If you’ve never come across an anesthesiologist, you could be considered lucky. Anesthesiology is a medical specialty dedicated to not only helping put people into a drug-induced sleep so they can have surgery, but to pain relief.
An anesthesiologist is a medical doctor who has completed all the medical school and internship/residency requirements to practice medicine, but their residency is at least five years long and focuses on anesthesiology.
What do they learn?
Anesthesiologists need to know how everything works in your body and how the different body systems will react to the different medications and treatments used in anesthesiology. Not only do …read more

Are you going to have surgery soon? Is someone you care about going to have surgery soon?
One of the important pre-surgery issues is being prepared for anesthesia, the medication that puts you to sleep for the surgery. One of the main roles of the anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist is to ensure that you are health enough to have anesthetic and that you get the right one in the right amount for your needs.
The American Association of Anesthesiologists has made available this very interesting and helpful document for people who are need anesthesia. Called The Anesthesia and Me Checklist, the …read more

Most people who are being treated for chronic pain are treated by their family doctor or their specialist for their specific disorder, but sometimes, that isn’t enough. There often comes a time when you need to go a step further and be seen by a doctor who specializes in pain management. That’s not to say that your doctor can’t do the job, but the pain management specialists can help find and organize a pain control regimen that your own doctor may not have considered.
Who is this pain specialist? The anesthesiologists.
Most people only think of anesthesiologists as the doctors who …read more