Everyone knows that smoking (& vaping) is unhealthy, but did you know that being a smoker/vaper also negatively impacts your odds of a safe & success surgery and recovery? Learn more about how & why you should quit at https://ontariosanesthesiologists.ca/stop-smoking-for-safer-surgery 🚭

📢 Have you heard the news? 📢 Our Leadership Development Grant Program is now accepting applications from our members. Get support to nurture your leadership & advocacy skills! Apply by Sep 14: ontariosanesthesiologists.ca/leadership-d...

Last year, we began using "team-based anesthesia care" when discussing a more collaborative approach to providing high-quality anesthesia care in ON. We're excited about the progress happening w/ TBAC inc. the OMA & the MOH's work on potential expansion recommendations...

There's still time to support the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Foundations 50/50 Raffle! Your generosity will support CARF, which funds 🇨🇦 anesthesia research & CASIEF, which helps to advances anesthesia education & safer care 🌎 https://ow.ly/C1me50Z1EPL Winner picked at #CASAM2026!

We're counting down the days until registration for #OAAM2026 opens! Find out first by joining the OAM mailing list: bit.ly/oam26notify#OAAM2026 We'll also soon be sharing the conference program, which will ft. a world-class lineup of engaging speakers tackling anesthesia's essential topics. #MedEd

📢Have you heard?📢 Registration for this year’s Toronto Perioperative Echo Symposium is now open! Attend this virtual event and increase your POCUS and TEE knowledge and confidence. It features a multi-disciplinary faculty from around Ontario and the 🌎 https://torontoperiopecho.ca/

Today, as many Ontario residents enjoy what is often considered to be the first unofficial day of summer, we take a moment for all of our members & fellow health-care workers who are busy in hospitals & clinics. Thank you for working to keep us healthy & safe! #OntarioDoctos #ONhealth

W/ the recent approval of generic GLP-1's, more 🇨🇦 will likely be accessing these meds, making it more critical than ever they know how these meds can impact their anesthesia care. To help educate, we've published: https://ow.ly/rHfq50YYkPQ We encourage members to share it & patients to read!

Introducing our new executive committee! It's comprised of Ontario anesthesiologists who are dedicated to advocating for our profession, our patients and health care in our province. If you're an OA member who would like to become more active with the section, please send us a message!

Recently, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada shared a new episode of its Specialty Café & ft. anesthesiologist Dr. Viren Naik discussing the question: Are anesthesiologists the "the unsung heros in the OR?" Find out the answer at https://youtu.be/GvNINYoejVc?si=5G_646ELL28tCfgw

Congrats to Grandview Kids in Durham Region on the launch of its new Anesthesia Procedure Clinic, a first-of-its-kind in 🇨🇦 clinic that will provide anesthesia-assisted care for kids with physical, communication & developmental needs. Learn more: https://grandviewkids.ca/gapclinic-announcement/

It's #InternationalNursesDay, which in 🇨🇦, falls during #NationalNursingWeek. These events celebrate the amazing nurses who serve as the backbone for health care. W/o their dedication & skills, we couldn't deliver the care Ontario residents need. Thank you, nurses for all you do! 👏 #IND2026

We're pleased to announce that our Leadership Development Grant Program has reopened for applications. Open to all paid section members, this program aims to financially support skill & knowledge growth. Applications for 2026 grants are due by Sep 14: https://ow.ly/ZQm450YIUEh

Have you heard the news? The program for the 2026 Great Lakes Anesthesiology Meeting (GLAM) is now out! Review it at https://www.thewsa.org/glam

It's National Hospice Palliative Care Week, a week dedicated "...highlighting the incredible work being done to provide quality palliative care across 🇨🇦" Learn more about this critical subspecialty via our Q&A w/ palliative care physician Dr. Miriam Mottiar https://ow.ly/9ICQ50YSq3S #NHPCW

🌟 We're now less than a month away from #CASAM2026! 🌟 We're excited to see 🇨🇦's biggest anesthesia-focused event return to Ontario & look forward to its engaging & innovative programming, which includes multiple OAs: https://ow.ly/v5ey50YNcBr#CASAM2026 If you'll be there, let us know!

Today, May 5, marks the start of the Royal College applied exams for Canadian anesthesia PGY-5 residents. Good luck to all the residents who are participating in this critical and essential process. We know you can do it!

