Advocacy
"Advocacy means getting involved, participating, contributing, and describing anesthesiology to others. It means protecting patients and representing colleagues by improving the quality of anesthesia care. It's explaining how physician education, anesthesiologist knowledge, and investments in perioperative care advance patient safety. Advocacy is telling others our story, one central to the advancement of all medical care, and identifying anesthesiologists as physicians providing the lifeline of modern medicine. Advocacy is important to anesthesiologists." (Read more)
-From: "Celebrating Advocacy" in ASA Newsletter, July 2009
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 | Awarding Jocelyn Moore, Legislative Director for Senator Jay Rockefeller, the 2009 Excellence in Government Award, at the ASA Legislative Conference |
 | Johnstone and other West Virginia anesthesiologists visiting with Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, who has been very supportive of anesthesiology issues |
 | Senator Rockefeller introduced the Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Rule that corrected the 50 percent reduction in payments for teaching anesthetics. Robert and Carol Johnstone visiting with Senator Rockefeller at a picnic at his WV house |
 | WV anesthesiologists dining with Rep Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) - a loyal supporter of anesthesiologists. In picture, Dr/Mrs Ozzie Ozturk, Drs. Mario Serafini, Robert Johnstone, and Alex Skaff |
 | Dr. Johnstone mentors WV anesthesiologists at national meetings. Here at the ASA House of Delegates with WV delegates. In picture, Drs. Russell Stewart, Anne Hackett, Robert Johnstone, and Mario Serafini |