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A Look Back: Changes in Anesthesiology Training, Equipment and Techniques Since 1982
I thought it might be interesting for the next generation of anesthesia professionals to read about some of the ...
JULY 31, 2025
Armageddon: The 'Why' to War Games
I am not directly comparing the survival of private practice anesthesia with the survival of the Earth facing a ...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Medicine Is So Much More Than a Job
At the end of every rotation with the medical students, I always ask the group the following series of questions.
JUNE 21, 2024
‘Healthcare Upside Down’
My hope is to see us set healthcare right side up for us, the doctors, and most of all for those who require or ...
DECEMBER 28, 2023
War Games: Private Anesthesia Group Versus Hospital System Versus Private Equity Firm
The 1983 movie “War Games” dealt with global thermonuclear war, a scenario with no winners.
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Our Workplaces Must Become More Humane
I was the third of four anesthesiologists in our group to fall ill in little more than a year.
MAY 4, 2023
On Increasing Our ‘Freudenfreude’
Almost nine years ago, I wrote an editorial for General Surgery News that extolled the wonderful concept of ...
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
“Anesthesiologists Have Ceded Control of the Specialty”
The following letter was received as a response to David Sherer’s commentary, which was the first installment ...
OCTOBER 29, 2022
Cultural Illiteracy and the Anesthesiologist
In my last installment, I proposed the reasons we anesthesiologists are misunderstood and, at times, ...
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Words, Words, Words
Shakespeare used words for their explicit and multiple meanings. In medical practice, our choice of words can be ...
JANUARY 22, 2022
When Life Is Unsettled: Pain Management During a Pandemic
These unprecedented times have stressed pain medicine specialists as they manage their patients during a global ...
JULY 17, 2020
Get Better at Anesthesia—or Get Out!
Excuse me, doctor. Are you any good? I mean, are you any good at anesthesia stuff?
MAY 9, 2017
