Half a century of anesthesia for children: An interview with Dr. Nishan G. ‘Nick’ Goudsouzian

Abstract

Summary The career of Dr Nishan Goudsouzian spanned half a century of pediatric anesthesia. His 50 years saw seminal contributions to the use of neuromuscular blocking agents in children, the development of proton beam therapy and magnetic resonance imaging for pediatric cancer, the introduction of the laryngeal mask airway, an explosion in the volume and depth of knowledge about pediatric anesthesia, the expansion of formal training in pediatric anesthesia, and the widening of academic efforts to improve anesthetic care for children worldwide. Based on interviews with Dr Goudsouzian, this article reviews the contributions of this Robert M. Smith Award winner to the development of pediatric anesthesia.

The evolution of pediatric sedation and anesthesia patient safety: An interview with Dr Charles J. “Charlie” Coté

“…“I was fortunate enough to win the first prize for resident research from the American Society of Anesthesiologists. It was at this presentation that I met Dr Richard Kitz, chair of the department at the MGH and he offered me a job on the spot.” Coté became part of a newly formed Pediatric Anesthesia Division, 3‐5 at a dynamic time when Pediatric Anesthesia was developing in academic centers as a distinct subspecialty (Table 1).…”

“…Around the time Coté arrived at the MGH, Dr John Ryan, the chief of the Pediatric Anesthesia Division at the MGH, recognized the need for a practical textbook 3‐5 . Coté became actively involved in producing the first edition of A Practice of Anesthesia for Children and Infants, published in 1986 42 .…”