About the ASA
Established in 1934, the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) is a peak not-for-profit representative body of anaesthesia in Australia.
With over 3,700 members across Australia, we are a member-funded organisation dedicated to supporting, representing and educating anaesthetists to ensure the safest possible anaesthesia for the community. Each year in Australia, anaesthetists have a crucial involvement in almost four million operations.
The ASA supports Anaesthetists in providing the community with safe anaesthesia and enabling anaesthetists to achieve best practice in the following:
- Safe high-quality patient care
- Engagement in planning and delivering health care services
- Compliance with professional obligations
- Medical education, research and publications
- Personal health and welfare
- Leading advocacy on economic, industrial and workplace issues
- Philanthropic service and contribution to the education of anaesthetists in developing countries
- Preservation of history
