Susan Verghese, M.D., Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children’s National Medical Center

Resources

First, a parent should contact the anesthesiologist as soon as possible ahead of time and talk with him/her (sometimes background information can be found on the Web)
www.lifelinetomodernmedicine.com
Web sites for organizations such as:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

• Corduroy Goes to the Doctor by L. McCue
• Why Am I Going to the Hospital? by Carole Livingston, Claire Cilliotta
• Having an Operation by Arthur Greenwald and Barry Head (out of print)