About Us...

The Executive Directors are leaders in anesthesia and provider health, who, by training and orientation, are dedicated to the prevention of substance abuse in anesthesia. It was Dr. Hornbein who saw years ago the need for this type of education to save lives, and to provide education and understanding to anesthesia practitioners on the dangers of substance addiction in the specialty of anesthesia.

Executive Director, Diana Quinlan, has been a member of the AANA Peer Assistance Committee since 1987 and has served as Chair since 1994. She has been publicly recognized by her peers and national and international leaders in the field of substance abuse for her exemplary role in advancing education and understanding of the disease of addiction. The AANA Peer Assistance Advisors through their website and hotline provide timely and in-depth information on substance abuse recognition, intervention, treatment and recovery, and resource guidelines for healthcare institutions and the recovering practitioner on reentry into the practice of anesthesia.

All Anesthesia has created for the first time in the history of the specialty of anesthesia, comprehensive programs to inform all anesthesia practitioners of the danger and warning signs of substance abuse in anesthesia and other aspects of education and prevention. This information is available to all those who are involved as anesthesia care providers.

We invite you to send for these programs and then provide us with feedback about your interaction with these programs for the people in your anesthesia units.