or its sixth year, ASA participated in the Physicians Advocating for Patients exhibit booth at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. The exhibit booth also included representatives of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Osteopathic Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA).

Physicians Advocating for Patients exhibit booth at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

NCSL’s Annual Meeting provides ASA with an opportunity to increase the visibility of anesthesiologists and to educate state legislators about their achievements in patient safety as well as other issues facing physicians. Participating on behalf of the Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) were Steven R. Dickerson, M.D., Julie K. Hudson, M.D., Ph.D., Monica M. Jones, M.D., Bradley E. Smith, M.D., Christopher E. Young, M.D., and TSA Executive Director Bill Bond.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time. ASA has already begun planning for NCSL’s 2007 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 5-9, 2007.

ASA Advocacy Communications Manager Sarah Paff (left) and ASA State Legislative and Regulatory Issues Manager Lisa Percy, J.D. (right) with Christopher E. Young, M.D. (President, Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists).