In general, the Anesthesiology specialty is very male-centric with 73% of providers reporting as male as compared to 26% reporting as female. People living in California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Anesthesiology providers practice. In all, there are 66,077 registered Anesthesiology providers in the United States with over 7,093 of those located in California alone while around 5,502 chose to practice in Texas.
Anesthesiology providers have been assigned the 207L00000X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level II Classification. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Anesthesiology specialists practice in 55 different states/territories and can be categorized into 5 different Anesthesiology sub-specialties: Addiction Medicine (Anesthesiology), Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology), Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Anesthesiology), Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology), and Pediatric Anesthesiology.
An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. The anesthesiologist assesses the risk of the patient undergoing surgery and optimizes the patient's condition prior to, during and after surgery. In addition to these management responsibilities, the anesthesiologist provides medical management and consultation in pain management and critical care medicine. Anesthesiologists diagnose and treat acute, long-standing and cancer pain problems; diagnose and treat patients with critical illnesses or severe injuries; direct resuscitation in the care of patients with cardiac or respiratory emergencies, including the need for artificial ventilation; and supervise post-anesthesia recovery.