Provider Board Certification Status and Practice Patterns in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Peter M Fleischut1, Jonathan M Eskreis-Winkler, Licia K Gaber-Baylis

  • 1P.M. Fleischut is associate professor of anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, and attending anesthesiologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. J.M. Eskreis-Winkler is research assistant, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. L.K. Gaber-Baylis is senior SAS programmer, Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. G.P. Giambrone is staff associate, Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. X. Wu is research biostatistician, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. X. Sun is research biostatistician, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. C.A. Lien is professor of anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, and attending anesthesiologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. S.L. Faggiani is quality and patient safety administrator, Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. R.P. Dutton is clinical associate, University of Chicago, and executive director, Anesthesia Quality Institute, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Park Ridge, Illinois. S.G. Memtsoudis is attending anesthesiologist and senior scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, and clinical professor of anesthesiology and public health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.

Summary

Board-certified anesthesiologists administered neuraxial/regional anesthesia more often than non-board-certified anesthesiologists for total knee arthroplasty. Practice patterns differed significantly between the two groups, warranting further investigation into these disparities.

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