An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation, obstetric, or diagnostic procedure.
It is the anesthesiologist's foremost purpose and concern to protect the patient's well-being and safety just prior to, during, and after surgery. Anesthesiologists have many responsibilities: preoperative evaluation of patients to determine conditions that may complicate surgery; management of pain and emotional stress during surgical, obstetrical, and medical procedures; provision of life support under the stress of anesthesia and surgery; immediate postoperative care of the patient; and knowledge of drugs and their interactions with anesthetic agents. Their functions also include long-standing and cancer pain management; management of problems in cardiac and respiratory resuscitation; application of specific methods of inhalation therapy; and emergency clinical management of various fluid, electrolyte, and metabolic disturbances.
When a patient undergoes a surgery the anesthesiologist is the physician that administers a general or local anesthetic to that patient. While the number of physicians choosing to go into anesthesiology is decreasing, there is a demand for these physicians across the country.
Median Salary: $258,100 per year
Projected Growth: 18% from 2014-2024
Wichita Falls, TX 06/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Troy, MO 6337906/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Lafayette, LA 06/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Seattle, WA 9810106/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Lafayette, LA 06/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Tacoma, WA 06/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Tacoma, WA 06/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Dublin, OH 4301606/18/2025
Nurse Practitioner | Anesthesiology | Permanent
San Bernardino, CA 9240406/18/2025
Physician | Anesthesiology | Permanent
San Bernardino, CA 9240406/18/2025
Physician | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Huntington Station, NY 1174606/18/2025
Physician | Anesthesiology | Permanent
East Meadow, NY 1155406/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Syosset, NY 1179106/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Salisbury, MD 2180106/18/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent