{"id":39272,"date":"2012-12-21T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/mednax-md-acquisition-of-south-oakland-anesthesia-associates\/39272\/"},"modified":"2012-12-21T10:24:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T10:24:00","slug":"mednax-md-acquisition-of-south-oakland-anesthesia-associates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/mednax-md-acquisition-of-south-oakland-anesthesia-associates\/39272\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDNAX &#8211; MD &#8211; Acquisition of South Oakland Anesthesia Associates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=MD\">NYSE: MD<\/a>)<\/strong> announced the acquisition of South Oakland Anesthesia Associates, P.C., a physician group practice that provides anesthesia care and pain management services at three hospitals, four ambulatory surgery centers, one eye center, and four pain management centers throughout Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties in Michigan. The practice will become part of MEDNAX\u2019s American Anesthesiology division and is the first Michigan-based practice to join the division, which now consists of 16 practices throughout eight states.<\/p>\n<p>South Oakland Anesthesia Associates was established in 1967 and is a private group practice that employs 73 anesthesiologists that provide services across a wide spectrum of subspecialty areas, including orthopaedic, neurosurgical, pediatric, obstetric, cardiac, trauma, and critical care as well as acute and chronic pain medicine. The physicians practice in the anesthesia care-team model, which includes both residents and anesthetists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to partnering with a national group practice that will provide us with the resources we need to expand our services, and continue improving the quality of care we provide our patients,\u201d said Rhonda Marvar, M.D., who will serve as medical director for the American Anesthesiology practice. \u201cWe believe American Anesthesiology\u2019s research, education and clinical initiatives, along with its back-office infrastructure and administrative support will provide us with long-term stability in an uncertain healthcare environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Oakland physicians serve as the faculty for the Beaumont Health System residency program in anesthesiology. The fully accredited residency program consists of 24 residents over four years. The department\u2019s demonstrated focus on teaching and research is well-aligned with MEDNAX\u2019s commitment to leadership in clinical quality, research and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About MEDNAX &#8211; MD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MEDNAX, Inc. (MD) is a national medical group that comprises the nation&#8217;s leading provider of neonatal, maternal-fetal and pediatric physician subspecialty services as well as anesthesia services. Physicians and advanced practitioners practicing as part of MEDNAX (MD) are reshaping the delivery of care within their specialties and subspecialties, using evidence-based tools, continuous quality initiatives and clinical research to enhance patient outcomes and provide high-quality, cost-effective care. Pediatrix Medical Group, a unit of MEDNAX (MD), was founded in 1979 and now includes neonatal physicians who provide services at more than 300 neonatal intensive care units, who collaborate with affiliated maternal-fetal medicine, pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care physician subspecialists to provide a clinical care continuum.<\/p>\n<p>Pediatrix is also the nation&#8217;s largest provider of newborn hearing screens. In 2007, MEDNAX expanded into anesthesia services. Today, American Anesthesiology includes more than 1,350 anesthesiologists and advanced practitioners who provide anesthesia care to patients in connection with surgical and other procedures as well as pain management. 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