Anesthesia

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.  

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.