Anesthesia

North American Partners in Anesthesia acquired ProCare Systems, a management services organization focused on chronic pain management.

North American Partners in Anesthesia's Sonia Szlyk, MD, will participate in the Orthopaedic Summit 2015: Evolving Techniques-Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic Surgery & Arthroplasty, which will be held Dec. 2 to Dec. 5 in Las Vegas.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has published recommendations for keeping infants and children undergoing anesthesia as safe as possible.

Allied Anesthesia physicians volunteered at Children's Hospital of Orange County's annual trick-or-treat event on Oct. 30.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals added anesthesiologist Gordon M. Cramolini, MD.

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine recently received grants totaling $270,000 for the ASRA Chronic Pain Research Grant.

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety added Michael W. Jopling, MD, to its board of advisors.

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center anesthesiologist Michael Carey, MD, passed away.

A new type of analgesic drug may be a good alternative to opioids for anesthesia and procedural sedation, according to a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark., recently added anesthesiologist Charles Floyd Zehm, MD.