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Just curious--why do people use the term "MDA" instead of "anesthesiologist?"

I mean--one has to BE an MD to BE an anesthesiologist, so it's UNDERSTOOD that he/she is an MD. It just seems redundant to me to call someone an MDA. Not criticizing, just wonder how the term happened to become popular, and only recently, it seems. In 30 years of OR nursing, I have never heard someone refer to himself or a colleague as "an MDA" in any clinical setting in which I've worked. But, I guess it's the redundancy that really bothers me.

OK, I'll shut up now and go back to my corner. :)

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Ketamine hits the NMDA receptors? I used the word MDA in an interview for school, and an anesthesiologist took offense to it even though all the ones I had worked with previously called themselves the same thing. I still got in but it got me red in the face.

Pretty lame if that ticks them off.

There are a few non-anesthesiologist docs still around doing anesthesia - apparently some docs back in the 50s-60s kind of drifted into anesthesia, mainly in smaller towns. Never residency trained, never board certified.

MDA also stands for Muscular Dystrophy Association. :)

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