Newswise — October 28, 2014 - San Francisco, CA – The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) announce the signing of an affiliation agreement between the two organizations. Both organizations have a mutual goal to improve patient care worldwide by making clinical information and the latest research available to anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and allied health care professionals throughout the globe. Additionally, as part of the affiliation agreement, the IARS’s flagship journal Anesthesia & Analgesia will be designated as an official journal of the WFSA.

States Steven L. Shafer, MD, Editor-in-Chief of A&A: ”We want to publish good research in Anesthesia & Analgesia and high-quality reports of clinical experiences, educational projects, management projects, and global health projects in A&A Case Reports. Every case report can be viewed as, and should serve as, a stepping stone to high-quality research. The WFSA’s participation in driving these manuscripts to our journals will be an invaluable contribution to expanding the research agenda for global health.”

Dr. Shafer adds: “The IARS and the WFSA are entirely aligned in this mission. We have mechanisms to promote high quality projects (A&A Case Reports) and high-quality research (Anesthesia & Analgesia) for colleagues interested in perioperative medicine in low and middle income countries (LMICs). My intent is to use both publications to advance patient care in LMICs – indeed, in all countries.”

The WFSA is actively seeking interested and qualified candidates for the position of Section Editor for Global Health, to serve on the Editorial Board of Anesthesia & Analgesia. Interested applicants should submit expressions of interest (a CV and a covering letter) to the WFSA by November 16, 2014. All applications will be considered by a WFSA selection committee. The IARS will provide honorarium and expense support to the Section Editor.

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About Anesthesia & Analgesia

Anesthesia & Analgesia was founded in 1922 and was issued bi-monthly until 1980, when it became a monthly publication. A&A is the leading journal for anesthesia clinicians and researchers and publishes more than 500 articles annually in all areas related to anesthesia and analgesia, such as cardiovascular anesthesiology, patient safety, anesthetic pharmacology, and pain management. The journal is published on behalf of the IARS by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a division of Wolters Kluwer Health.

About the IARS

The International Anesthesia Research Society is a nonpolitical, not-for-profit medical society founded in 1922 to advance and support scientific research and education related to anesthesia, and to improve patient care through basic research. The IARS contributes nearly $1 million annually to fund anesthesia research; provides an annual meeting for anesthesiology leaders to share information and ideas; maintains a worldwide membership of more than 15,000 physicians, physician residents, and others with doctoral degrees, as well as health professionals in anesthesia related practice; sponsors the SmartTots initiative in partnership with the FDA; and publishes two peer-reviewed journals, the monthly journal Anesthesia & Analgesia and its companion journal A&A Case Reports, published twice monthly.

About the WFSA

The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesia is the foremost global alliance of anesthesiologists, working together with national, regional and specialty organizations to facilitate and promote the highest standards of patient care. The mission of the WFSA is to improve patient care by uniting anesthesiologists around the world and it delivers its mission through programs that are implemented in partnership with national societies of anesthesiology and other organizations that share its objectives. The Federation works with the World Health Organization, governments, other standard setters, surgical organizations, NGOs, hospitals, and training centers to support safe anaesthesia and surgery as an essential element of global health.