This article appears in the December 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. Anesthesiology may be a sleeper in healthcare, in a manner of speaking. While not traditionally regarded among the top ...

ASCs are a key growth opportunity for anesthesiologists, according to Andrew Leibowitz, MD. Dr. Leibowitz is a professor and chair of the department of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine ...

With great optimism for the future, I am excited to announce the appointment of Ryan Densmore, M.D., as the new director of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine ...

While the occurrence may be relatively rare, the effects of operating room fires can be devastating. The American Society of Anesthesiologists estimates that such fires occur 50 to 100 times in ORs ...

Anesthesiologist Evgeny Tkachenko, MD, had a routine day ahead of him at the clinic where he works in Moscow: two surgeries, one of them elective. The anesthesia for the elective surgery, an aesthetic ...

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Samantha Hodge-Williams was terrified as she lay in the operating room. Then the anesthesiologist offered a surprising source of calm. Time now for ...

Next time you’re on the operating table and you have one last look around as the anesthesiologist approaches, don’t be too sure that that person in scrubs looking at a smartphone is pulling up vital ...

To improve the flow of patient utilization in the OR, St. Luke's Hospital created a perioperative governing council, says Herring, the anesthesia medical director. The key word in the council, he says ...