Anesthesia

Chappaqua, N.Y.-based CareMount Medical named Rafael Axen, MD, medical director and chair of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine.

Anesthesiologist Richard James Schulten, MD, passed away May 24 at age 70, according to the Guilford Funeral Home in the Guilford Patch.

Plexus Technology Group has its preoperative assessment and anesthesia documentation software on display at the 2018 International Muse Conference, May 29 to June 1 in Orlando, Fla.

Anesthesia Business Consultants created F1RSTCred, a physician credentialing and provider enrollment tool.

A study, published in Anesthesiology, examined the difference in outcomes between when anesthesiologists are assisted by nurse anesthetists and when they are assisted by anesthesiologist assistants, finding procedures in both instances had similar outcomes.

Top Doctor Awards named Dr. Bhiken Naik a 2018 Top Doctor in Virginia.

Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest General Healthcare Foundation named four physicians to the 2018 Doctors' Hall of Fame including anesthesiologist William B. Strong, MD, Mississippi Business Journal reports.

Houston-based Texas County Memorial Hospital is opening an outpatient pain clinic, May 31, the Houston Herald reports.

The U.S. Surgeon General and board-certified anesthesiologist Jerome Adams, MD, assisted in a medical emergency on a Delta flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Atlanta May 16, The Washington Post reports.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists recognized Michael Lewis, MD, with the 2018 Bertram W. Coffer, MD, Excellence in Government award.