Articles written by Tazeen Beg
Volume 77 Number 3
A Day in the Life of a Dental Anesthesiology Resident
“Anesthesiology residency programs have been training dentist anesthesiologists to help meet demand since the mid 20th century. Currently, dental anesthesiology training requires a dentist to complete a dedicated three-year residency with at least 800 cases of deep sedation or general anesthesia.”
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A Day in the Life of a Academic Anesthesiologist
“Learning never ends; it is a path intertwined with moments of challenge, growth and discovery. And so here I am today, in an academic medical center, taking care of patients while teaching anesthesiology to residents, medical students and sometimes Certified Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). And I, in turn, learn something new every day.”
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Dr. Gertie Florentine Marx: The Mother of Obstetrics Anesthesiology (1912–2004)
“Sir, I am a physician—and I go wherever I’m needed as a physician.” With those words, Dr. Gertie Florentine Marx quashed any opposition to her feminine presence in the Physician Residence for Men during a senior anesthesiologist’s cardiopulmonary event, which otherwise could have resulted in her arrest. Dr. Ronald Simon—an associate professor of surgery, a […]
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The Well-Being of the Perioperative Physician
Tazeen Beg, M.D., and Katrina Kerolus, M.D. An anesthesiology resident on overnight call receives a pager call for a trauma arriving at his level 1 trauma center. He takes the airway box and runs to the ER. However, the trauma is called off. Apparently, it was an elderly man on anticoagulants who fell in the […]
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