PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mack A. Thomas
TI  - Anesthesiology—The John Adriani Story
DP  - 2011 Mar 20
TA  - Ochsner Journal
PG  - 5--9
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/1/5.short
4100  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/1/5.full
SO  - Ochsner J2011 Mar 20; 11
AB  - Several authors have told the John Adriani story, but his proper recognition in developing the specialty of anesthesiology and his place as a pioneer have never been presented as such. The following article outlines his training and experiences in the early days of anesthesiology. The story of the many problems he encountered and how he developed teaching programs that remain in existence today is one to be admired and appreciated. Much of the information is from personal conversations with Dr Adriani. During his tenure as the Director of Anesthesia at Charity Hospital, I was a surgical house officer in the early 1960s and returned as an anesthesiology trainee in the late 1970s. We became close personal friends. He gave me hundreds of his slides, and we had many discussions about the past and current state of the specialty of anesthesiology.