"Tanque Verde Anesthesiologists" what an unusual name for a professional group, I thought to myself as I read over my employment agreement while finishing up my active duty military tour at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. That was in the early summer of 1976. I did not really know anything about Tucson, but a very good friend whom I served with on active duty and whose judgment I respected went into practice in Tucson in 1975 and invited me to come take a look. I subsequently had the privilege of becoming one of the initial six members of Tanque Verde Anesthesiologists and learned that Tanque Verde loosely translates into "Green Tank" which is the color of oxygen cylinders which fold an integral element of our anesthesiology practice. Our little six man group grew over the next few years into its current twenty-nine member entity and our name changed to Old Pueblo Anesthesia.

My practice evolved over the years into a general practice with special interests in cardiac and neurological anesthesia. I became especially interested in critical care medicine and became board certified in that area in 1987. My critical care medicine interests have kept me active in the ICU administrative area and Triage Officer duties at Tucson Medical Center. I maintain an interest in Pain Management and obtained Board Certification in that subspecialty in 1994. I devote about 25% of my current practice time to Pain Management. One other area of medical practice which I have maintained a special interest in is the field of Aerospace Medicine. I was designated as an aviation medical examiner by the Federal Aviation Administration in 1987. I had the privilege of co-authoring over 20 aviation medical publications in Aviation Safety Magazine. My practice with Old Pueblo Anesthesia continues to be a full and rewarding one.

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