Anesthesia

John L. Adams, MD, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center faculty as an assistant professor of anesthesiology.

The University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine has appointed Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD, to the position of vice dean.  

Pediatric anesthesiologist Andrea P. Dutoit, MD, had joined the University of Oklahoma Children's Physicians group.

The American Board of Pediatrics has named anesthesiologist David G. Nichols, MD, to the positions of president and CEO.

Drug shortages are delaying plans to open new surgery centers, according to a blog post by Greg Rockers, a staff member with JCB Laboratories.

Benjamin L Rubin, MD, has joined Fox Chase Anesthesiology Associates in Philadelphia.

McCallum R. Hoyt, MD, an anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, was appointed president of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. She will serve a one-year term from 2012 to 2013.

Anesthesiologist Nazek Shabayek, MD, has joined Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt.

The Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists is "dismayed" at the decision of the state Court of Appeals to uphold the opt-out allowing nurses to administer anesthesia without physician supervision, the organization said this week.

Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…