Anesthesia

Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb., announced that Mark Reisbig, MD, PhD, has joined the department of anesthesiology as a professor and clinical instructor.

Anesthesia researchers are aiming to develop new anesthetic agents with important advantages over current drugs, according to a set of papers in the August 2012 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society, and a…

Dr. Brian R. Kane has joined Asheville (N.C.) Anesthesia Associates, according to a Blue Ridge Now report.

Duke University School of Medicine assistant anesthesiology professor Richard Vann, MD, has received the Albert R. Behnke Award at the annual meeting of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society.

Anesthesia Medical Group venture PhyMed Holdings has raised $42 million from a group of investors, according to a Nashville Post report.

MEDNAX medical group will be expanding its anesthesia services with the acquisition of two practices, Loudoun Anesthesia Associates in Leesburg, Va., and Anesthesia Medical Alliance of East (Knoxville) Tennessee.

Patient satisfaction is influenced by many different factors, including patients' relationship with physicians, nurses and other caregivers. At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Charles Militana, MD, director of anesthesia at…

ASCA recently met with CDC officials to discuss issues affecting the ASC industry, particularly those related to injectable drugs packaged in single- and multi-dose vials, according to an ASCA report.

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.