Anesthesia

Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America added interventional pain management specialist Andrea Trescot, MD, to its pain management practice in Orange Park, Fla., according to a May 13 announcement.

Surgery centers and anesthesia practices are reopening and ramping up elective cases, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants survey of anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists at client practices.

Conway, S.C.-based Atlantic Coast Pain Specialists plans to move to a more than 5,000-square-foot building in the coming months, myhorrynews.com reports.

Anesthesiologists, emergency medicine and ophthalmology physicians face the highest risk of contracting COVID-19, suggests new data explained by Medscape.

Average annual compensation for anesthesiology specialists is $398,000, making them the ninth highest-paid specialty, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2020."

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia partnered with Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital to absorb the practice's anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Ruth Waterman, MD, was named chair of the anesthesia department at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health, according to a May 7 announcement.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American College of Healthcare Executives are hosting a joint webinar May 7.

Healthcare groups can safely restart elective procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic by evaluating community preparedness and prioritizing certain cases, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia acquired American Anesthesiology May 6.