NorthStar Anesthesia has forged a new partnership with Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital North, South Florida Hospital News reported July 1. NorthStar will provide anesthesia services at three of the hospital’s facilities in the region, including the Florida Endoscopy and Surgery…
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Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England has opened an ASC in Enfield, Conn., a project six years in the making, according to a June 27 report from NBC affiliate WWLP-22News. The $50 million facility is named after S. Prestley…
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Here are five anesthesia leaders making headlines since April 28, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Health tapped Mark Twite, MD, as chief of cardiac anesthesia and co-director of Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center in Delaware Valley. 2.…