While SDMD Mobile Anesthesia offers ALL varieties of anesthesia, we specialize in general endotracheal anesthesia (GETA) because of its high-level of safety, patient comfort, efficiency and provider functionality. GETA is the deepest form of anesthesia. During this type of anesthesia, the patient is completely unconscious and unable to feel any pain. After the patient is asleep, the anesthesiologist places an IV catheter and a breathing tube (about the size of a drinking straw) through the nose and down into the lungs. 

This may sound invasive, but this CLOSED airway anesthesia protects the airway and lungs from the work being performed in the mouth and allows our expert anesthesiologists to completely control the airway, ensuring constant oxygen delivery and healthy breathing. Because the patient is completely unconscious and the airway is secure, you are able to complete long and extensive procedures in an uninterrupted and reliable environment while the patient sleeps comfortably. The breathing tube is removed before the patient is fully awake and aware, so for the patient, it is like it never happened.

Andre Pinesett, MD, MPH is the founder of SDMD Mobile Anesthesia. He is a PHYSICIAN (MD) anesthesiologist, which means he has completed over 17,000 hours of advanced clinical training (more than 4x the hours of non-physician dental anesthetists). This includes 4 years of rigorous medical school at Stanford Medical School and another 4 years of anesthesia residency at UCSD, where he performed anesthesia for the most complicated patients undergoing the most complex cases like multiple-trauma, brain surgeries, open-heart surgeries, organ transplants and even managing ICU patients. Prior to starting SDMD Mobile Anesthesia, he served as a clinical instructor at the VA Hospital in La Jolla teaching UCSD residents and medical students advanced anesthesia techniques.