Gilbert to Present at National Conference on Healthcare Excellence

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Gilbert, MD, MBA of Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants in Charlotte, will give a presentation about a highly successful initiative to improve hospital-based physician engagement and patient care at the 14^th Annual Professional Research Consultants (PRC) Excellence in Healthcare Conference in Orlando, FL on June 2-4, 2013.

Gilbert's presentation, titled "Journey to Improving Physician Engagement in Service Excellence", will explore a program at Carolinas Healthcare System that resulted in overall quality ratings for doctor care improving from the 76^th percentile in 2010 to the 88^th percentile in 2013. He will co-present with Jill Mabry, Director of Service Excellence for the hospital system, to an audience of healthcare administrators and practitioners.

Gilbert is also Corporate Medical Director of American Anesthesiology of the Southeast, the parent company of Southeast Anesthesiology.

PRC is a national healthcare marketing research firm based in Omaha, NE.

ABOUT SOUTHEAST ANESTHESIOLOGY CONSULTANTS
Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants is physician anesthesia and pain management practice with more than 90 physicians serving more than 100,000 anesthesia and more than 45,000 pain management patients each year in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. SAC is a division of the national practice American Anesthesiology, which comprises more than 1,600 anesthesiologists and advanced practitioners who provide anesthesia care to patients in connection with surgical and other procedures as well as pain management. American Anesthesiology has administrative offices in Raleigh, N.C., and Sunrise, Fla. Additional information is available at www.americananesthesiology.com and www.seanesthesiology.com.

SOURCE Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants