The Committee on Professional Diversity announces its annual call for proposals for the ASA mentoring program. The goal of the program is to foster diversity within ASA through mentorship. The program provides funding up to $5,000 to mentor/mentee pairs who submit a project of mutual interest. The project may be oriented to scientific or clinical research, or an educational, political advocacy or organized medicine endeavor.
Over the past six years, ASA has generously continued its mission of supporting the next generation of practicing anesthesiologists. The ASA mentoring program has served as an opportunity for ASA members to engage in a project with a mentor and receive an enhancement of their knowledge of ASA. We are excited about the 2015 mentoring pairs who presented their body of work at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2015 annual meeting. The educational and research ideas they have developed are meaningful to practicing anesthesiologists both in the...