Joseph Barrows MD, DISC Sports and Spine

Medical Director and Senior Anesthesiologist of DISC Sports and Spine surgery center. Responsibilities include but not limited to monitor quality and appropriateness of medical care, serve as a medical leadership representative at standing medical staff meetings and on designated committees, oversee clinical peer review, develop and approve policies and procedures, manage physician relations and behavior/impairment issues, assist with clinical patient complaints, and provide performance improvement guidance and support to the entire staff at the Ambulatory Surgical Center. Prompt turn-around for all chart reviews and readily available for discussion via cell phone and/or email. Extensive knowledge in the following areas; difficult airway, intubation, brain injury / brain damage, hypoxia, hypotension, residual paralysis, narcotics, oversedation, aspiration, PACU, neurosurgical anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, awareness under anesthesia, brain monitoring, ENT anesthesia, Intraoperative visual loss, and drug errors.

MD, BA, Hawaii Medical License, California Medical License