Today, the WSA Board honored two retiring Board Members and Past Presidents, Drs. Elizabeth Yun and Jim Nicholson. While we’ll miss them dearly, but we wish them a very happy and relaxing retirement!

The WSA delegation was at @ASALifeline #ANES24 in Philly. Check out some of the highlights from our Board!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists' brand-new website, designed with WSA’s member’s needs in mind.

#HistoryFactFriday The Foregger Company was one of the most influential makers of anesthesia equipment from 1914 through the 1960s. The set included a laryngoscope, Magill endotracheal tubes, and connectors in various sizes.

We're at the LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE 2024 this week! Pictured below is Rep. Larry Buschon, MD with Dr. Connolly. Dr. Buschon did his training in cardio thoracic surgery at MCW. #ASAWLC

Happy Mother's Day from the WSA!

#HistoryFactFriday An anesthetic vaporizer converts a liquid anesthetic into a gas that is delivered to the patient via a 'carrier gas'. The carrier gas is often a combination of other gases, including room air and oxygen. This method allowed for the design of smaller vaporizers

#DidYouKnow that physician anesthesiologists staff the nation's top ranked hospitals?

#HistoryFactFriday In 1949, Mr. George W. Newton founded Newton Instrument Company in Durham, NC. His company produced two anesthesia devices closely tied to that institution, the Duke Trilene Inhaler and the Fabian Newton Stephen (F-N-S) Fluothane Vaporizer.

May is World Mental Health Month. If you are a physician feeling the effects of burnout — emotional exhaustion, feelings of ineffectiveness, or a lack of motivation — it is important to learn strategies that can help you recharge. Visit:

Today is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Turn in your unused or expired medication for safe disposal. Find a take-back location near you at

#HistoryFactFriday American cardiologist, Paul M. Zoll, M.D. (1911-1999) pioneered both electrical cardiac resuscitation and cardiac monitoring devices. In 1952, he described a method for resuscitating patients by reorganizing the heart rhythm (defibrillation.)

It's National Volunteer Week! The WSA would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our past, current, and future volunteers for dedicating their time and efforts into the society.

#HistoryFactFriday The introduction of antiseptic sprays by surgeon Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912) launched an era of intensive use of respiratory therapy devices in the late 19th & early 20th Centuries including iodine, ammonia, creosote, formaldehyde, camphor, paraffin & tobacco

#HistoryFactFriday Coal tar is one of the byproducts of industrial processes. It was claimed that inhaling the resulting fumes would cure numerous respiratory diseases (pneumonia, whooping cough, diphtheria). These claims were debunked by a report of the AMA in 1908

Join us in congratulating WSA member, Dr. Stacy Peterson, on being awarded @childrenswi Campus Based Physician of the Year 2024!

Today we join World Health Organization (WHO) to celebrate World Health Day!

#HistoryFactFriday In 1929, Dr. Pitkin introduced his "tiltometer" to accurately gauge and have careful control over the patient's position on the operating table to avoid a rapid drop in blood pressure

Happy #DoctorDay2024! The Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiology supports high quality, physician-led care for all patients in Wisconsin. To the WSA, every day is Doctor’s Day!

#HistoryFactFriday Richard H. Coolidge, M.D. (1816-1866), a Medical Inspector and Assistant Surgeon for the U.S. Army, designed this field case in 1863 for the use of Union surgeons during the Civil War.