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CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

The operating room team today consists of multiple professionals working in collaboration, including the surgeon, the scrub tech, the circulating nurse, and the anesthesia MD or CRNA. The operating team is a collaborative and cooperative venture. This image of operating room hierarchy has disappeared since the 1940s.