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Hawaiian Eye/Retina Meeting
ByKendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
ByEamon N. Dreisbach
Fact checked byChristine Klimanskis, ELS

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January 17, 2024
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VIDEO: Staff shortage on horizon for anesthesiologists in cataract surgery

ByKendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS
ByEamon N. Dreisbach
Fact checked byChristine Klimanskis, ELS

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, discusses current trends in anesthesia for cataract surgery.

“We know that there will be a 30% shortage in the anesthesia teams, as far as anesthesiologists and CRNAs, over the next 10 years. That’s a shortage of over 12,000 practitioners,” she said.

She also discusses the use of anesthesia with less invasive cataract surgery and in-office surgery.

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Donaldson KE. The evolution of ophthalmic anesthesia. Presented at: Hawaiian Eye 2024; Jan. 13-19, 2024; Wailea, Hawaii.

Disclosures: Donaldson reports having relevant financial disclosures for Alcon, Bausch + Lomb, Johnson & Johnson and Zeiss.

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