Here are five anesthesiologists in the headlines in the last month
1. Matt Mazurek, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiologist at the New Haven-based Yale School of Medicine, joined Becker's, to discuss the Stark law issues he's keeping an eye on.
2. A jury in Portland, Ore., awarded over $24.6 million to the family of a patient who died during a colonoscopy in 2018. The family of Erric Gilbert initially sued the clinic and the team of medical providers for a total of $57.7 million in both economic and non-economic damages for failing to provide emergency resuscitation in time after Mr. Gilbert's vital signs began to crash during his procedure.
On Aug. 16, the jury found the clinic team 40% responsible for Mr. Gilbert's death and placed the remaining responsibility on an anesthesiologist, who settled out of the case. The gastroenterologist who performed the procedure, Young Choi, MD, was found at no fault for the incident by the jury, despite opposing arguments by Mr. Gilbert's family.
3. Farmington-based MaineHealth Franklin Hospital added anesthesiologist Kyle Curtis, MD, to its care team. Dr. Curtis completed his anesthesiology residency at Bethesda, Md.-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he received the Armed Services Service Medal for meritorious service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. An anesthesia provider and its malpractice insurer paid $4.2 million in a settlement with the family of a patient who died undergoing a procedure at an ASC, Law.com reported Aug. 8.
Michelle Crisafulli died Aug. 16, 2018, roughly one month after undergoing the removal of an intrauterine device under general anesthesia at RWJBarnabas Health's Gregori Surgery Center in West Orange, N.J. Ms. Crisafulli underwent surgery July 24, 2018, and experienced a drop in blood pressure and oxygenation level, but the anesthesiologists did not stop the procedure. The plaintiffs' attorney said the anesthesiologist who treated the patient, Peter Scala, MD, erred by failing to stop the surgery.
5. Average anesthesiologist pay jumped $10,000 in the last year, according to AMN Healthcare's 2024, "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives." Here's how anesthesiologist salary has changed in six years.