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Dr. George Tewfik, guest editor of the September ASA Monitor, discusses the evolution of patient communications with Dr. Zach Deutch. They consider the myth that anesthesiologists don’t like talking to patients, share tips for dealing with patients who have suffered trauma, consider best practices for delivering bad news, and more. Recorded July 2025.
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George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA, is an associate professor in anesthesiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School where he serves as the director of quality assurance and clinical informatics for the department of anesthesiology. He serves on the ASA committees for patient safety and education and quality management and departmental administration. His research areas of interest include perioperative efficiency, patient safety, medical education, and medical economics, amongst numerous other topics. He is also a member of the ASA Monitor editorial board. He has lectured at the ASA, at the NJ state society of anesthesia and numerous other institutions regarding such topics as improving the preoperative evaluation and processes for adverse event analysis.
After completing his residency, he spent the first five years of his clinical career in private practice, during which time he got his MBA from Rutgers Business School. He returned to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School seven years ago and became involved in quality, patient safety and residency education. He often shares his expertise regarding employment contracts and advice regarding job searches with his residents, given his experience with a variety of hospitals and practice types. For this reason, amongst many others, he is particularly intrigued by the topic of the ASA Monitor’s September issue regarding the ever-changing employer-employee relationship in anesthesiology.
Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA, is an attending physician with US Anesthesia Partners-Florida and is a guest editor for The Central Line Podcast. Dr. Deutch serves on the editorial board for the ASA Monitor, and is the author of the bimonthly column "Ask The Expert." Dr. Deutch is also the physician review editor of the ASA Monitor Today, is a member of several ASA Committees, and is an at-large member of the ASA House of Delegates from Florida.
Dr. Deutch is a graduate of Princeton University and The George Washington University School of Medicine. His residency training was done at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, followed by a cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Date of last update: August 19, 2025
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