Welcome to another episode of Vital Times the CSA Podcast. I am your host, Rita Agarwal. For this episode we went back to the basics and talked about something that all anesthesiologists care deeply about – managing the challenging airway. Joining me is a former colleague and friend who is an attending anesthesiologist at one of the busiest trauma centers in the country - Denver Health Medical Center.

Dr. Alma Juels is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Director of Quality, Safety and Improvement, and the Director of OB Anesthesia at Denver Health Medical Center. She is also an Expert Consultant for the Colorado State Medical Board and has lectured extensively, presented workshops and cared for many patients with difficult airways. In this podcast, she will share some of her scarier and/or more interesting experiences.

Dr. Ludwig Lin has a blast discussing LGBTQ and its impact on various anesthesiologist leaders within academia and politics; drop in and listen to them discuss how this one element of their lives adds meaning and purpose to all of their pursuits. This episode features Travis Reece-Nguyen, MD, Arthur Chyan, DO, and Maricela Sanchez, MD.

There has been much noise about famous scientists reckoning with past publications with data integrity issues. The pressures of “publish or perish”, and the need for oversight of a busy lab, are tricky. Dr. Lin talks with Harriet Hopf, MD, FASA, and Elizabeth Whitlock, MD - two lauded NIH-funded anesthesiologists-scientists to get the scoop.