In 2024 most academic medical centers utilize a preoperative anesthesia evaluation clinic to prepare and screen patients prior to surgery, but do community and…
The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. The manual lists diagnostic and therapeutic steps to follow in 26 different emergency…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists is supporting an expansion of the role of anesthesiologists in the delivery of perioperative care in hospitals. This proposed…
Screening prior to outpatient surgery is important. Over 70% of elective surgeries in the United States are ambulatory or outpatient surgeries, in which the…
A question anesthesiologists are commonly asked is, “Why did you want to become an anesthesiologist?" Let’s assume a young man or woman has the…
Dr. Novak intubating a patient using a McGrath 5 videolaryngoscope in the operating room. Full story available at Outpatient Surgery Magazine. Vascular Access…
Will robots replace anesthesiologists? I am the Medical Director of a surgery center in California that does 5,000 gastroenterology endoscopies per year. In 2013…
Clinical Case for Discussion: You are the Medical Director of a freestanding surgery center. A surgeon at the facility has a serious perioperative complication…
Clinical Case for Discussion: You’re planning a career in private practice anesthesia following your residency. One night during a dream, a wizened man with…