This past Sunday the New York Times had an interesting article about robotic versus open prostactectomy. True the long term benefits of having the procedure done either way may be the same. Having done the anesthesia for both types of surgery, I must say that the robot technique is better. First, the anesthesia is a lot easier. [...]

Februrary 8, 2010 was the day Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist, was formally charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the case of the death of Michael Jackson.  The Huffington Post has the whole story, which I’ll summarize and editorialize below.
Basically, Murray was charged with manslaughter by the Los Angeles court system, to [...]

So here’s the follow up to my original post about the Grey’s Anatomy episode that we all found so shocking.  I’ve posted a clip courtesy of You Tube below.  It’s just the first 8 minutes, but fast forward to minute 1:32 to start the drama!

As it turns out, the patient has a mutation in a [...]

This just in – anesthesiologists get bad rap courtesy of tonight’s episode of Gray’s Anatomy.  The show opens with a woman having a large abdominal surgery who becomes very tachycardic while her anesthesiologist is reading a magazine.  She is shown moving her head and blinking her eyes – indicating that she is indeed awake during [...]

The Boston Herald reported today that an emergency medicine resident at Stony Brook University Medical Center in Long Island posted an inappropriate picture to her Facebook page.  The photo is of a fellow classmate smiling and giving two thumbs up over a cadaver.  The picture was taken while the two were medical students at Stony [...]