The mission of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists (WSA) is to associate into one organization, licensed physicians who are engaged in, or otherwise especially interested in, anesthesiology, promote the highest level of patient safety through the general elevation of the standards of this specialty, support the purposes and programs of the American Society of Anesthesiology, disseminate information in regard to anesthesiology, protect the public against unqualified practitioners of anesthesiology and safeguard the professional interest of its members and, in all ways, develop and further the specialty of anesthesiology.