Featured Author Podcast: Anesthesia Dreaming in the Operating Room

August 2026 Editor-in-Chief Podcast

Creator: James P. Rathmell, M.D., M.B.A. August 2026, Volume 145, Issue 2 [https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/issue/145/2] Overview of August issue original studies. Transcript [https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/anesthesiology/August_2026_EIC_Podcast.pdf]

Featured Author Podcast: A Framework to Advance Academic Career Fulfillment

Moderator: BobbieJean Sweitzer, M.D. Participants: Anne Lorine Donovan, M.D. and Meghan B. Lane-Fall, M.D., M.S.H.P. Articles Discussed: Developing a Framework for Career Fulfillment in Academic Anesthesiology: Findings from a Single-Institution Focus Group Study [https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005920] Deep versus Broad: Why Small-scale Qualitative Research Can and Should Inform Our Thinking [https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000006109]

July 2026 Editor-in-Chief Podcast

Creator: James P. Rathmell, M.D., M.B.A. July 2026, Volume 145, Issue 1 [https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/issue/145/1] Overview of July issue original studies.

Featured Author Podcast: Sevoflurane-Linked Mitochondrial Disease

Moderator: James P. Rathmell, M.D. Participants: Eduardo Ruiz Pesini, Ph.D. and Philip G. Morgan, M.D. Articles Discussed: Effects of a Mitochondrial Genetic Variant on Sevoflurane Hypersensitivity [https://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/fulltext/2026/06000/effects_of_a_mitochondrial_genetic_variant_on.12.aspx] Ancient Mitochondrial Genetic Variant, Modern-day Pandora's Box [https://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/fulltext/2026/06000/ancient_mitochondrial_genetic_variant,_modern_day.7.aspx] Transcript [https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/anesthesiology/Sevoflurane-Linked_Mitochondrial_Disease.pdf]

Featured Author Podcast: Anesthesia Dreaming in the Operating Room

Moderator: James P. Rathmell, M.D. Participants: Boris D. Heifets, M.D., Ph.D. and Ben Julian A. Palanca, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.I. Articles Discussed: Feasibility of a Multicomponent Protocol to Promote Dreaming during Surgical Anesthesia [https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005968] Protocolizing Propofol Emergence: Turning "Milk of Amnesia" into Designer Dreams? [https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000006061] Transcript [https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/anesthesiology/Anesthesia_Dreaming_in_the_Operating_Room.pdf]