Here are five anesthesia leaders making headlines since April 28, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Health tapped Mark Twite, MD, as chief of cardiac anesthesia and co-director of Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center in Delaware Valley.
2. U.S. Anesthesia Partners named Kurt Jones, MD, as its chief clinical officer. Dr. Jones has been with USAP for nine years, serving in a variety of capacities. In his new role, Dr. Jones will serve as a liaison between the group’s clinical and business operations, according to a June 10 news release. He will also partner closely with USAP’s clinical quality committee and advise the business development team.
3. Memphis-based Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital tapped Joseph King, MD, as chief of pediatric anesthesiology May 6. He most recently served as vice chair and assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
4. Pain management specialist and anesthesiologist Paul Lynch, MD, launched a new chronic pain management initiative, US Pain. US Pain currently has clinics in Arizona, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Kansas and Nevada, but is actively looking for physician partners in all 50 states.
5. The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has honored Stacey Whittington, MSNA, CRNA, with its annual federal political director of the year award.
The Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director of the Year Award was first established in 2001 and is awarded to a CRNA leader who “has made a significant contribution to the advancement of the national healthcare agenda of CRNAs by coordinating grassroots involvement in their state and in the federal political process,” according to an April 28 news release.
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