Anesthesia

Mindray Medical International, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices, has announced the introduction of the A3 anesthesia system, an expansion of the company's A Series portfolio, according to a news release.

Anesthesia provider Continental Anesthesia, headquartered in Oakbrook, Ill., has added Michael N. Cannizzaro and Barry Matthews to its leadership team, according to a news release.

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium S'axt Hit Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka has added Ann D. Patterson, MD, to its medical staff, according to an Alaska Native News report.

Spacelabs Healthcare will introduce Arkon, a new anesthesia system, as well as the Xprezzon patient monitor and a Multigas Analyzer, at the American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in October, according to a MarketWatch release.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Medical Association have filed an amicus brief in the appeal of CSA and CMA v. Schwarzenegger, according to an ASA release.

Steven Shafer, MD, professor of anesthesiology at Columbia University and editor in chief of the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia, will testify as an expert witness about propofol in the trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, MD, according to…

Anesthesiologist Thomas Fuhrman, MD, kept a patient awake during brain surgery at the University of Miami Hospital, according to a Miami Herald report.

A Las Vegas jury has ruled that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and two other drug makers must pay $162.5 million in punitive damages for selling the anesthetic propofol in a way that led three colonoscopy patients to contract hepatitis C, according…

In a recent letter, the American Society of Anesthesiologists joined 19 other specialty physician associations in urging members of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board as part of their broader deficit reduction package,…

Banner Health, the owner of McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colo., and operator of North Colorado Medical Center in Greenley, has added Loveland Anesthesia Associates to its holdings, according to a Loveland Reporter-Herald report.