Anesthesia

The Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists named John LaGorio, MD, president, according to an M Live report.

U.S. District Judge Reed C. O'Connor convicted anesthesiologist and co-founder of Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center system Richard F. Toussaint Jr., MD, of committing a $10 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists and CAE Healthcare signed a collaborative agreement to design and develop a simulation product.

The adductor canal block preserves quadriceps strength and provides equivalent levels of postoperative analgesia for outpatient ACL surgery as the conventional femoral nerve block, according to a new study in Anesthesiology.

Lobsang Lhungay, MD, recently traveled to Nepal to help rebuild parts of the country that are still struggling following the devastating earthquake that hit the region in 2015, according to a Hudson Valley News Network report.

Major surgery and general anesthesia have no clinically significant association with long-term cognitive decline, according to a study in Anesthesiology.

Jerome Adams, MD, and Sean Mackey, MD, testified at the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on opioid use among seniors, according to an ASA report.

The Medicare "opt-out" rule allows anesthesia to be administered without physician supervision, however it does not increase patient access to anesthesia care as has been thought, according to a study published in Anesthesia and Analgesia.

Umpqua Health Alliance added anesthesiologist Bart J. Bruns, MD, to its board, according to a NR Today report.

A study in Pediatrics found premature babies could be at risk for anesthesia and sedation complications into early adulthood, according to a HealthDay report.