Celebrating 100 Years of Regional Anesthesia


Watch our latest video on the history of the first ASRA.

 


On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first American Society of Regional Anesthesia in 1923 by Gaston Labat and colleagues, ASRA Pain Medicine is conducting interviews with past leaders and others who have made a significant contribution to the fields of regional anesthesia and pain medicine. Please share using #ASRASpring23 and #ASRA100. Learn more about activities at the 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting.

 

Dr. Manbir Batra

Dr. L. Donald Bridenbaugh (2015 interview)

Dr. David Brown

Dr. Asokumar Buvanendran

Dr. Oscar de Leon-Casasola

Dr. James Eisenach

Dr. Kayser Enneking

Dr. Brendan Finucane

Dr. Quinn Hogan

Dr. Brian Ilfeld

Dr. Henrik Kehlet

Dr. Michael Mulroy

Dr. Joseph M. Neal

Dr. Julie Pollock

Dr. P. Prithvi Raj (2015 interview)

Dr. Richard Rosenquist

Dr. Nigel E. Sharrock

Dr. Gale Thompson

Dr. Eugene Viscusi

Dr. Denise Wedel

Dr. Guy Weinberg

Dr. Tony Wildsmith


 

ASRA Pain Medicine thanks the following individuals for their support in interviewing past leaders for the 100th Anniversary Celebration interview videos.

Ryan D’Souza, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Committee member

Vasudha Goel, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Committee member

Stuart Grant, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Board of Directors, 2021-present

Rajnish Gupta, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Board of Directors, 2019-present

Vivian Ip, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Committee member

Sandra L. Kopp, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Board of Directors, 2019-present

Harsha Shanthanna, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Committee member

Vinita Singh, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Committee member



Thank you to the ASRA Pain Medicine 100th Anniversary Task Force

Stuart Grant, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Board of Directors, 2021-present

Sandra L. Kopp, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine Board of Directors, 2019-present

Mary Hargett, Director of Education and Clinical Initiatives, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery

Brian Harrington, MD, ASRA Pain Medicine member, anesthesiologist, Billing, MT

Stephen Haskins, MD, 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting Chair

Joseph M. Neal, MD, President, 2012-2015; 2019 Gaston Labat Award Recipient

Judith Robins, MA, MA, Archivist, Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology

John Rowlingson, MD, President, 1996-1997; 2015 Gaston Labat Award Recipient

 

Anniversary Booklet (pdf)

The cover of a booklet handed out at the 100th Anniversary Celebration in April 2023


Virtual Tour of Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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