Anesthesia Care With Team Approach [Video]

About the video: Who will be caring for me while I am under anesthesia?

Listen to our anesthesiologist experts Douglas Dubbink, M.D., Stephen Gott M.D., and Thomas Losasso, M.D. explain the team-based approach to patient care for anesthesia at Summit Orthopedics.

Meet Douglas Dubbink, M.D.

Dr. Dubbink’s approach: “My goal is to improve my patient’s surgical experience. I strive to provide calm gentle reassurance for patients who are anxious about anesthesia and ensure that every patient is skillfully cared for throughout their entire procedure. When a patient awakens after surgery and openly wonders why they were so nervous previously, I know I’ve done my job.”

Dr. Dubbink’s education: Dr. Dubbink earned is undergraduate degree at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. He then went on to attend Medical School at Michigan State University. Dr. Dubbink completed his Anesthesiology Residency as well as a Fellowship in Pain Management at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, MN.

Meet Stephen Gott, M.D.

Dr. Gott’s approach: “Anesthesia and surgery can be a very anxious experience for most patients. It is my responsibility to ease that anxiety and fear. By applying the latest in anesthesia techniques and pharmacology to your specific surgery, I am able to optimize your safety and comfort throughout your surgical course.”

Dr. Gott’s education: Dr. Gott studied at the University of Minnesota, first earning his Bachelor’s of Science in Medical Technology and then continuing on to complete Medical School. Dr. Gott completed his anesthesiology residency at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, MN.

Meet Thomas Losasso, M.D.

Dr. Losasso’s approach: “At Summit, we use cutting-edge anesthesia and surgical protocols to optimize patient outcomes, but it’s also important to understand that each patient is special and has unique needs, wants, concerns, and fears regarding their care. Recognizing this helps us to customize the experience. We provide patients with state-of-the-art anesthesia care and an experience like no other ­- my personal goal is to make it great and to make it easy for you.”

Dr. Losasso’s education: Dr. Losasso earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering at Marquette University. He then went on to Medical School at Loyola University School of Medicine in Maywood, IL. Dr. Losasso completed his anesthesiology residency which included neuroanesthsia at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

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More Resources for you

• Ask Dr. Dubbink: How Safe Is Anesthesia?
• Ask Dr. Wills: Why Did Summit Bring Anesthesiology In-House?
• Ask Dr. Dubbink: What Anesthesia Advances Are On The Horizon?

Video Transcription

In our practice, we have a team-based model where there is an anesthesia department personnel monitoring the patient in the operating room all the time, the entire time from entry into the operating room until leaving the operating room, and even before and after. Typically, the anesthesiologist will be the one doing the regional anesthesia, where they’re to put you to sleep in the operating room. There’s also a nurse anesthetist that works together with us as a team. And he or she would be in the room the entire time. On that day, you would meet both of us; we’d introduce ourselves. And part of what we would do would be to explain kind of the routine of what’s going to happen. I will see the patient, and then the nurse anesthetist will also see the patient. And we’ll have both of us working with that patient throughout that perioperative period. So you’ll have a whole team looking after you at Summit Orthopedics.

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