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MAY 23, 2018

A Paradigm Shift at a Busy Urology Ambulatory Surgery Center

Jayesh Dayal, MD
President, White Flint Surgery LLC
Rockville, MD

One of my urology buddies cornered me at a party and asked me to take over the anesthesia duties for his single-specialty urology ambulatory surgery center, with its one operating room (OR), because his certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) was getting married and moving away.

I accepted and started.

It is a very busy OR, shared by seven urologists, and the case mix ranges from straight two-minute cystoscopies to more complex