This piece is a reflection upon and celebration of conversations that were made possible by both The American Society of Anesthesiologists and Edwards Life Sciences, a key sponsor for TopMedTalk.

If you would like to hear these conversations in full please follow the links below:

Greg Fischer, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center:

https://www.topmedtalk.com/anes19-greg-fischer/

Tim Miller, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology from Duke University Medical Centre:

https://www.topmedtalk.com/anes19-tim-miller/

The Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) is here: https://thepoqi.org/

Michael Scott, Professor and Division Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology- Virginia Commonwealth University:

https://www.topmedtalk.com/anes19-michael-scott/

Also - congratulations to the American Society of Anesthesiologists on the success of this year's online proposition, find out more at www.asahq.org

And don't forget Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine are continuing the momentum of the hugely successful Chicago and London, online meetings - check out www.ebpom.org for more details.