Tom Blasco, MD, MS, is Managing Partner of Surgical Directions. He is also a practicing board-certified anesthesiologist and intensivist practicing as medical director at Illinois Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center.
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Sumit Katyal, MD, has joined The Interventional Pain Management Practice of Plano-based Texas Pain Relief Group.
David Boardman, CRNA, has been appointed chief certified registered nurse anesthetist at Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton, Calif.
MEDNAX announced the acquisition of Fredericksburg (Va.) Anesthesia Associates.
The Physician Payment Public Use File data can be misleading because the amount received by a single physician may represent payment for the services of numerous providers or because it may cover reimbursement for medications delivered together with the physicians'…
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Anesthesiologists made an average salary of $338,000 in 2013, the 6th highest salary of any specialty in 2013, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2014.
Howard Zucker, MD, has been named interim New York Health Commissioner, according to a report by The Legislative Gazette.
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Washington University in St. Louis announced that Robert W. Gereau IV, PhD, has been named the Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology at its school of medicine in St. Louis.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists' political action committee has made a major investment in an open congressional primary in Pennsylvania, according to a National Journal report.