The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) held its weekly town hall webinar on Thursday, April 16, to provide updates and details on economic relief funding and the current plan for resuming elective surgeries.
Details on the road map to resume elective surgery were presented by Beverly Philip, MD, the president-elect of the ASA, and a professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, in Boston. Her presentation emphasized the need for appropriate risk reduction, such as waiting for a