Anesthesia

Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., added Kenneth Farrell, MD, to its physician team, according to a Duluth News Tribune report.

Here are 10 predictions for 2016 for anesthesiologists to note from an article that appeared in Fortune magazine, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post.

Keith Polk, MD, an anesthesiologist in Pasadena, Calif., started a career as a children's author, according to Pasadena Now.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health is ending its agreement with AllCare Clinical Associates, the provider of anesthesia services at the health system, according to a Citizen-Times report.

Anesthesiologist Christopher Robert, MD, whose body was found along an Interstate road in Minneapolis, died due to a fall, and alcohol intoxication was named as a factor, according to a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal report.

Vijay Sudheendra, MD, has been named chief of anesthesia at Kent Hospital in Warwick, R.I., according to the Warwick Beacon.

There were no changes made to anesthesia CPT codes for 2016, however, there were changes made affecting pain management services and ASA 2016 CROSSWALK, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post.

In a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, hypnosis could be used as a replacement for anesthesia in brain surgeries.

California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. appointed Nikan Khatibi, DO, to the California Health Professions Education Foundation Board of Trustees, according to an Imperial Valley News report. 

Cantor Group named Donald Schellpfeffer, MD, PHD, president, CEO and chairman of the company's board.