At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, David Paly, MD, will give a presentation titled "Anesthesia for Outpatient Spine Surgery."

Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville, Ky., is opening its Muhlenberg Pain Management Center on April 30, according to a SurfKY News report.

Anesthesiology may put some people to sleep, but the specialty is about to get a wakeup call.

With more than 20 years of experience, David Paly, MD, is board-certified in pain medicine and anesthesiology. He practices at South Sound Neurosurgery in Puyallup, Wash.

Michael McKee, MD, has joined North American Spine in San Antonio as a physician partner, according to the Beaumont Enterprise.

Robin Fowler, MD, is a pain management physician in Atlanta with Interventional Spine and Pain Management. He is the founder and medical director of Interventional Management Services, a surgical center management company serving centers from New Mexico to Florida. He is a member of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the National Pain Foundation and the American Medical Association.

Two physicians have been added to the board of directors for the newly-created Society for Advanced Spinal Intervention.

Two physicians at Interventional Spine and Pain Management in Atlanta are now double board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers. He is also a clinical professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at the University of Louisville, and he practices anesthesiology and pain management at several surgery centers.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers published a study showing an interdisciplinary approach to monitoring patient pain increases patient care and satisfaction, according to a Medical News Today report.