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I heard there’s a growing trend of some non-MDAs and non-CRNAs administering anesthesia because you guys are spread thin as a shared service (on top of a fewer doctors going into anesthesia). Are you seeing that too?

Also, I need better anesthesia jokes. Every MDA I tell puns to gets Pun-ONV.

Edgar Allen Poe is talking with an anesthesiologist about a poem he’s writing. He says it would be about himself meeting a raven. Poe is debating the impact this should have on the him: should he rise with empathy for his new passerine friend, or fall into madness from torment. Poe asks to weigh the pros and cons of each.

The anesthesiologist is pro the idea of falling to madness: he’s propofol.

My fiancé is an ENT resident and I find the field fascinating. She also received personal letter from Dr. Sataloff and I hope they can collaborate at some point.

1. Is there a spectrum of olfactory senses - akin to taste where you can differentiate between sweet, savory, and bitter - that is impacted COVID sooner than others? For example, if you gradually lose your sense of smell because of COVID, will you stop smelling fruits before you stop smell coffee? Is anosmia of a certain scent an early indicator of COVID?

2. I think I have the aptly names ACHOO syndrome. I’ve asked a neurosurgeon and several (general) ENTs what causes it My guess is that my trigeminal nerves are somewhat mixed. Any insight from a rhinologist?