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WHO WILL BE PROVIDING ANESTHESIA CARE 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

The Anesthesia Consultant

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. The Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies estimates that current clinically active anesthesia professionals are made up of 43,500 anesthesiologists, 50,000 nurse anesthetists, and 3,200 anesthesiologist assistants.

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Becoming An Anesthesiologist

Salem Anesthesia

Additionally, the anesthesiologist leads teams of certified registered nurse anesthetists ( CRNA s) and certified anesthesiologist assistants (CAAs). Members of the medical team look to the anesthesiologist as an expert in pain management.