Anesthesia

California lawmakers have passed a bill requiring baseline education and competency standards for surgical technologists.

Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, Minn., added Mark Suojanen, MD, to its physician team.

Syracuse (N.Y.) VA Medical Center named Virginia Nelson, MD, chief of anesthesia, according to a report by The Post-Standard.

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Nashville, Tenn.-based AMG, a PhyMed Healthcare Group, appointed Ira Landsman, MD, division chief of pediatric anesthesia, according to a report by The Tennessean.

Memphis-based LifeLinc Anesthesia is adding four new locations, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.

Bob Dick, 72, recently underwent a 90-minute total knee replacement — without general anesthesia.

Sheridan Healthcare will be utilizing VitalWare's iDocuMint tool to assist their physicians in the transition to ICD-10.

LSU Health Shreveport (La.) added three anesthesiologists to its physician team, according to a report by The Shreveport Times.