term. According to the new bill, a medical professional will only be able to use the title if they are licensed by the board of medicine, which previously wasn’t the case.

The move came after the state of Florida passed similar legislation, with there being a variety of New Hampshire-based industry groups looking to push it through. The ASA notes that this will avoid patients becoming confused or misled because of title manipulation.

The move also comes after the New Hampshire Board of Nursing issued a statement approving the titles ‘nurse anesthesiologist’ and ‘certified registered nurse anesthesiologist,’ which the ASA claims wasn’t done without a comment period or formal process.

Fresenius Kabi to Remain in ASA Industry Supporter Program

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Possessing more than three decades of experience, Lewis Satloff, MD, is a staff anesthesiologist at McAllen Anesthesia Associates in Edinburg, Texas, where he works with neonates, infants, and children. Lewis Satloff, MD, is a member of a number of professional groups, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).

In November 2019, ASA issued an update regarding its Industry Supporter program, announcing that worldwide healthcare organization Fresenius Kabi is one of 10 organizations that will continue to be a part of the program. The company is one of the foremost suppliers of generic anesthesia nationwide. Through the Industry Supporter initiative, Fresenius Kabi will support ASA’s innovative continuing education modules.

Industry supporters like Fresenius Kabi will also be major players in ASA’s conference programming and the health care models/research that stems from them. To learn more about ASA and its Industry Supporter program, as well as other initiatives, please visit asahq.org.

Children and Anesthesia

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Anesthesiologist Lewis Satloff, MD, practices anesthesiology as a staff member at McAllen Anesthesia Associates in Edinburg, Texas. In addition, he serves on staff at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance. Possessing more than three decades of medical experience, Lewis Satloff, MD, works in both pediatric and adult anesthesiology.

In medicine, and particularly anesthesia, the cardinal rule is that children are not simply small adults. This is largely due to the huge range of variability in children. Children encompass a wide range of sizes and shapes, from preemies to teenagers.

As a result of this variability, children have significant physiological and anatomical differences in systems, such as the cardiovascular system, the renal system, and the central nervous system. Children also have a larger tongue, narrower nasal passages, a higher larynx, and a proportionately larger head, compared to most adults. All these factors affect the way anesthesia is administered and how certain medications affect the patient.