Anesthesia

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.

The total global anesthesia and respiratory devices market is expected to be worth $12.7 billion by 2015, according to a new report published by MarketsandMarkets.

St. Alexius Heart & Lung Clinic in Bismarck, N.D., added Jeff Benson, MD, as an anesthesiologist to its medical staff.

ONE Management Services Company, a multispecialty, physician-owned management services organization announced the merger of four anesthesia physician groups.

Anesthesiologists and other physicians who provided out-of-network services to Aetna patients for part or all of the time from 2003 to 2013 may be eligible for a share of the $120 million settlement agreement in the Aetna usual-and-customary class action…

Wichita Anesthesia Chartered, which provides services at five local hospitals and surgery centers, is switching over Precision Surgery Center in Wichita to a new electronic health record system to keep anesthesia records, according to a Wichita Business Journal report.