This week, Dr. Cindy Wang wraps up her time as section chair. Join us in watching her special message for our members & the incoming executive committee & then join us in thanking Dr. Wang for her dedication, leadership & hard work as chair: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FEHV1nHPs7o

Happy #DoctorsDay! We want to take this moment to share our appreciation for our members, who, day after day, deliver essential, high-quality health care to Ontario residents. 😊 Thank you!😊 If you're a patient who wants to says thanks, go to: https://www.oma.org/doctorsday

Have you heard? The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) has issued a statement on "Deactivating Central Piped Nitrous Oxide Systems to Decrease Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions," a concept supported by our Environmental Sustainability Working Group: https://ow.ly/rFZq50YQFgF

Ahead of National Hospice Palliative Care Week next week, we're sharing our Q&A with anesthesiologist & palliative care physician Dr. Miriam Mottiar, who shines a light on her work in palliative care, a field of health that will touch so many of us: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXt6w9xFrSq #NHPCW

Undergoing surgery is stressful, so it can seem cruel that if your procedure involves sedation, you have to avoid eating & drinking. But this step is necessary for your safety. Learn why it matters & how to better prepare: https://ow.ly/4b2F50YP8vI & members, pls also read & share!

ICYMI: Have you read our latest Member Spotlight? Head to Instagram to read our Q&A with Dr. Eli Chernick, a GP-A who is now helping to shape rural health-care in Ontario as a leader at Middlesex Hospital Alliance. 🔗https://www.instagram.com/p/DW9KOz5lj9H #OntarioDoctors #ONhealth

It's #EarthDay2026! 🌎 To celebrate, Dr. Anita Rao, the lead of our Environmental Sustainability Working Group made a quick video for us, highlighting the work the ESWG is doing & encouraging all our members to green their practice: https://youtu.be/VVLNl2pXhMo?si=MG7Eb_bZqQLorGRT

It's National Volunteer Week, a time when we say a big "thank you" to the many members who help ignite our work. We greatly appreciate their time, energy, & engagement! If you're an OA member and would like to get more involved with the section, message us.  #NVW2026

Ahead of Earth Day, we're sharing an essay written for us by Josephine Lu Bing Liu, a third-year med student at Western: https://ow.ly/tfp150YLaFO It's a quick but thorough summary of how anesthesiologists are "uniquely positioned to make a profound environmental impact." 🌎

We're just 2weeks away from Doctors' Day on May 1. 💙 The Ontario Medical Association has set up a quick and simple way for you to thank the doctors who have improved your life. Head here to submit your message today: Oma.org/DoctorsDay #ThankYouDoctors #OntarioDoctors #ONhealth

Happening tonight, April 15!

Ahead of #EarthDay2026 next week, we're re-sharing last year's Member Spotlight of Dr. Peter Menikefs, a key member of our Environmental Sustainability Working Group 🌎 Read his Q&A and learn he and the rest of the ESWG are doing to green health care: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIL9gyLMHGQ#EarthDay2026

🌟Registration is now open for the eighth annual Perioperative Care Congress, hosted by the Perioperative Care Congress 🌟 Join leaders in perioperative medicine from Nov 13-15 in Hamilton for engaging & forward-thinking presentations & discussions. Register & learn more: Periopsociety.ca/pcc2026

The next @casupdate.bsky.social Pinnacle Rounds is this Wednesday & features Ontario anesthesiologist Dr. Kan Ma. Learn more & register at: cas.ca/pinnacle-rounds

🚨New Instagram Member Spotlight Up🚨 We chat with Dr. Eli Chernick about a career path that has led her to being part of the Middlesex Health Alliance leadership team, a role that ensures that "the physician lens" is applied to everything they do. Read her Q&A: https://www.instagram.com/p/DW9KOz5lj9H

Over on that other site, @ron-george.bsky.social shares his latest editorial, on #OBAnes workforce data, in The International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. Check it out: x.com/Ron_George/s...

