Becker's Healthcare September 15, 2025
As anesthesia departments face mounting pressures from labor shortages, case demand variability, and increasing complexity across OR and non-OR locations, forward-thinking leaders are adopting new strategies and tools to stay ahead. In this Q&A, Northwell Health leaders Sabatino Leffe, DO, Eastern Region Operations Director of Anesthesiology, and Attila Kett, MD, MBA, FASA, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Northern Westchester Hospital discuss the operational realities of running large-scale anesthesia services, their evolving staffing models, and how technology can alleviate the burden.
Question: Can you give us a sense of the scale and complexity of Northwell Health’s anesthesia operations?
Dr. Leffe: Northwell is New York’s largest healthcare provider, and the breadth of our anesthesia services reflects that. We have 30...
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