Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Director Resources

As Anesthesiology Medical Directors, on the one hand, we provide medical care to our patients. SAMBA provides statements and guidelines to improve medical management:

Preoperative risk assessment calls, information gathering, and patient selection
Perioperative pain management, multimodal analgesia, and regional anesthesia.
Consultations and Intraoperative care
Post-operative care, discharge
Complication management and transfers

On the other hand, Medical Directors are also the Chief Medical Officers of the facility and have additional responsibilities:

Design and implementation, with the administrative team, the facility's competitive advantage
Leadership and team building
Patient experience and satisfaction
Surgeon selection and surgeon satisfaction
Scheduling and block time management
Patient safety and quality management
Quality measures, benchmarks, SQI
Staff management, scheduling conflicts, and medication management
Credentialing and recredentialing
Policies, procedures, medical executive committee, governing board

Leopoldo V. Rodriquez, MD, MBA, FAAAP, FASA, SAMBA-F