



ASPA is committed to providing exceptional operative anesthesia and perioperative services in locations where our team can produce superior results for all stakeholders.
In 2013, ASPA is recognized throughout the United States for:
Anesthesia Services, PA (ASPA) is a Delaware based practice that was incorporated on February 2, 1987. Since inception, the practice has partnered exclusively with Christiana Care Health System (CCHS), a 1,000 bed tertiary care level one regional referral center, which provides an ideal setting for state-of-the-art treatment.
The goal of ASPA is to not only maintain, but to continually strive to exceed its present standards of excellence in patient care. The Group believes that working together in a spirit of collegiality, mutual respect and good will has contributed to its continued success. Anesthesia care is delivered to the community via an Anesthesia Care Team approach so that all patients are cared for by a highly trained certified registered nurse anesthetist medically directed by an anesthesiologist.
The group is comprised of approximately 41 anesthesiologists and 90 CRNAs. The educational backgrounds of our physicians cover a highly esteemed curriculum. Residencies include Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Northwestern, Columbia/Presbyterian, and Yale New Haven. Our physicians are certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and our CRNAs are certified by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
ASPA provides anesthesia services at the following locations:
Our services are divided among the Christiana Hospital operating room, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Gastroenterology Suite, Radiology Department and Radiation Oncology Suite; Wilmington Hospital operating room; Christiana Surgicenter, Roxana Cannon Arsht Surgicenter, Glasgow Medical Center Surgicenter, Delaware Surgery Center, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Bear Glasgow Dental and Upper Bay Surgery Center. Also included is an office-based practice, located on the Christiana campus.
ASPA performs 100% of the anesthetic services at CCHS and its affiliated institutions. CCHS is the home of the only level-one trauma, pediatric and neonatal regional referral center in Delaware, featuring a wide range of specialty services. The diverse range of surgeries performed at the center and its ambulatory surgery centers, offers anesthesia providers excellent clinical and practice opportunities, averaging approximately 48,000 cases per year. This encompasses a broad spectrum of care including anesthesia for: