Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Names Anesthesiology Chairman.Business/Health and Medical Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2000 The small number of women who head departments at major Boston teaching hospitals have added one more to their ranks with Dr. Carol A. Warfield's appointment as chairman of the department of anesthesia and critical care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Both an international and regional referral center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital (founded in 1916) and , effective immediately. She is the first female chair of an anesthesiology anesthesiology (ăn'ĭsthē'zēŏl`əjē), branch of medicine concerned primarily with procedures for rendering patients insensitive to pain, and for supporting life systems under the strains of anesthesia and surgery. department in the history of the Harvard teaching hospital system. She is also a recepient of the Edward Lowenstein chair at Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , which is an `endowed en·dow tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows 1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income. 2. a. chair of anesthesia.' Warfield, an internationally known expert in pain management, has been chief of the institution's pain management division in anesthesiology since 1992 and director of the pain management center since 1980. She has been on staff at the former Beth Israel Hospital See:
Her professional focus lies in educating physicians on the appropriate treatment of pain, particularly management of cancer pain. This area of interest developed as she observed that pain was well-managed in the operating room operating room n. Abbr. OR A room equipped for performing surgical operations. , but patients on medical floors sometimes suffered needlessly despite drug availability. Through the years, she has shared her knowledge of cancer pain management with physicians from across the nation, and through her work with the World Health Organization, she has been able to educate physicians throughout the world. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Warfield, her vision for the department is for it to be the benchmark for excellence in the nation. She said, "I want to create an atmosphere where physicians will clamor to join the department because of its reputation for excellent clinical care and research, and supportive teaching environment." Warfield lives in Lynnfield with her three children. |
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