1. Andy Harris, MD, is an anesthesiologist who serves as the Republican representative for Maryland’s 1st District and has been in office since 2011. Here is a list of the 17 other physicians who serve in the 117th U.S. Congress.
2. Randy Rosen, MD, a former anesthesiologist in Beverly Hills, Calif., has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing nearly $38 million through an insurance fraud scheme that paid patients at sober living homes to undergo medically unnecessary testing and surgeries.
3. Bel Air, Md.-based University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health has named four new members for its board of directors, including Sanjeev Kumar, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist at UM UCH.
4. Narendra Raval, a former anesthesiologist at Bakersfield, Calif.-based Mercy Hospital, has surrendered his license after the California Medical Board accused him of administering the wrong medicine to a pregnant woman in labor, which left her parapalegic for one year.
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