Automation in Anesthesia: First Ever Technology for US Providers
Speakers
Discover more on the first automation in anesthesia technology for US providers with this Symposium recorded at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023
Et Control is indicated for patients 18 years of age and older in the United States
John "JW" Beard, MD, MBA
John “JW” Beard, MD, APSF board Member and Chief Medical Officer of GE HealthCare – Patient Care Solutions. Prior to entering the medical industry, Dr. Beard was in clinical practice for fifteen years as an anesthesiologist. While in clinical practice, Dr. Beard led multiple quality improvement initiatives and held leadership positions including Chairman and Medical Director of the Department of Anesthesia.
Dr Ross Kennedy
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dr Ross Kennedy is a Specialist Anaesthetist and Clinical Associate Professor from Christchurch, New Zealand. He has been interested in low flow anaesthesia as a means of waste reduction for many years. He is also interested in the uptake and distribution of inhaled agents and in the use of the many pieces of data collected during a routine case.
Dr. David Hovord
University of Michigan
Dr. David Hovord is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, specializing in Liver Transplant Anesthesiology. He is the Director of both Multispecialty Anesthesia and the Equipment and Supply Program. He also leads the Green Anesthesia Initiative at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Hovord is passionate about using technology to help improve patient safety in anesthesia and is a member of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Committee on Technology and the Patient Safety Committee at the University of Michigan. He gained his medical degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Kyle Herzog
Engineering Manager, GE HealthCare – Anesthesia & Respiratory Care
Kyle Herzog has worked as an Engineer at GE HealthCare in Madison, WI since 2008 after graduating with a Biomedical Engineering degree from UW-Madison. He has worked on the Verification and Validation (V&V) team for his entire career with a focus on creating high quality and reliable Anesthesia Machines. He has worked with End-Tidal Control the majority of his career and was a lead engineer on the MASTER trial that eventual lead to FDA Approval of the Et Control feature.