ASA Monitor 01 2014, Vol.78, 4-5.
A couple weeks after completing my anesthesiology residency, my first real job began. I was one of eight or nine solo practitioner anesthesiologists in a city of about 50,000. We all shared call coverage and performed anesthesia at the three hospitals and a freestanding, non-affiliated outpatient surgical center. A handful of us shared an office. The spouse of one of my anesthesiologist office mates performed all my billing.
My practice was off to a busy start. For the first two weeks, I essentially assumed the schedules of two of my anesthesiologist office mates, each of whom took a one-week vacation. For a short while after that, my case list was filled with procedures done by surgeons who now found it easier to schedule one-off cases with a new physician anesthesiologist.
N. Martin Giesecke; The A’s of the Practicing Anesthesiologist. ASA Monitor 2014;78(1):4-5.