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Weill Cornell Anesthesiology Heads to ASA Annual Meeting

October 20, 2016

More than two dozen Weill Cornell anesthesiologists and staff are headed to the Windy City for Anesthesiolgy 2016, the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). The event, to be held October 22-26 in Chicago, is expected to draw more than 15,000 attendees from 90 countries, and will feature over 600 educational sessions.

Weill Cornell faculty, fellows and residents will participate in numerous sessions, including panel discussions, workshops and poster...

Growing Interest in Spinal Cord Stimulation to Treat Chronic Pain

October 4, 2016

People whose back or neck pain has not been relieved by back surgery or other treatments may have another option to consider: spinal cord stimulation.

Dr. Neel Mehta, Director of the Pain Medicine Center at Weill Cornell, writes about the treatment in an article for Spine-health.com.

Approved by the FDA in 1989 to relieve pain from some types of nerve damage, spinal cord stimulation is gaining renewed interest as part of a...

Dr. Zachary Turnbull Named Director of Performance Improvement

September 30, 2016

Dr. Zachary Turnbull, instructor in anesthesiology, has been named Director of Performance Improvement for the Center for Perioperative Outcomes, a division of the Department of Anesthesiology.

Working with key stakeholders, Dr. Turnbull will lead efforts to collect and analyze performance metrics across the department, and...

Weill Cornell Anesthesiology Heads to ASA Annual Meeting

Growing Interest in Spinal Cord Stimulation to Treat Chronic Pain

Dr. Zachary Turnbull Named Director of Performance Improvement

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