Anesthesia Services, P.A.

Christiana HospitalChristiana Hospital

Christiana Hospital is a large community-based tertiary care center in Newark, Delaware that provides services to people living in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Christiana Hospital is a level-one trauma center; therefore, ASPA provides 24-hour in-house anesthetic coverage 365 days a year.

The Christiana Hospital operating rooms are some of the busiest in the entire country. Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

ASPA provides anesthesia services to adult and pediatric patients every day of the year. We also provide services to a number of suites outside of the Christiana operating room but within Christiana Hospital.

We are proud to be affiliated with this institution and have provided exemplary perioperative care as well as OR management services to CCHS since 1987.

The Women’s Building at Christiana Hospital

Anesthesia services for the obstetric patients at Christiana Care are provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

Both routine labor support as well as emergency services are provided with the goal of ensuring a safe experience for every patient.

Epidurals are offered and are provided for over 80% of the women in labor at Christiana Care. Additionally, we provide anesthesia for women planning on Cesarean Section for delivery as well as when an emergency Cesarean Section is required.

Wilmington HospitalWilmington Hospital

Wilmington Hospital is a full service institution that is part of the Christiana Care Health System and is located near downtown Wilmington. The operating rooms are available seven days a week, 24 hours per day, although the focus of the operating suite is during daytime hours. Wilmington Hospital is the home of the Total Joint Replacement Center and the majority of cases are orthopedic.

Patients are screened prior to total joint operations in order to prepare for the highly efficient delivery of primarily regional anesthetics followed by intensive rehabilitation on specialized post surgical units. General, gynecological, plastic and ear nose and throat surgeries make up the bulk of the other specialty areas.

Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

Christiana Surgicenter

The Christiana Surgicenter, adjacent to the Christiana Hospital campus, has been providing outpatient surgical services since its inception. The facility is fully equipped with the latest technology to provide anesthesia for a variety of surgical subspecialties. General and plastic surgery, gynecologic, orthopedic, ENT, urology and vascular outpatient procedures are performed in its seven operating rooms and three procedure rooms.

Anesthetic techniques used at the surgicenter emphasize patient safety and comfort before, during and after surgery. In addition to general anesthesia and sedation, a number of regional nerve blocks are also performed to minimize patient discomfort for certain procedures.

Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care. Patients appreciate the convenience of a facility where they receive the best in anesthesia care from experienced practitioners and can return home with minimal inconvenience and time commitment.

Roxana Cannon Arsht Surgicenter

The Roxana Cannon Arsht Surgicenter, established in March of 2000, is a same day surgery center located in downtown Wilmington within close proximity to Wilmington Hospital. Anesthesia services are provided across a wide spectrum of surgical specialties although ophthalmology, podiatry, orthopedic, plastic, gynecologic, otolaryngology, minor vascular and general surgery comprise the highest volume of cases.

Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care. We deliver a variety of anesthetics including general, monitored anesthesia care and regional nerve blocks to provide our patients with the most favorable recovery from surgery and postoperative pain control.

This surgicenter has consistently scored as one of the top two surgicenters of its size for outstanding patient satisfaction in the Press Ganey survey. The anesthesia services provided were also cited to be exceptional and were an integral part of the overall evaluation.

Glasgow Medical SurgicenterGlasgow Ambulatory Surgery Center of the Glasgow Medical Center, L.L.C.

Glasgow Medical Center's Ambulatory Surgery Center is a free-standing surgery center located fifteen minutes south of Christiana Hospital. It is convenient to communities of Glasgow, Bear, Newark and Middletown. Although closely affiliated with the Christiana Care Health System, it is not a member.

Anesthesia Services, P.A. has been providing services to the Glasgow Ambulatory Surgery Center since 2001 with the same commitment to excellence and efficiency of perioperative care that has been our standard for our Christiana and Wilmington locations.

Glasgow provides surgical services in the fields of general surgery, orthopedics, podiatry, plastic surgery, ophthalmic surgery, urological surgery, ENT surgery, pain management, and gastrointestinal endoscopy.
We take particular pride in optimizing the use of regional blocks in orthopedic procedures for improved patient recovery with a proven record of virtually no hospital admissions for pain control.

Regionally, we have done trend-setting work in the area of providing safe, comfortable, and efficient delivery of anesthesia for endoscopy procedures. Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

Delaware Surgery Center

Delaware Surgery Center, located in Dover, Delaware offers a safe, sensible alternative to hospitalization when same-day surgery is needed. The Center is a modern facility utilizing "State of the Art" equipment and serves the community with professional quality care.

Same day surgery now accounts for more than 75% of all surgeries. Thanks to advances in technology and anesthesia, even surgeries that just a few years ago required hospitalization can now be handled safely and with greater comfort in a surgery center.

Services are available in specialties including plastic surgery, gynecology, podiatry, ear, nose and throat and pain management.

Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

Nanticoke Memorial Hospital

This hospital, located in Seaford, DE, has grown into a full-service medical center with physician offices, specialty centers, an expanded ER and a new Cancer Care Center.

What started as a 32-bed hospital in 1952 has grown to include extended care, business services, outpatient services, medical centers across Sussex County Delaware and a host of preventive medicine and health education programs. The mission statement at Nanticoke is "To positively impact our communities' quality of life through superior health service."

As a member of the Maryland Quality Improvement Project, which compares the quality of care among 900 hospitals across the United States, Nanticoke Health Services consistently receives high ratings. Nanticoke is recognized nationally for its accomplishments by organizations such as the American Hospital Association and The Center for Case Management.

Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

Upper Bay Surgery Center

Upper Bay is a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center located in Elkton, Maryland. Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

Bear-Glasgow Dental and Sleep Dentistry Center

Bear-Glasgow Dental is a full service general dental office offering a wide range of services for children and adults. The highly skilled doctors and professional staff provide quality care in a friendly, comfortable atmosphere.
Anesthesia is delivered utilizing the Anesthesia Care Team approach in which an Anesthesiologist and CRNA collaborate to ensure safe and appropriate anesthesia care.

Sedation and Sleep Dentistry Center

The Center recently expanded to include a center for Sedation and Sleep Dentistry. This site is the first general dental office in Delaware to offer regularly scheduled general anesthesia in a private office setting. The providers serve a wide variety of clientele, including those with special needs.

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