anesthesiologist

noun

an·es·the·si·ol·o·gist | \ ˌa-nəs-ˌthē-zē-ˈä-lə-jist

plural anesthesiologists

Definition of anesthesiologist

: anesthetist specifically : a physician specializing in anesthesiology

Examples of anesthesiologist in a Sentence

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Zucker is a doctor—a pediatrician and an anesthesiologist, like his father, and a cardiologist—as well as a lawyer. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "The Message of Measles," 26 Aug. 2019 Powers has aspirations of being a pediatrician or pediatric anesthesiologist, a dream that will play out in coming years. — Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, "A childless Detroit couple and their east-side church boost Detroit Youth," 24 Aug. 2019 Then a different provider, such as an anesthesiologist, ends up treating her, who is out of network. — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, "Health care price transparency a sticking point in Ohio budget negotiations," 24 June 2019 The insurer covered all of Cannon's other medical bills, which came to more than $100,000, including those from the hospital, surgeon and anesthesiologist. — Jon Hamilton, Dallas News, "Austin woman's spinal surgery brings back-breaking $94,000 bill a year later," 20 June 2019 The friend, an anesthesiologist, mentioned that his local pharmacy had spent $12,000 on remodeling to increase security because of OxyContin, the powerful opioid painkiller. — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, "In Newly Released Deposition, OxyContin Owner Defends Response to Reports of Abuse," 25 May 2019 Barris and his wife, an anesthesiologist, married in 1999 and have six kids. — Rachel Yang, EW.com, "black-ish creator Kenya Barris and Rania 'Rainbow' Barris divorcing after 20 years," 13 Aug. 2019 Cardiologists who perform procedures ($648,000), and anesthesiologists ($404,000) feasted from increases of between 9% and 10%. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Trouble Seeing a Specialist? Here’s What’s Driving the ‘Doctor Draught’," 15 July 2019 Nonprofits say a big reason patients suffer is outsized bills from doctors, such as anesthesiologists, who are out of a patient’s insurance network but work at the facility. — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, "When Patients Can’t Pay, Many Hospitals Are Suing," 25 June 2019

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