Anesthesia

The International Anesthesia Research Society has made $600,000 in grant funding available through the IARS Mentored Research Awards.

In an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, Tony Mira discusses the growth of the telemedicine and telehealth industry as well as the role of telemedicine in anesthesiology.

Medical Billing Specialists, an anesthesia management company, announced that it has teamed up with Survey Vitals to provide anesthesia practices with a quality improvement program.

Vanila M. Singh, MD, a clinical associate professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine, announced that she will run for Northern California's 17th Congressional District seat, according to a SF Gate report.

Williamsville, N.Y.-based InvisionHealth announced that Thomas O'Connor, MD, has joined its medical staff as the chief of anesthesiology.

Here are four anesthesiology practice mergers and acquisitions that occurred within the last month.

North American Partners in Anesthesia announced that affiliated pediatric anesthesiologist Sanjoy Joshi, MD, was part of the medical team that enabled Bilal Sharif, a boy from Afghanistan, to have life-saving surgery.

The International Anesthesia Research Society announced the availability of $16,000 in grant funding for concepts or applications that improve educational programs.

Green Bay, Wis.-based BayCare Clinic announced the addition of Gregory Rypel, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Green Bay Press Gazette report.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia announced that it will host a bone marrow donation drive to help find a donor match for NAPA anesthesiologist, James Robins, MD, who is fighting lymphoma.