Top Doctor Awards recognized New York City-based Neurology Pain Treatment neurologist and pain management specialist Boris Leybel, MD, as a 2018 Top Doctor in New York City.
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An FDA panel recommends the agency reject Hydexor, a novel acute pain drug consisting of hydrocodone, acetaminophen and promethazine, Medscape reports.
Haute Beauty welcomed interventional pain and rehabilitation medicine physician Jay Shah, MD, to its invite-only network.
The opioid crisis has cost the U.S. over $1 trillion since 2001, according to a report by nonprofit health research and consulting institute Altarum. The epidemic may exceed another $500 billion by 2020 if significant changes are not made.
Here are 10 anesthesiologists that made headlines in January 2018.
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Milwaukee-based Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center ended its partnership with Milwaukee-based Anesthesiology Associates of Wisconsin opting to partner with parent organization Aurora Health Care's own physician group, the Milwaukee Business Journal reports.
After Purdue Pharma said it would stop marketing opioid drugs to physicians, Bangor, Maine-based Penobscot Community Health Care Vice President Noah Nesin, MD, said the decision was "20 years late to the game," NPR reports.
Somnia Anesthesia made a series of appointments to its leadership team.
Pairing anesthesiology with a general surgery rotation improves medical students' knowledge of perioperative medicine, a study in Advances in Medical Education and Practice found.
The American Health Council appointed Michael Mahla, MD, to its board of physicians.