Samer Narouze, MD, has been named director of the pain management department at Summa Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, according to a story in the Cuyahoga Falls News-Press.
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The International Anesthesia Research Society has announced that Michael F. Roizen, MD, will chair the Executive Board of SAFEKIDS (Safety of Key Inhaled and Intravenous Drugs in Pediatrics), a public-private partnership between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the…
ASAP TODAY, an international group of more than 300 anesthesiologists, surgeons, economists and public health specialists, discussed how to resolve the global anesthesia crisis and raise the standards for surgical outcomes around the world at its 3rd annual meeting recently…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized drug maker APP to reintroduce Fresenius Propoven 1% (1 percent propofol) to the U.S. market in order to help ease the ongoing propofol injection shortage, according to a letter from APP.
Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network has signed an "integrative network agreement" with 88-bed Sierra Vista (Ariz.) Regional Health Center, according to a Carondelet news release.
Hill Physicians Medical Group, based in San Ramon, Calif., is in talks to merge with Physicians Integrated Medical Group, according to a story in the San Francisco Business Times.
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After weeks of contentious negotiations, UnitedHealthcare and New York City's Continuum Health Partners reached an agreement that will keep care for tens of thousands of New York patients from being disrupted, according to a story in The New York Times.
Adam Hauser, MD, an anesthesiologist who is medical director of the Surgery Center at Brinton Lake in Glen Mills, Pa., is always on the lookout for a new surgeon to work at his five-OR ASC.
New Milford (Conn.) Hospital and Danbury (Conn.) Hospital have announced that they are moving forward with plans for a formal affiliation, according to Danbury Hospital news release.