‘Ask the Experts’: The Future Role of Physician Anesthesiologists with Karen Sibert, MD

04/27/21 • 49 min

Show Notes:

In this episode of “Ask the Experts,” Karen Sibert, MD, joins us to discuss the future of anesthesiology and the evolving role of anesthesiologists in modern health care. She also explains her reason for giving up on Twitter as a way of communicating her ideas and opinions about the specialty.

“Ask the Experts” is a conversation podcast series from the “Anesthesiology News Presents” channel. It features up-close and personal Q&A interviews with leading experts in the field of anesthesiology on topics such as difficult airways and women in medicine.

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Link to interview with Karen Sibert, MD, in “The Etherist” Season 2

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Links Mentioned:

Link to article comment for question 1

Link to tweet for question 2

Link to interview with Karen Sibert, MD, in “The Etherist” Season 2

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‘On the Case’: The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Chloroprocaine in Ambulatory Surgery

In this episode of “On the Case,” J. Eric Greensmith, MD, PhD, joins us to discuss his case report about the history of chloroprocaine and the benefits of using it in ambulatory surgery today.

Greensmith is an associate professor of anesthesia and critical care in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, In Hershey.

“On the Case” is an interview-driven podcast series, in which we take a behind-the-scenes look at the popular case reports that are published in Anesthesiology News. We interrogate the authors of those case reports what it was like to experience those clinical situations and why they decided to write about them afterward.

Links from the episode

Link to case report: The Rise, Fall and Rise Again: Navigating the History of Chloroprocaine In Ambulatory Surgery

Link to other reports from The Frost Series.

Link to submit a case report: AnesthesiologyNews.com/CaseSubmission

Link to study on isobaric spinal mepivacaine.

Link to study comparing spinal 2-chloroprocaine and lidocaine.

Link to study on spinal chloroprocaine solutions.

Link to study on mepivacaine and transient neurologic symptoms.

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‘On the Case’: Managing Pain and COVID-19 Pneumonia During Cesarean Delivery

Show Notes:

In this episode of “On the Case,” Steve Garber, MD, discusses his case report on a 39-year-old woman (gravida 5, para 4), at 36 weeks’ gestation, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia after presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath, cough and myalgias three days after her COVID-19 diagnosis.

Dr. Garber in an anesthesiologist at Saddleback Medical Center, in Laguna Hills, Calif.

“On the Case” is an interview-driven podcast series, in which we take a behind-the-scenes look at the popular case reports that are published in Anesthesiology News. We interrogate the authors of those case reports what it was like to experience those clinical situations and why they decided to write about them afterward.