Advocacy 2026

Advocacy – it’s not a bad word. There are three major types of advocacy: self-advocacy, individual advocacy, and systems advocacy. Self advocacy means identifying your unique voice and creating your “brand.” It’s a variation of having that 30… Read More

Meme-worthy photos

While at the CSA Annual Meeting in April, we noted that the presidents of the three largest component societies (California, New York, and Texas) all had a woman as President. As far as we know, this is the… Read More

References for CSA 2026 Annual Meeting: Scheduling and AI

References cited in the presentation: Related Reading (in no particular order):

ASA Candidacy

This past October, I ended up tossing my hat in the ring to run for the Vice-Speaker position at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), for election in October 2026. The Vice-Speaker and Speaker serve as the parliamentarians… Read More

Harassment, Incivility, and Disrespect references

This presentation has appeared in various formats at various meetings, and the reference list has changed slightly as new information is published. The meetings include: CSA Winter Seminar 2025 (January 2025), ASA ADVANCE (January 2025), Vituity Partnership (September… Read More

Selling Your Hospital, Part 2

This post was originally published on the California Society of Anesthesiologist’s (CSA) webpage on March 7, 2016 With their website rebuild, the archives were not posted. Home » CSA Online First » Christine Doyle » Selling Your Hospital, Part 2 Selling Your Hospital, Part… Read More

Selling Your Hospital, Part 1

This post was originally published on the California Society of Anesthesiologist’s (CSA) webpage on 2/29/2016. With their website rebuild, the archives were not posted. Home » CSA Online First » Christine Doyle » Selling Your Hospital, Part 1 Selling Your Hospital, Part 1 Feb… Read More

The Physician as Family Member

This post was originally published on the California Society of Anesthesiologist’s (CSA) webpage in 2012. With their website rebuild, the archives were not posted. Home » CSA Online First » Christine Doyle » The Physician as Family Member Nov 12, 2012 by Christine Doyle,… Read More

References for the CSA 2024 Interesting Article Review

Afonso AM, Cadwell JB, Staffa SJ, Zurakowski D, Vinson AE. Burnout Rate and Risk Factors among Anesthesiologists in the United States. Anesthesiology [Internet]. 2021 May 1 [cited 2021 Aug 20];134(5):683–96. Available from: https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/134/5/683/115466/Burnout-Rate-and-Risk-Factors-among Afonso AM, Cadwell JB, Staffa… Read More

References for Human Factors in Healthcare

These references are for the presentation “The Importance of Human Factors in Healthcare User Interfaces” which was created as part of the OHSU course on scientific writing (BMI 570). Safety and effectiveness of health IT software and systems—Part… Read More