FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

To claim credits, please visit one of the kiosks in the registration area. You will scan your badge and credit claiming instructions will be provided.

The ASA holds our meeting in October for a few reasons. William Thomas Green Morton, an American dentist, first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic on October 16, 1846 at the Ether Dome of the Massachusetts General Hospital. When ASA was founded, it made sense to honor the creation of anesthesia by holding the world's largest anesthesia educational meeting around that date.

In addition, we choose dates for the meetings based on the availability of reasonable rates for using the conference site, hotels, etc. We also try to schedule our meetings for a period of time when most academics around the world are available. This is usually early-October for European sites and mid-October for North American sites.

If you're traveling to the ANESTHESIOLOGY^® 2020 annual meeting from outside the United States, your country may require that you obtain a visa.

View the International Resources page and download the required documentation for visa/passport requirements and also download the letter of invitation request form.

October 9-13, 2021 San Diego, CA
October 22-26, 2022 New Orleans, LA
October 21-25, 2023 San Francisco, CA

Online registration along with registration rates will be available on the annul meeting website in the near future.   Click here to fill out the form and get notified when registration opens.  

All annual meeting attendees will have access to all non-ticketed sessions including panels, subspecialty panels, clinical forums, point-counterpoints, Refresher Course Lectures, poster sessions and poster discussions, and Medically Challenging Cases. In addition, all attendees will also have access to the exhibit hall including the Grand Opening Reception on Saturday, October 4. 

Housing will open in early June.