Member Benefits
Our vision is to position anesthesiologists as leading partners, delivering the highest standard of innovative, safe, and sustainable patient care. Much has been accomplished over the years, yet there remain critical issues to be addressed including scope of practice threats, human resource challenges, sub-optimal working conditions, burn-out and compensation uncertainties. Your support, through your active involvement and annual Ontario’s Anesthesiologists Section membership, will help determine how effectively we can represent you and how much we are able to plan and accomplish on your behalf.
When you receive your annual membership renewal notice from the OMA — or at any time throughout the year—we invite you to begin or renew your membership in your Section: Ontario’s Anesthesiologists. Your support allows us to provide the following valuable benefits.
Strengthen Our Collective Voice
Your support as a member helps us increase understanding of the role anesthesiologists play in patient care and aids us in engaging with health system stakeholders to promote safe and timely care.
Thought Leadership
One of our goals is to work on solutions for some of our health-care system’s biggest challenges and to support our members who are engaging with this goal. We call this going “Beyond the Mask” and we believe that it demonstrates the value our specialty brings to medicine.
Improving
Patient Care
Your membership helps us play an active role in fighting the opioid epidemic, through the development of SolvingPain.ca, the Perioperative Pain Management Pathway.
Strong Representation for Negotiations
We continuously work to ensure anesthesiologists have the best possible outcome from negotiations during Physician Service Agreements.
Get Involved
Expand your network and share your skills as a Section volunteer, while advocating for and representing the interests of Ontario’s Anesthesiologists. Your participation will help strengthen the leadership role of anesthesiologists in the health system.
Keep Connected
We strive to keep you engaged and informed by sharing relevant updates through multiple channels including email and social media. See some of our communications here. You can also connect with us at any time: info@ontariosanesthesiologists.ca.
Leadership Development
Your membership helps us provide valuable leadership development grants, resources and professional development opportunities. Paid members receive a 20% discount on registration for our annual Ontario Anesthesia Meeting and Conference Weekend.
Pandemic Response
During the challenging waves of COVID-19, we worked to respond quickly to your inquiries, provided you with PPE when it was in short supply, communicated regularly with you and advocated on your behalf with elected officials. We continue to be here to support you.
How to Pay Your Membership Dues
To pay your voluntary Section dues, simply follow the steps below. Thank you for supporting our work!
Log into www.oma.org/myaccount using your username (OMA number or email address on file) and password.
Once logged in to your account, click on the Pay Constituency Fees tab.
Click on Ontario’s Anesthesiologists if it is not green (green means your membership is paid).
Click on the Next Step tab to review or enter your payment information.
Click on the Next Step tab to confirm your details.
Click on the Submit tab to complete the process.
Member Communications
We strive to keep members engaged and informed through our e-newsletters, Chair’s Reports and private Facebook group. We also encourage our members to share feedback, questions or concerns at any time at info@ontariosanesthesiologists.ca.
Watch your inbox for our e-newsletters to read about our recent activities, upcoming events and accomplishments by our members.
Our Section Chair, Dr. Rohit Kumar, regularly shares important updates on our strategic initiatives and future plans directly to your inbox.
Join our members-only, Facebook group to discuss urgent or ongoing practice issues and share resources and news.
Our 2022-2025 Strategic Plan defines our priorities and redefines the mission, vision and values. Its implementation will provide significant benefit to our members.