Two Nashville-based Lipscomb University faculty members, Todd Christian and Joseph Parrish, became the first certified anesthesiologist assistants to manage anesthesia cases in Tennessee operating rooms on Oct. 20. The cases took place at HCA Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. They…
Anesthesia
NorthStar Anesthesia has added 17 ASC partnerships nationwide so far in 2026, the Irving, Texas-based anesthesia provider said Oct. 23. The 2026 partners include CarePlex Orthopaedic Ambulatory Surgery Center in Norfolk, Va.; Stony Point Surgery Center and West Creek Surgery…
Hackensack, N.J.-based Olena Medical is promoting its physician-led anesthesia model as a staffing and coverage partner for ASCs, according to an Oct. 23 news release. The anesthesia services organization said it works with ASC leaders to match anesthesia coverage to…
In some states, ASCs are ending contracts with physician anesthesia groups and hiring groups made up only of certified registered nurse anesthetists to balance costs. Some anesthesia leaders say rising case acuity makes the move riskier than it used to…
Five anesthesiologists made news in the last 60 days, from a new American Society of Anesthesiologists president to a $1.6 million whistleblower verdict and a U.S. Senate run. 1. The American Society of Anesthesiologists named Jeffrey Mueller, MD, its president…
Advertisement
Obstetrics and trauma were the anesthesia subspecialties that interested student nurse anesthetists most in a recent survey from U.S. Anesthesia Partners, a physician-owned anesthesia practice. The organization surveyed 121 student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) at its fourth annual Future Leaders…
The University of South Alabama Health has named Gregory Bouska, MD, as interim chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine. USA Health is planning an anesthesia residency training program, and the new anesthesiology…
Physician owners at an Illinois orthopedic ASC said ownership gives them something many hospital-based surgeons lack amid the anesthesia shortage: the ability to negotiate directly with their anesthesia providers. Surgeons at Oswego, Ill.-based Kendall Pointe Surgery Center, which recently completed…
Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic cut average greenhouse gas emissions per anesthetic episode by 45% and reduced spending on inhaled anesthetics by nearly 40% after changing routine anesthesia practices, according to a study presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Anesthesiology…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists named Jeffrey Mueller, MD, its president and elected Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, first vice president Oct. 20 at its 2026 annual meeting in San Diego. Dr. Mueller is a staff anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic Hospital in…