Abbreviation | ASA |
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Type | Professional association |
Purpose | "To raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve patient care" |
Headquarters | Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S. |
Membership | 57,000 |
Official language | English |
President | Ronald Harter, M.D., FASA [1][2] |
Website | http://www.asahq.org |
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve patient care.
As of 2023, the organization included more than 57,000 national and international members and has more than 100 full-time employees.