Abstract
Ask the Expert| November 2022 Lonely at the Top? The Life of an Anesthesia Chair Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA; Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar David A. Zvara, MD, FASA David A. Zvara, MD, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 33–34. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000897380.75505.2b Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Zachary Deutch, David A. Zvara; Lonely at the Top? The Life of an Anesthesia Chair. ASA Monitor 2022; 86:33–34 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000897380.75505.2b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: loneliness Most of us (if not all of us) are currently dealing with personnel issues, particularly with difficulty in recruiting/retaining. Such difficulties are heavily borne by departmental leaders who are simultaneously accountable to physicians that work under them and to hospital administrators above them. The average tenure of an anesthesiology department chair is less than five years, and the incidence of burnout is high (Anesthesiology 2011;114:181-93). Staffing problems aside, what are the unique pressures that chairs face, and are these pressures surmountable, given a pandemic that refuses to fade away, a labile economy, and a politically polarized society? Addressing these questions for us this month is a successful, veteran chair, Dr. David Zvara, who leads the highly regarded department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Zvara, a pleasure to have you. What was your path to chairman? I always thought I might be interested in... You do not currently have access to this content.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
