Mission
IT SHALL BE THE PURPOSE OF THIS SOCIETY TO ASSOCIATE AND AFFILIATE INTO ONE ORGANIZATION ALL OF THE REPUTABLE PHYSICIANS IN VIRGINIA WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF OR ARE OTHERWISE INTERESTED IN THE MEDICAL SPECIALTY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY; TO ENCOURAGE SPECIALIZATION IN THIS FIELD AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE AND ALWAYS POSSIBLE THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SERVICE OF QUALIFIED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OF THIS SPECIALTY BY FOSTERING AND ENCOURAGING RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS IN ANESTHESIOLOGY; TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATING TO ANESTHESIOLOGY TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND TO THE PUBLIC; TO GUARD AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNQUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS OF ANESTHESIOLOGY; TO EDIT AND PUBLISH PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS; TO SAFEGUARD AND FURTHER THE SPECIALTY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY FOR THE GENERAL ELEVATION OF THE STANDARDS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE; AND TO SAFEGUARD THE PROFESSIONAL INTEREST OF ITS MEMBERS.