Anesthesia

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Riverside Pain Physicians added three pain management specialists to its staff.

The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists awarded Kellie Deeter, CRNA, the 2018 Ira P. Gunn Award for Outstanding Professional Advocacy at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists' annual congress, Sept. 21-25 in Boston, the Norwalk Reflector reports.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System added anesthesiologist Nicole Varela, MD, to its teams in Albert Lea, Minn., and Austin, Minn., in late August, the Albert Lea Tribune reports.

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth is hosting a class on managing chronic pain at Springfield-based CoxHealth Surgery Center, BuffaloReflex.com reports.

Interventional pain management specialist Anthony Clavo, MD, joined Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America's Arlington, Texas location.

The days of judging an anesthesiologist's quality based on whether they'd be a good golfing partner are over.

Former Brentwood, Tenn.-based Comprehensive Pain Specialists CEO John Davis is accused of planning to forge a dead patient's signature to get Medicaid reimbursement, the Tennessean reports.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists named Beverly K. Philip, MD, its first vice president at Anesthesiology 2018, Oct. 13-17 in San Francisco.

Twelve percent of participants in the American Society of Anesthesiologists' biannual survey indicated they're interested in assuming an executive role within the next five years, ASA CEO Paul Pomerantz said during a panel at Anesthesiology 2018, Oct. 13-17 in San…

Anesthesiologist John Mamalakis, MD, brought a False Claims Act case against Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth, the anesthesiology group contracted at Racine, Wis.-based Ascension All Saints Hospital, The Journal Times reports.