The Making of a Pediatric Anesthesiologist

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The Current State of Combined Pediatric Anesthesiology–Critical Care Practice: A Survey of Dual-Trained Practitioners in the United States

Anesthetic Management of an Infant with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure Undergoing Open Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: The Critical Role of Dual-Trained Pediatric and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist

Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Positions: Is There a Mismatch?

The American Pediatric Critical Care Anesthesiologist: An Endangered Species Worth Saving

Association of Lifetime Earning Potential and Workforce Distribution Among Pediatric Subspecialists

Does Fellowship Pay: What Is the Long-term Financial Impact of Subspecialty Training in Pediatrics?

Differences in Lifetime Earning Potential for Pediatric Subspecialists. Pediatrics

The Pediatric Anesthesiology Workforce: Projecting Supply and Trends 2015-2035

Consumer research priorities for pediatric anesthesia and perioperative medicine

Coaching for the pediatric anesthesiologist: Becoming our best selves

United States anesthesiologists over 50: retirement decision making and workforce implications

Physician Unionization: Opportunities and Challenges for Anesthesiologists in the United States

YouTube as a source of education in perioperative anesthesia for patients and trainees: a systematic review


The Anesthesia Workforce

Abouleish AE, Pomerantz P, Peterson MD, et al. Closing the Chasm: Understanding and Addressing the Anesthesia Workforce Supply and Demand Imbalance. Anesthesiology 2024. DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005052.

Muffly MK, Singleton M, Agarwal R, et al. The Pediatric Anesthesiology Workforce: Projecting Supply and Trends 2015-2035. Anesthesia and analgesia 2018;126(2):568-578. (In eng). DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000002535.

Nasr VG, Staffa SJ, Vener DF, et al. The Practice of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology in the United States. Anesthesia and analgesia 2022;134(3):532-539. (In eng). DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000005859.

Niconchuk JA, Newton MW. Global pediatric surgery and anesthesia inequities: how do we have a global effort? Current opinion in anaesthesiology 2022;35(3):351-356. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001122.

Anders G. Numb and Number: Once a Hot Specialty, Anesthesiology Cools As Insurers Scale Back ---Health-Care Workers Find Fewer Jobs, Lower Pay In Era of Cost-Cutting --- Working Harder for $100,000. The Wall Street Journal: Dow Jones & Company; 1995.

Giustini AJ, Sivak EL, Nasr VG, et al. Where have all the pediatric anesthesiology fellows gone in the USA? Anesthesiology fellowship trends. Paediatric anaesthesia 2024 (In eng). DOI: 10.1111/pan.14844.

Afonso AM, Cadwell JB, Staffa SJ, Sinskey JL, Vinson AE. U.S. Attending Anesthesiologist Burnout in the Postpandemic Era. Anesthesiology 2024;140(1):38-51. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000004784.

Holzer BM, Ramuz O, Minder CE, Zimmerli L. Motivation and personality factors of Generation Z high school students aspiring to study human medicine. BMC Med Educ 2022;22(1):31. (In eng). DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-03099-4.

1. Abouleish AE, Pomerantz P, Peterson MD, et al. Closing the Chasm: Understanding and Addressing the Anesthesia Workforce Supply and Demand Imbalance. Anesthesiology 2024. DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005052.

2. Du AL, Robbins K, Waterman RS, Urman RD, Gabriel RA. National trends in nonoperating room anesthesia: procedures, facilities, and patient characteristics. Current opinion in anaesthesiology 2021;34(4):464-469. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001022.

3. Muffly MK, Singleton M, Agarwal R, et al. The Pediatric Anesthesiology Workforce: Projecting Supply and Trends 2015-2035. Anesthesia and analgesia 2018;126(2):568-578. (In eng). DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000002535.

4. Nasr VG, Staffa SJ, Vener DF, et al. The Practice of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology in the United States. Anesthesia and analgesia 2022;134(3):532-539. (In eng). DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000005859.

5. Niconchuk JA, Newton MW. Global pediatric surgery and anesthesia inequities: how do we have a global effort? Current opinion in anaesthesiology 2022;35(3):351-356. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001122.

6. Mahant S, Guttmann A. Shifts in the Hospital Care of Children in the US—A Health Equity Challenge. JAMA network open 2023;6(9):e2331763-e2331763. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31763.

7. Leyenaar JK, Freyleue SD, Arakelyan M, Goodman DC, O’Malley AJ. Pediatric Hospitalizations at Rural and Urban Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals in the US, 2009-2019. JAMA network open 2023;6(9):e2331807-e2331807. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31807.

8. Holzer BM, Ramuz O, Minder CE, Zimmerli L. Motivation and personality factors of Generation Z high school students aspiring to study human medicine. BMC Med Educ 2022;22(1):31. (In eng). DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-03099-4.

9. Barbosa EC, Espírito Santo PA, Baraldo S, Meine GC. Remimazolam versus propofol for sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British journal of anaesthesia 2024;132(6):1219-1229. (In eng). DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.02.005.


Focus on Women in Anesthesia

Gender Differences in Compensation in Anesthesiology in the United States: Results of a National Survey of Anesthesiologists

Gender disparity among US anaesthesiologists: are women underrepresented in academic ranks and scholarly productivity?

Programmatic approaches to achieving equity for women in anesthesiology

Why women leave medicine

Empowering Women as Leaders in Pediatric Anesthesiology: Methodology, Lessons, and Early Outcomes of a National Initiative

Perceived Discrimination Experienced by Physician Mothers and Desired Workplace Changes: A Cross-sectional Survey

Motherhood and Anesthesiology: A Survey of the American Society of Anesthesiologists

One in Four - The Importance of Comprehensive Fertility Benefits for the Medical Workforce

ASA: Statement on Lactation Among Anesthesia Clinicians

Allen KJ, Chiavaroli N, Reid KJ. Successful return to work in anaesthesia after maternity leave: a qualitative study. Anaesthesia. 2024 Jan 4. doi: 10.1111/anae.16231. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38177064.


Lautenberger DM, Dandar VM, Zhou Y. Understanding and Addressing Sexual Harassment in Academic Medicine. Washington, DC: AAMC; 2022. Available at aamc.org

Lautenberger DM, Dandar VM. The State of Women in Academic Medicine 2023-2024: Progressing Toward Equity. Washington, DC: AAMC; November 2024. Available at aamc.org

George A. Mashour; This Is Not Acceptable. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:34 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000925020.07308.aa

AAMC Data Snapshot – “October 2022 Experiences of Sexual Harassment Among Medical Students and Postdocs at U.S. Medical Schools”. Available at aamc.org

https://www.asahq.org/standards-and-practice-parameters/statement-on-harassment-incivility-and-disrespect