Rosemarie Garcia Getting Personal Statement - FSA 3 West District Director and ASA Alternate Delegate

Sep 24, 2026

A personal statement supporting candidacy for FSA 3 West District Director and ASA Alternate Delegate. The author describes long-term engagement with ASA and FSA since 2006, residency training in anesthesiology at the University of Florida, and continued involvement through meetings, outreach education, legislative participation, and mentoring. It highlights advocacy work, PAC and grassroots support, committee service, and leadership initiatives such as the FSA Ambassador program and planning a regional networking event to improve membership retention and recruitment.

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Candidacy request

Organizational involvement since 2006

Residency and professional leadership

Advocacy, committees, and PAC support

Campaign closing and re-election request

I request your support of my candidacy for FSA’s 3 West District Director and ASA Alternate Delegate. I have been an active member of the ASA and FSA since 2006. Attending the ASA annual meeting as a medical student crystalized my decision to pursue this specialty and was the start of my commitment to this great organization. In 2011, I completed my Anesthesiology residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville during which time I was active in FSA and ASA, attending annual meetings, presenting posters, serving as a Resident Delegate, drafting a successful resolution which led to ASA hosting a residency fair each year, participating on the ASA Committee for Outreach Education, and attending the Legislative Conference in Washington DC where I had the opportunity to get to know FSA leaders who became mentors and friends. Throughout my residency, I also encouraged my fellow residents to join the organization and donate to the PAC, sharing the lessons I had learned about the important work FSA and ASA does on behalf of our patients, our specialty, and profession. Upon completing residency, I was fortunate to return to the Tampa Bay area, where I grew up, to practice at Moffitt Cancer Center. Over the past 8 years in practice, I have continued to be actively involved with the FSA and ASA and encourage my colleagues to do so as well, including at minimum to maintain membership and donate to the PAC. I gave a talk to residents and fellows at the ASA annual meeting last year on the value of ASA membership, as it is a topic I feel strongly about. I Co-Chair the FSA’s Task Force on Professional Diversity which developed FSA’s Ambassador program through which FSA leaders volunteer to serve as mentors to new FSA members they are paired with. As 3W District Director, I have called, texted and Emailed anesthesiologists in my area to share my experience and the value of membership with them urging them to join or renew and calling them to action when legislative issues arose. I am planning, along with the other District Directors in my area, a regional networking event that is aimed at promoting membership retention and recruitment. I have also been involved with advocacy through meeting my local legislators in my hometown of Tampa as well as in Tallahassee by attending the FSA’s Lobby Day over several years, participating in ASA’s Grassroots network, and donating to the ASA and FSA PACs. I also donate to the FMA PAC and am active in my county medical society, where I serve on the executive council and as a delegate to the FMA. At the national level, I serve on several ASA committees, including Residents and Medical Students, Ambulatory Surgical Care, and Young Physicians. In 2019, I served as ASA Alternate Delegate, which was my first time as an attending to serve in this role and provided excellent preparation for serving in this role in the future. Please re-elect me to be your 3W District Director and ASA Alternate Delegate. I will continue to do my best to serve you, our patients and our specialty well in these roles. Thank you for your time and consideration.

FAQs

What positions is the author seeking?

The author requests support for candidacy as FSA’s 3 West District Director and ASA Alternate Delegate.

What experience does the author have with ASA and FSA?

The author has been an active ASA and FSA member since 2006, attending annual meetings, presenting posters, serving as a Resident Delegate, and participating in outreach and legislative activities.

How will the author support membership and legislative advocacy as District Director?

The author plans outreach to anesthesiologists to encourage joining or renewing membership, supports action during legislative issues, and will help plan a regional networking event focused on retention and recruitment while continuing lobby work and PAC donations.

Sep 24, 2026

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