Anesthesia

The University of Buffalo (N.Y.) has named Elad Levy, MD, MBA, the new chair of the School of Medicine and Biosciences' department of neurosurgery.

Last week, Rhode Island's Health and Human Services Committee approved Kathleen C. Hittner, MD, as health insurance commissioner for the state, according to a report from The Providence Journal. 

Continental Anesthesia announced yesterday that it has contracted with Chicago-based Belmont Harlem Surgery Center to provide anesthesia services to that institution. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has appointed Katherine Dobie, MD, chief of the division of ambulatory anesthesia, according to a Nashville Ledger report.

North American Partners in Anesthesia and Manhasset, N.Y.,-based North Shore-LIJ Health System announced today that they will be offering a new accredited anesthesiology residency program starting in July 2014 at the Hofstra North Shore – LIJ school of Medicine. 

Complaints of equipment malfunction prompted the FDA to issue a Class I recall of Medtronic's Xomed NIM Trivantage EMG Endotracheal Tube on Monday.  

The International Association of Nurse Anesthetists has granted the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center nursing degree program accreditation, according to a report from the Journal Now.  

The journal Anesthesia and Analgesia, an International Anesthesia Research Society publication, has increased its impact factor for the 6th year in a row, according to the 2012 Thompson Reuters ISI Journal Citation Report.

Wilmar Medical Services, a joint venture between Rice Memorial Hospital and Affiliated Community Medical Centers in Wilmar, Minn., is finalizing incorporation of anesthesiology and sleep lab services.  

A new survey from Merck's OR-Xchange program found that anesthesia professionals and surgeons feel that better operating room communication could increase collaboration.