Certified anesthesiologist assistants are highly trained, graduate-level anesthesia care professionals who work under the direction of anesthesiologists.
“CAAs balance and supplement the perioperative anesthesia workforce and actively contribute to better access, improved service line expansion efforts and preserved quality in patient care,” Donald Arnold, MD, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, told Becker’s in March.
The CAA role is growing as licensure expands across the U.S. According to the ASA, CAAs may practice in 24 jurisdictions, including:
- Alabama
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Gegia
- Kansas (delegatory authority)
- Kentucky
- Indiana
- Michigan (delegatory authority)
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania (delegatory authority)
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas (delegatory authority)
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
