Each year, with every session, during every lecture, and in every presentation, the ASA annual meeting features excellence in the field of anesthesiology. The meeting is also a place to honor a select few who have excelled at the next level – pioneers who played key roles in advancing the specialty and impacting the way anesthesiologists learn and practice.
At ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023, ASA bestowed its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA), to health care economics expert Stanley W. Stead, MD, MBA, FASA, and the Excellence in Education Award to pediatric anesthesiology innovator Santhanam Suresh, MD, MBA, FASA.
Few anesthesiologists have contributed more to the economic and professional practice aspects of the specialty than Dr. Stanley Stead. He served as ASA's Vice President for Professional Affairs from 2013 to 2018, during which time he made innumerable contributions to both the society specifically and the specialty overall. Notably, he led ASA's...
