Here are four takeaways:
1. St. Jude Medical Center was recently named one of the nation’s top stroke centers by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
2. The medical center includes a digital intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging system.
3. Allied Anesthesia physician Tim Downing, MD, was directly involved in the stroke certification process and was the first anesthesiologist to be trained on the iMRI protocols.
4. Allied Anesthesia includes 100 physician anesthesiologists on staff who provide adult and pediatric anesthesia services to a number of California hospitals.
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