Anesthesia

Expanding the anesthesiologist assistant pipeline would add more providers to the anesthesia workforce, but whether it would add access is a different question. The current shortage isn’t just a pipeline problem. It’s a mismatch between where providers are trained, what…

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing named Martina Steed, PhD, CRNA, director of its Nurse Anesthesia Program. Dr. Steed, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, had served as interim director since January, according…

Mike Katz, MD, a pediatric anesthesiologist and former Democratic Delaware state lawmaker, won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Delaware on Sept. 15, 2026, setting up a November challenge to three-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Chris Coons, NPR affiliate WHYY…

ASCs are rethinking who staffs their operating rooms and how much it costs them to do it as the anesthesia workforce continues to face pressures on both the supply and demand side of the equation.  As certified registered nurse anesthetists…

The American Society of Anesthesiologists partnered with HaloMD, a healthcare technology company specializing in IDR processes, joining its Innovator Supporter Program.  Members of the ASA Innovator Supporter Program engage with ASA members and physician leaders to collaborate on initiatives supporting…

From new programs to enrollment expansions, hospitals and universities are racing to build a CRNA pipeline that the healthcare system increasingly depends on.   1. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare partnered to expand the school’s Doctor…

Andrew Wickline, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Genesee Orthopedics in New Hartford, N.Y., and Apex Surgical Center in Westmoreland, N.Y., is leading a national push to remove opioids from recovery after hip and knee replacements, The Rome Sentinel reported Sept.…

Twenty-seven states have opted out of the federal requirement that a physician supervise CRNAs administering anesthesia, according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology’s most recent fact sheet, updated in July 2026. Vermont and Ohio became the 26th and 27th…

As anesthesia shortages and rising costs push ASCs to rethink how they staff operating rooms, many leaders are weighing a fundamental choice: bring anesthesia in-house or outsource it to a third-party group. Brian Cohen, MD, administrative chief of Miami Anesthesia…

The highest-paid anesthesiologist in Kansas City, Mo., earns $896,600 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $360,570 anesthesiologists make, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is what…