Based in Stony Brook, New York, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero leads the Department of Anesthesiology at Stony Brook Medicine as the vice chair of clinical research and innovation. Concurrent to this role, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero helps educate the new generation of medical professionals as a professor of anesthesiology.

1. A Look at the Different Types of
Anesthesia
Elliott Bennett-Guerrero

2. Introduction
 Based in Stony Brook, New York, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
leads the Department of Anesthesiology at Stony Brook
Medicine as the vice chair of clinical research and innovation.
Concurrent to this role, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero helps
educate the new generation of medical professionals as a
professor of anesthesiology.
When undergoing medical procedures, patients receive
anesthesia to minimize the pain. Anesthesiologists typically
choose to administer one of several types of anesthesia. To
make the right choice for each patient, anesthesiologists must
base their decision on numerous factors, including the
procedure and the health of the patient.
For minor procedures, most patients receive local anesthesia
to temporarily numb limited areas. This type of anesthesia can
come in the form of an injection, a spray, or a cream. Patients
who receive local anesthesia are usually awake during their
medical procedures.

3. Anesthesia
 Anesthesiologists who treat patients with surgeries
of a larger scale may use regional anesthesia, which
blocks nerves affected by the surgical site. C-
sections and spinal surgeries commonly use regional
anesthesia.
Patients receive general anesthesia if they must be
unconscious during their surgical procedures.
Administered either through an inhalant or injection,
general anesthesia is crucial for surgeries that are
too severe for local or regional anesthesia. Patients
under general anesthesia must receive breathing
support while they sleep.