Jerry A. Cohen, MD, president-elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, discusses four ways the role of anesthesiologists will change over the next five years. 1. Anesthesiologists should be used as peri-operative physicians. According to Dr. Cohen, anesthesiologists are in…
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