From left: Alex Hannenberg and James Rathmell

Earlier this month, BWH’s Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine hosted a series of events to celebrate Physician Anesthesiologist Week, including a discussion with BWH’s Beverly Philip, MD, director of Ambulatory Anesthesia and the Day Surgery Unit, and Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists President Sheila Barnett, MD, as well as an ice cream social. Department Chair James Rathmell, MD, and past American Society of Anesthesiologists President Alex Hannenberg, MD, also came together for a conversation about advocacy, the perioperative surgical home, research challenges and the evolving scope of anesthesiologists’ daily practice.