Northwest Anesthesia Physicians, P.C. has a professional staff composed of anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). An anesthesiologist is a medical doctor (physician) who has completed a post graduate residency in anesthesiology. A CRNA is a registered nurse with additional years of anesthesia specialty training.
Your anesthesia will be administered either by an anesthesiologist or by a CRNA, who is under the medical direction of an anesthesiologist. Our anesthesia staff utilizes a team approach to provide your anesthetic care. This means that your anesthetic may be administered by more than one anesthesiologist or CRNA.
A member of the anesthesia staff will be with you the entire time you are having your surgery.