We close out the year with a message from CPO Chris Wehking, who has overseen ASA’s efforts over the past five years to develop relationships with an ever-growing contingent of international stakeholders. These efforts have paid off in important ways in 2015: international membership is at its highest level ever, a Committee on International Collaboration was just created this fall, and international programming at ASA educational meetings continues to grow. ASA’s global initiatives have greatly enhanced the society’s image and global brand, and the relationships we’ve developed and strengthened with international societies are at unprecedented levels.
Over the past five years, ASA has been successful in enhancing its global image and appeal throughout the world of anesthesiology through collaborative relationships with the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and a growing number of international societies of anesthesiology. These efforts – along with the efforts of the Committee on Global...