Why Atlantic Anesthesia
For more than forty years we have been dedicated to developing a strong team of physician and CRNA leaders to build an anesthesia practice that provides excellent service to the patients, surgeons and hospitals we serve.
WE START WITH THE BEST
Our physicians come from medical training programs at the University of Virginia, Duke, Yale, UNC, Columbia University, Massachusetts General and other outstanding programs. We demonstrate excellent leadership across a variety of disciplines, and our entire team of 40 physicians is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiologists (ABA). Our entire team of CRNAs holds current certification through the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
WE STRIVE TO IMPROVE
We have instituted rigorous internal scrutiny of all of our clinical and management practices. From our customized perioperative patient evaluation and management tools to our comprehensive internal performance evaluation system, we continue to cultivate and enhance our culture of excellence. Visit our Advancing Excellence Page for more information on these practices and models.
LEADERSHIP
Atlantic Anesthesia, Inc. achieves excellence through the leadership roles our physicians and CRNAs provide at the local, regional, and state level.
Our Staff Includes:
- Member, House of Delegates (past and present), Medical Society of Virginia
- Member, House of Delegates, American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Past President, Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists
- Past President, Virginia Beach Medical Society
- Past President, Norfolk Academy of Medicine
- Past President, Sentara Norfolk Hospitals Medical Staff
- Past Oral Board Examiner, The American Board of Anesthesiologists
- Journal Reviewer, Anesthesiology and Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
- Inventor, Zoll External Pacemaker
- AAI Liaison, Virginia Legislative Activities
- Program Committee Member, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- Officer, Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program at Old Dominion University
We have a dedicated Medical Director at each of the facilities we serve to provide consistent leadership in the day-to-day operations of the Operating Rooms, Post Anesthesia Care Units (PACU), and Same Day Surgery facilities. Please see Locations/Hospitals Served for more information.
AAI COMMITTEES
In addition to the normal business committees (Executive, Finance, etc.) of a large corporation, our supplemental standing committees provide the knowledge and experience necessary to deliver value-added services to the patients, surgeons and hospitals we serve.
Peer Review Committee
The Peer Review Committee reviews and trends quality improvement data and monitors and tracks the performance of our physicians and CRNAs.
Credentials Committee
We have instituted rigorous internal scrutiny of all of our clinical and management practices. From our customized perioperative patient evaluation and management tools to our comprehensive internal performance evaluation system, we continue to cultivate and enhance our culture of excellence. Visit our Advancing Excellence Page for more information on these practices and models.
Patient Safety Committee
The Patient Safety Committee is charged with establishing guidelines, insuring compliance, making recommendations and establishing policies and procedures for the safe and effective practice of anesthesia.
PROTOCOLS
We are actively involved in the development and implementation of protocols, including pain management and post-operative monitoring, that are used throughout Sentara. We are also actively involved in the Volunteer Hospitals of America initiatives regarding anesthesia care.
TEACHING PROGRAMS
Our staff is heavily involved in teaching programs at local universities and medical schools. Physicians and CRNAs provide instruction to students from Old Dominion University’s School of Nurse Anesthesia. Our physicians are also active in providing instruction for emergency medicine, obstetrics, Surgery, ENT, and other specialty residents and medical students attending Eastern Virginia Medical School.
All our CRNAs and Anesthesiologists commit dozens of hours annually to continuing education in anesthesia and relevant knowledge fields. These include formalized training in new Technology including PICIS, ECARE, anesthesia specific I.T., ACLS, ATLS, and multiple ASA, ABA, and AANA sponsored and approved conferences.
The academic credentials of our physicians have allowed us to share our knowledge and experience by lecturing at seminars and conferences. Our physicians are also actively involved in decisions being made by our state legislators.
COST-CONTAINMENT MEASURES
Our physicians and CRNAs are successful in seeking ways to provide our improve cost-containment measures for our patients and facilities.
They Include:
- Reduction of pharmacy expenses by identifying alternative drug choices
- Materials and equipment management
- Identification of lower cost supplies and anesthesia circuits
- Managing staff for known low-volume periods using AAI proprietary record system software
- Amplifying regional anesthesia provider availability through extensive support of local student nurse anesthetist training, reducing dependence on outside contractors and enhancing community commitment