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)
Dr. Marx was born in Frankfurt, Germany on Feb. 13, 1912, where she spent her childhood and later entered the University of Frankfurt as a medical student. After attending a rally where Adolf Hitler spoke, she convinced her Jewish family to leave Germany. They moved to Switzerland and she finished medical school at the University of Bern in 1937.
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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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