Meeting Scholarships for Students & Residents
Are you a resident or student? This unique scholarship is provided by the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA). It is designed for students and residents. The goals are to assist in travel/lodging costs to attend the SPA-AAP Conference and to increase mentorship during the meeting. Apply here: https://forms.office.com/r/QgmEwGVWjx 12 applicants will be selected. Recipients will: Receive $1,000 to attend […]
In Memoriam: Desmond B. Henry MD
With great sadness, we inform you of the passing on Aug. 29 of Desmond Henry, M.D., retired Children’s Health Anesthesiologist-in-Chief and Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology and Pain Management, UT Southwestern. Dr. Henry joined Children’s Health and UT Southwestern in September 2007. He served as our Anesthesiologist-in-Chief for 10 years, retiring Dec. 31, 2017. During […]
SPA Special Statement & Featured Lectures
It is with incredible sadness that we learned there was a missile attack on July 8th on the largest Children’s Hospital in Ukraine, Okhmatdyt National Children’s Hospital. As an organization that works daily to protect and care for children, it is truly horrifying to witness acts such as this. Children should never be targets of violence, a sentiment […]
CALL FOR CANDIDATES: Committee on Professionalism and Public Advocacy (COPPA)
“The mission of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia is to advance the health and well-being of children through perioperative care, education, research, advocacy, and collaboration among members, patients, families, and professional organizations worldwide.” To meet our mission and better serve our patients and their families through advocacy, the SPA Board of Directors has approved a restructuring […]
New DEI Mentoring Program
The SPA-DEI committee is launching a brand new DEI Mentoring Program. We are currently accepting applications for mentors (attendings) and mentees (medical students, anesthesiology residents, and pediatric anesthesiology fellows) with plans to expand in the future. Since the recent ASA meeting, we have had 32 mentees apply already! We are especially searching for diverse mentors that […]
FAER Spring 2024 Grant Cycle Applications and Letter of Intent Submissions Are Now Open!
Are you or someone you know interested in pursuing anesthesiology research? FAER encourages all those eligible to apply for FAER funding, and asks that you please share this information with anyone you know who might be interested in applying. Learn More & Apply! OVERALL GRANT CYCLE Longform Applications to the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and […]
FAER Spring 2023 Grant Cycle
FAER (Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research) is accepting applications for its latest grant cycle from December 1, 2022 through Feburary 15, 2023. Learn more & apply at FAER.org/Grants. Overall Grant Cycle Longform Applications to the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research’s (FAER’s) Spring 2023 Grant Cycle are open December 1, 2022, through February […]
New SPA Leadership Announcement
Following the SPA Board of Directors election, we are honored to provide the list of incoming Officers and Directors, recognize the continuing Officers, Directors, and Section Presidents, and thank the outgoing Officers and Directors. The official change in leadership will occur at the SPA Annual Meeting on Friday, October 21, 2022, in New Orleans. And […]
Call for Workshop and PBLD Submissions
Do you have an idea for a Workshop or Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) that would benefit the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia membership? If so, please see the requirements and submission information below for the SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2023 meeting, March 31-April 2, 2023 in Austin, TX. WORKSHOPS – Submission deadline is July 15, 2022 We are looking […]
Statement on Transgender Care
Leaders of the Texas state government recently issued a letter to its state health agencies announcing that providing gender-affirming medical treatments to transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youths “constitutes child abuse” under state law. Governor Greg Abbott then stipulated that teachers and health care providers are now legally required to report parents who aid their child in receiving […]
Support for Ukraine
As we all watch the horrors that are happening in the Ukraine, we cannot help but see the suffering of families, children, and our medical colleagues there. There have been so many stories of the heroic efforts of the Ukrainian people as they face an unprovoked war. Yesterday, we heard of the loss of a Ukrainian […]
In Memoriam: Theodore W. ‘Ted’ Striker, MD
Written By: Myron Yaster MD, Paul Samuels MD, and Juan Gutierrez-Mazorra, MD, FAAP Dr. Theodore W. ‘Ted’ Striker, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati passed away at home in his sleep this weekend. Ted played a pioneering role in the development of pediatric anesthesiology in the United States. As a model […]
Joint Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination of Health Care Personnel
The leadership of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and professional societies associated with the specialty offer our support and strong encouragement for COVID-19 vaccination of the nation’s health care workers and all eligible Americans. The health and safety of our members, our colleagues in health care, and the patients we serve is our highest priority. […]
In Memoriam – David Ryan Cook, MD
In Memoriam: Ryan Cook: A Pioneering Giant in Our Specialty Myron Yaster MD Peter J. Davis MD Franklyn P Cladis, Christine L Mai, Myron Yaster, Peter J Davis. The advancement of pediatric anesthesia pharmacology: David Ryan Cook (scions, serendipity, and six degrees of separation). Paediatr Anaesth 2019 Feb;29(2):114-119.PMID: 30414345 We lost a pioneering giant and […]
In Memoriam – Ronald S. Litman DO
The world and the extended pediatric anesthesiology community lost a cherished friend, mentor, and educator when Ron Litman passed away April 21, 2021 after a year-long struggle with AML. Ron was a long-time member of SPA and an inspirational pediatric anesthesiologist with a long and distinguished career first at the University of Rochester and for […]
Updated ASA Physical Status Classification System with Pediatric Examples
The ASA Committee on Economics recently published an updated ASA physical status classification with specific examples of pediatric comorbidities. In a recent study by Ferrari LR et al., the updated pediatric ASA physical status classification moderately improved interrater reliability among pediatric anesthesiologists. https://www.asahq.org/standards-and-guidelines/asa-physical-status-classification-system