Anesthesia

Santa Ana, Calif.-based Allied Anesthesia announced that its physicians will participate in an event organized by AccessOC that provides low-risk outpatient surgeries to some of Orange County's neediest residents Sept. 7.

Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, Minn., announced the addition of anesthesiologist Stacy Brazier, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Lake Country Echo and Pine River Journal report.

Oelwein, Iowa-based Covenant Clinic announced the addition of Dilip Sidhu, MD, to its anesthesiology team.

Fairview Range Medical Center in Hibbing Minn., announced the addition of anesthesiologist Phillip Mickelson, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Hometown Focus report.

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia announced that John Di Capua, MD, has been named CEO of NAPA Management Services Corporation and interim managing partner of NAPA.

In a letter to the FDA, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has addressed public health concerns associated with the use of equianalgesic opioid conversion tables and has recommended a staged approach for opioid conversion labeling.  

Sen. Jim Marleau has introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate to impose licensure on anesthesiologist assistants, according to a Belleville View report.

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Claude Brunson, MD, senior adviser to the vice chancellor for external affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and professor of anesthesiology, has been named president-elect of the Mississippi State Medical Association, according to a Clarion Ledger…

Biloxi Regional Medical Center announced that it has added Paul J. Harris, MD, to its active medical staff and to Biloxi Anesthesiology.