Anesthesia

Cabell Huntington Hospital in West Virginia recently selected Irving, Texas-based NorthStar Anesthesia to manage its anesthesia services.

MEDNAX has acquired two anesthesiology practices: Florence, S.C.-based Medical Anesthesia Consultants and Florida-based Anesthesia Associates of Naples.

Adam Blomberg, MD, the national education director for Sunrise, Fla.-based Sheridan Healthcare's anesthesiology division, reminds anesthesiologists of their critical duty to ensure patient safety above anything else.

Pharmacogenomics may be the next big trend in anesthesia care, according to a recent industry and market news alert by Anesthesia Business Consultants' CEO and president Tony Mira.

The Dallas-based Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants has named Andrea Cameron the practice's new COO.

The global market for anesthetic and respiratory devices will almost double by 2020, according to a BCC Research report. The report includes analysis of major players, innovative technology and market dynamics related to anesthesia and respiratory devices.

Bruce Weiner, RN, has been named president-elect of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

The Madison, Tenn.-based graduate school Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists have partnered to offer a new fellowship program for certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Randolf Harvey, a certified registered nurse anesthetist, will receive the 31st annual Alice Magaw Outstanding Clinical Anesthesia Practitioner Award at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists' annual congress later this month. The award recognizes CRNAs who have advanced the nurse…

AmSurg's physician services division has acquired two anesthesia practices in southern California: Ambulatory Anesthesia Associates and Genesis Anesthesia Services.