It is the mission of the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists to associate and affiliate into one organization all physicians and others in Georgia who are engaged in the practice of, or otherwise especially interested in, anesthesiology and its subspecialties; to encourage specialization in this field; to raise the standards of the specialty; to safeguard the professional interests of its members; and in all ways to develop and further educate within the specialty of anesthesiology for the general elevation of the standards of medical practice and patient safety.