(WHTM) — I recently underwent a procedure requiring me to have local anesthesia placed in the area where the doctor was working. I felt nothing and it was wonderful not worrying about pain while the ...

If you’ve ever had surgery, you’ve probably wondered about how anesthesia works, or maybe even lied awake at night anxious about going under. If you’ve ever been there, I’m sure you remember: Right ...

Anesthesiology plays a critical role across all facets of perioperative and procedural services. With clinical expertise in pre-, intra-, and post-operative care, your anesthesia team has the ...

The significance of this groundbreaking achievement extends far beyond the operating room (OR). Although anesthesia is a relatively new concept in the millennia that we’ve been talking about medicine, ...

Christopher Troianos, MD, FASE, is a board-certified anesthesiologist and the Chair of Enterprise Anesthesiology at Cleveland Clinic. After earning his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh ...

October 16 is World Anesthesia Day, celebrating the 170th anniversary of the first successful demonstration of surgical anesthesia. Prior to then, surgery was really unpleasant, to put it mildly -- ...

CHICAGO, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The large majority of U.S. hospitals continue to treat anesthesiology services as a cost center—characterized by rising stipends, staffing volatility and little ...

Alignment, transparency and shared goals are the core elements that make a strong anesthesia partner for ASCs. Two anesthesia leaders joined Becker’s to describe their ideal anesthesia partner.

Anesthesia leaders face a diverse set of challenges in 2026 as the workforce shortage continues to shift across geographies, markets and practice settings. Melissa Croad, CRNA, APRN, president of the ...

Saint Louis University’s Master of Medical Science in Anesthesiology program prepares anesthesiologist assistants in cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning ...