Weill Cornell Medical College in New York named Sheida Tabaie, MD, the Department of Anesthesiology's first Global Health Fellow.
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The University of California San Francisco shut down its living donor program after the sudden death of a kidney donor, according to the Morning Ticker.
Plexus Technology Group participated in the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists' annual PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, Dec. 11 to Dec. 15, in New York.
Sheridan, the physician services division of AmSurg, acquired Northside Anesthesiology Consultants in Atlanta.
Anesthesiologist Neal Brickhouse, MD, received a Spirit of Planetree Award from Planetree, according to a Dover Post report.
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Sheldon Cho, MD, joined the Florida Pain Institute in Merritt Island, according to a Florida Today report.
King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., added five anesthesiologists to its medical staff.
Among the many current trends in the anesthesiology specialty is an increasing pressure on private practice groups who deliver anesthesia care utilizing the all-anesthesiologist staffing model to convert to the anesthesia care team approach.
CRH Medical completed a new, accretive transaction whereby CRH has acquired 65 percent ownership of Macon Gastroenterology Anesthesia Associates.
A recent study indicates Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists are the primary anesthesia professional providing anesthesia care in lower-income areas. Researchers used data derived from the 2012 U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration Area Resource File.