The American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Professional Diversity has announced its annual call for proposals for its mentoring program, according to an ASA release.
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A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine recently found that different anesthetic drugs create different patterns in the brain, a discovery that may be an important step to understanding how anesthesia actually works, according to an NPR…
Ellison "Jeep" C. Pierce Jr., MD, a Boston-based anesthesiologist who played a significant role in reducing the rate of anesthesia-related fatalities, has died at age 82, according to a Boston Globe report.