Anesthesia

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health has named cardiac anesthesiologist Karen Barbara Carbone, MD, president.

The American Pain Society has named Gregory W. Terman, MD, PhD, president for a two-year term.

A team of researchers led by Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine anesthesiologists have identified the "top five" most common perioperative procedures that are supported by the least amount of clinical evidence and published their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine.

State-level All-Payer Claims Databases evolving rapidly and while knowing how your offering compares to competitors can provide an advantage and minimize negative consequences, there may still be concerns for anesthesiologists, according to the most recent Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post.

A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that in order for the brain to recover consciousness after anesthesia, it must "reboot."

Audio-Digest Foundation announced the release of "Anesthesiology Volume 56, Issue 08: Ophthalmic Anesthetic Care, Part 1."

Sheridan Healthcare announced that anesthesiologist Roger Brown, MD, has been named to Shareable Ink's newly formed Anesthesia Leadership Board.

FOAA Anesthesia Services and Riverside Health System in Newport News, Va., announced that FOAA is now the exclusive provider of anesthesia services for the Riverside Peninsula Surgery Center in Newport News.

The Florida Society of Anesthesiologists has given Kurt Markgraf, MD, its Distinguished Service Award.

The Anesthesia Quality Institute's National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry received qualified clinical data registry status a little more than a month ago, which gives anesthesiologists a new Physician Quality Reporting System option, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post.