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Demystifying General Anesthetics

When Margaret Sedensky, now of Seattle Children’s Research Institute, started as an anesthesiology resident, she wasn’t entirely clear on how anesthetics worked. “I didn’t know, but I figured someone did,” she says. “I asked the senior resident. I asked the attending. I asked the chair. Nobody knew.” For many years, doctors called general anesthetics a …

Meet Maureen L. Mulvihill

Credit: Actuated Medical, Inc. Maureen L. Mulvihill, Ph.D. Fields: Materials science, logistics Works at: Actuated Medical, Inc., a small company that develops medical devices Second job (volunteer): Bellefonte YMCA Swim Team Parent Boost Club Treasurer Best skill: Listening to people Last thing she does every night: Reads to her 7- and 10-year-old children until “one …