Asha Padmanabhan, MD, FASA, is a practicing anesthesiologist, active ASA member, and is currently the president-Elect of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists (FSA). We talked with Dr. Padmanabhan in June 2023 to discuss her roles in leadership and her ASA service at both the state and national level.
Dr. Padmanabhan received her medical degree in India and completed her anesthesiology training in the United Kingdom before coming to the United States, where she completed a second anesthesiology residency in Boston at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She has over 25 years of experience as a clinical anesthesiologist in private practice in Florida. Dr. Padmanabhan will be the first to tell you she did not start her career in anesthesiology with leadership goals or aspirations. In fact, as a self-described introvert early in her career, being a leader never crossed her mind. It all happened unexpectedly when one of the leaders...