⏳Time is running out ⏳ Register by April 15 & save on the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society's #CASAM2026, which features a comprehensive, cutting-edge scientific program designed to inform, connect & inspire. 🔗cas.ca/annual-meeting#CASAM2026 #anesthesia #anesthesiology #medicalconference #MedEd

Ottawa: There's a new date for The Gas Exchange lecturer series. Join what organizer Dr. Wesley Rajaleelan describes as, "A deep dive into how early 🇨🇦 anesthesiologists built the specialty - from first full-time practitioners to the rise of 🇨🇦 anesthesia history & shaped modern patient safety."

📣 Reminder 📣 Nominations for our annual Ontario's Anesthesiologists Resident Award are now open until June 5. Celebrate our residents for their outstanding contributions to education, leadership & advocacy. Learn more: https://ontariosanesthesiologists.ca/anesthesia-residents

In Ontario, anesthesiologists are highly trained physicians whose years of rigorous education and training have prepared them to deliver the safe, effective care you and your loved ones need. Learn more about what we do at https://ontariosanesthesiologists.ca

Our Environmental Sustainability Working Group is pleased to share its new infographic on reusable LMAs. Research shows that reusable LMAs are greener (including a 635% ⬇️ of greenhouse gases!) & cheaper: https://ow.ly/70aM50YzJIu Pls share this w/ your centre's environmental sustainability group.

📣ICYMI📣 Nominations are now being accepted for our Distinguished Service Award, which is presented annually to an Ontario anesthesiologist who has provided significant service to our field. Learn more at https://ow.ly/wsVn50YyE8r & submit your nomination by June 5.  #OAAM2026

Want to green your OR? Check out this new guideline with 21 recommendations to reduce, reuse, recycle & rethink. ♻️ Developed by the Best Practice in Surgery Group U of T with input from our members Drs. Syed A. Abbass & Martin Van Der Vyver. 🔗 https://www.cmaj.ca/content/198/5/E159

Be notified about when registration opens for this year's Ontario Anesthesia Meeting. ✅ Join our #OAAM2026 notification mailing list bit.ly/oam26notify#OAAM2026 Your info will never be sold or traded & will only be used to reach out to you with news about the OAM.

🚨 You can still register for the UofT Department of Anesthesiology's March 28-29 Toronto Anesthesia Symposium. Join leaders in anesthesiology to discuss how QI strategies can shape safer, more effective preoperative care & create meaningful change. Learn more & register: cpd.utoronto.ca/anesthesia

🍃We hear you're supposed to post something green today, so we're highlighting a Mar 25 webinar hosted by Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care & CASCADES Canada on #nixthenitrous, a cause championed by our Environmental Sustainability Working Group: https://ow.ly/3Is850YttY6#nixthenitrous

You have < a month to take advantage of the early bird rate for #CASAM2026, hosted by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society This June, join 🇨🇦 anesthesiologists for a comprehensive, cutting-edge scientific program that will inform, connect & inspire. Register by April 15 & save cas.ca/annual-meeting

🎉Congrats to all the outstanding doctors who learned last week that they are officially ON's newest #anesthesia residents! A few of their faces are shared in this reel; join us in welcoming them. 🎉 If you’re an incoming OA resident let us know! #CaRMS2026 #ontariodoctors

Tomorrow, March 13, is World Sleep Day. 😴 Celebrate it tonight with this European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy webinar featuring OA member Dr. Mandeep Singh: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3917713417141/WN_6dEifNtSQCq06e9T9CGt6A#/registration

It's Canadian Women Physicians Day! We're committed to encouraging girls & women to explore & join our field. We're thrilled that more & more women are choosing anesthesiology as their specialty, helping us deliver the highest levels of innovative, safe & sustainable patient care. #WomenDocsCAN

Tomorrow is 🇨🇦 Women Physicians Day, when we celebrate the new faces joining our specialty & salute the trailblazers, such as Dr. Beverley Orser, an anesthesiologist, researcher & academic leader whose many titles inc. Chair of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine @uoftmedicine.bsky.social #womendocsCAN

📣 Celebrate an outstanding Ontario anesthesiology resident for their contributions to education, leadership, & advocacy within the field of anesthesiology & beyond by nominating them for our Resident Award: https://ow.ly/3Wiz50Yp5we 📣 Nominations due by Friday, June 5.

🚺 March 8 is International Women's Day! 🚺 To celebrate this special day, we have a quick message from our section chair, Dr. Cindy Wang. #IWD #IWD2026 #womeninmedicine #ontariodoctors