Anesthesia

The American Society of Anesthesiologists selected Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, to serve on its pain medicine committee.

Ambulatory Anesthesiologists of Chicago is a specialty surgery center-facing anesthesia group.

Glassdoor collects and compiles reported salary data. For anesthesiologists, Glassdoor says the national average salary is $294,811.

Lexington, Ky.-based Advanced Pain Medicine is merging with Louisville, Ky.-based Commonwealth Pain & Spine.

Orlando, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America hired Taufiq Ahmed, MD, to practice out of its Orlando location.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals profiled Steven Lasker, MD, for its The Leading Physicians of the World publication.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute approved approximately $9.8 million to fund two studies centered on reducing unsafe opioid prescribing practices.

Here are 11 anesthesiologists that made headlines in July 2017.

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare awarded provisional accreditation to Mednax's mobile simulation program for providing training at nonaffiliated facilities across the U.S.

Rivanna Medical developed an ultrasound-based system to allow anesthesiologists to locate where to place a needle ahead of an epidural or spinal injection, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports.