International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 284-289 , October 2006

Resident training in obstetric anesthesia in the United States

  • M.K. Panni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas, Medical School at Houston, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: M.K. Panni MD PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin St., Suite 5.020, Houston TX 77030. Tel.: +713 500 6200; fax: +713 500 6201.
    • ,
  • W.R. Camann

      Affiliations

    • Division of Obstetric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • L.C. Tsen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Obstetric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

,Accepted 18 April 2006.

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 This work was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP), Palm Springs, CA, May 4-7, 2005 and was awarded the 2005 SOAP Research in Education Award.

PII: S0959-289X(06)00100-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.04.013

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 284-289 , October 2006

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