ISA HISTORY

In the year 1944, the Anaesthesiologists attending a surgical conference at Mumbai (Bombay) thought of forming a common platform for exchange of scientific views, which was consolidated in 1946 following "Ether Day" celebrations in October of that year. With the continued efforts of leading Anaesthesiologists of India, the Indian Society Anaesthesiologists was born on 30th December 1947..

The Society started as joint organisation with the Surgical-Obstetric Society of India. The founder members of the Society were

The torchbearers of the office were Dr M.N.Desai (President), Dr B.N.Sircar (Hon Secretary) and Dr G.S.Talwalkar (Hon. Treasurer), (1949-51).

Ist ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The First Annual Conference of ISA through the combined society was held on 23rd and 24th December 1949 at Seth G.S.Medical College, Mumbai. The Society has been holding Annual Conferences regularly from 27th to 30th December since 1949 until 1964 along with Association of the Surgeons of India

The Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists hosted the First Independent Annual National Conference at Hyderabad in 1965. Prof. Dr T. C. Gray and Prof. Dr R. Macintosh from UK attended the first conference as special invitees of the Government of India.

SILVER JUBILEE & GOLDEN JUBILEE

1972 and 1997 were the Silver Jubilee and Golden jubilee years of the formation of ISA respectively which were commemorated at Trivandrum (1972) and Delhi (1997). The Silver Jubilee & Golden Jubilee Conferences were held in 1975 & 2002 at Madras & at Coimbatore (GOLDCON 2002) respectively.

WFSA

In 1956 Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists joined the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) as a founder member.

5th ASIAN - AUSTRALASIAN REGIONAL CONGRESS

In September 1978, the 5th Asian-Australasian Regional Congress was held at New Delhi and the Conference was inaugurated by the President of India.

CME

The Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programmes was started along with the Annual Conference in 1981 at Chandigarh under WFSA initiatives (Dr T.C.K. Brown).

SACA

The South Asian Confederation of Anaesthesiologists (SACA) was formed in November 1991 and Dr (Mrs). V.M.Divekar of ISA was selected as the first SACA President. SACA meets once in two years in one of the member countries at Bangladesh / Sri Lanka / Pakistan / India / Nepal / Maldives. In 1999 Chennai (Madras) India, hosted the fourth SACA meet.