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
Orlando, FL 10/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Longview, TX 7560510/01/2025
Physician Assistant | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Tyler, TX 7570110/01/2025
Physician Assistant | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Houston, TX 10/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
College Station, TX 7784510/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Austin, TX 10/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
College Station, TX 7784510/01/2025
Physician | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Florence, OR 97439-947110/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Enumclaw, WA 9802210/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Omaha, NE 6815410/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent
Loxahatchee, FL 10/01/2025
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Anesthesiology | Permanent