Anesthesia

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The Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee last week held its first meeting to discuss pain research collaboration with the federal government, the American Society of Anesthesiologists reported.

Jeffrey Quintana, MD, was appointed assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, according to a Wauwatosa Now report.

The Center for Consciousness Studies will hold an April conference focused on examining the effects of anesthetics on the brain, according to an Arizona Public Media report. Among those presenting will be Stuart Hameroff, MD, an anesthesiologist and director of…

An ongoing shortage of sedatives like propofal and fentenyl are prolonging recovery times for New York patients, said Michael Simon, MD, president of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, in a WNYT report.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' anesthesia conversion factor previously announced by the American Society of Anesthesiologists were erroneous, ASA announced this week. The mistake resulted from an error in the original calculations of the CY 2012 Anesthesia Conversion…

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker yesterday signed a bill creating licensure requirements and standards for anesthesiologist assistants, according to a Wausau Daily Herald report.

The Surgery Center of Pennsylvania's anesthesia leadership, William Goldstein, MD, and Bill Isaacson, MD, have selected Premier Anesthesia to support provision of anesthesia to the center, according to a news release.

A federal judge yesterday barred the use of sodium thiopental, an imported anesthetic administered to death row inmates prior to lethal injections, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

Anesthesiologists averaged a higher salary than any other profession in Minnesota last year, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Minnesota Examiner. The average anesthesiologist's salary is $231,830 annually.