Association of Veterans Affairs Anesthesiologists

The membership of the Association of Veterans Affairs Anesthesiologists (AVAA) is pleased to welcome you to its official web site. The AVAA is an independent association of VA Anesthesiologists whose purpose is to advance the practice of Anesthesiology in the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and to represent our members on important clinical, administrative and educational issues. The AVAA works collaboratively with the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the DVA Headquarters Anesthesia Service, our academic University affiliates, and private industry. To learn more about the AVAA, click here.

Some areas of this site are restricted to members, but many sections are open to other physicians, healthcare professsionals, our patients and the general public.

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The Association of VA Anesthesiologists is once again having its annual dinner meeting concurrent with the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in Orlando. All VA anesthesiologists and their spouses are invited to attend. This year the event will be held on Sunday, October 19, 2008 from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm.

The location is Taverna Opa Restaurant, 9101 International Dr., Orlando, FL 32819. As you can tell, it is a greek restaurant and more details about the menu will follow.

Among other topics, Dr. Michael Bishop, Director, Anesthesia Services, VA Central Office will be speaking about current VA anesthesia issues. A provisional agenda is embedded below. If you want to add any other items, please include them in your response to the email address shown below.

The Association of VA Anesthesiologists is not affiliated with the National Anesthesia Service and membership is open to any anesthesiologist practicing in the Veterans Affairs. Annual dues of $35.00 are requested and are traditionally collected at the dinner meeting.

In order to obtain an accurate count of those attending the dinner, please RSVP (along with number of guests) to vhajsp@yahoo.com

More updated information is available at our website http://www.vaanes.org/

We hope to see you there.

John Sum-Ping
Association of VA Anesthesiologists