Anesthesia

Laser Spine Institute has named Thor W. Van Diver, MD, as chief of anesthesia at the Tampa, Fla., surgical center.

Spacelabs Healthcare partnered with Blue-Zone Technologies to offer the Blue-Zone Technologies' Deltasorb anesthetic collection service to eliminate the release of harmful halogenated anesthetics.

An article posted by Anesthesia Business Consultants recently discusses the importance of defining an anesthesia database and whether it could fit into clinical practice.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia has partnered with Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The anesthesia drug market is expected to be valued at $7 billion by 2015, according to a Markets and Markets report.

Sheridan Healthcare's Robert Brooker, MD, will present at the upcoming American Society of Anesthesiologists' annual meeting in San Francisco this month.

Anesthesiologist Mark Romanoff, MD, has been selected as a Physician of the Year finalist for the Charlotte Business Journal's 2013 Excellence in Health Care awards.

If Congress fails to pass legislation providing funding for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2013, Medicare is expected to continue paying for services provided, according to a report from Anesthesia Business Consultants.

The global market for anesthesia devices is estimated at USD $7.4 billion in 2013 and is forecast to reach USD $8.1 billion in 2014, according to a report released by Research and Markets.

University of Pennsylvania announced that a research team led by scientists from the university has received $8.6 million in renewed grant support from the National Institutes of Health to lead a multidisciplinary anesthesia research program.