{"id":24153,"date":"2026-03-29T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/?p=24153"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:13:24","slug":"national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n

\"\"<\/div>\n

\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

UNC Anesthesiology is thrilled to recognize the hard work and dedication of anesthesia technologists (ATs) at UNC Medical Center and across UNC Health during this year’s National Anesthesia Tech Week<\/strong>, March 30th through April 3rd!\u00a0 ATs play a vital role in ensuring safe and effective anesthesia care for patients during surgical procedures. National Anesthesia Tech Week provides <\/span>a terrific annual opportunity to recognize their expertise, dedication, and contributions to the healthcare field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

UNC Anesthesiology Anesthesia Tech Manager Corine Thompson<\/strong> noted: “During Anesthesia Tech Week, I want to recognize the precision, dedication, and calm professionalism our team brings to every case. You are the quiet strength behind safe anesthesia care, and your impact is felt in every successful outcome. I\u2019m proud to lead such an exceptional group\u2014thank you for all that you do.”<\/p>\n

Department Chair Ted Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA<\/strong> stated:\u00a0“Each year, as we celebrate National Anesthesia Technician Week, we proudly recognize the invaluable contributions of our exceptional anesthesia technologists. Their expertise, dedication, and teamwork are essential to delivering safe, seamless care across our perioperative and procedural environments.<\/p>\n

Whether preparing equipment, managing supplies, responding swiftly to clinical needs, or supporting complex cases, our anesthesia technologists are trusted experts and indispensable members of the care team. Their attention to detail, adaptability, and professionalism help ensure that every patient encounter is as safe and efficient as possible.<\/p>\n

We are deeply grateful for both their excellence behind the scenes and their vital presence on the front lines.”<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Happy National Anesthesia Technologist Week!<\/p>\n

#AnesthesiaTechWeek\u00a0 #ASATT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNC Anesthesiology is thrilled to recognize the hard work and dedication of anesthesia technologists (ATs) at UNC Medical Center and across UNC Health for our 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week, March 30th – April 3rd!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17488,"featured_media":21377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured-item":[111],"class_list":["post-24153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","featured-item-slide","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMarch 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week! | Department of Anesthesiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week! | Department of Anesthesiology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UNC Anesthesiology is thrilled to recognize the hard work and dedication of anesthesia technologists (ATs) at UNC Medical Center and across UNC Health for our 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week, March 30th - April 3rd!\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Anesthesiology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCAnesthesia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-29T14:35:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T13:13:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laurie Birdsong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UNC_Anesthesia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNC_Anesthesia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laurie Birdsong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laurie Birdsong\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/a598fa85ceecbf678e76a6c144ef680c\"},\"headline\":\"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week!\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-29T14:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T13:13:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/\",\"name\":\"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week! | Department of Anesthesiology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-29T14:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T13:13:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/a598fa85ceecbf678e76a6c144ef680c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Anesthesiology\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/a598fa85ceecbf678e76a6c144ef680c\",\"name\":\"Laurie Birdsong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/190c4aad69257ee20b4adaf73ba4e7c1fdc51358f9c881e8dacd90b1743ae514?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/190c4aad69257ee20b4adaf73ba4e7c1fdc51358f9c881e8dacd90b1743ae514?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laurie Birdsong\"},\"description\":\"Radiology\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/author\/bazemore\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week! | Department of Anesthesiology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week! | Department of Anesthesiology","og_description":"UNC Anesthesiology is thrilled to recognize the hard work and dedication of anesthesia technologists (ATs) at UNC Medical Center and across UNC Health for our 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week, March 30th - April 3rd!\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/","og_site_name":"Department of Anesthesiology","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCAnesthesia\/","article_published_time":"2026-03-29T14:35:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-30T13:13:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laurie Birdsong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UNC_Anesthesia","twitter_site":"@UNC_Anesthesia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laurie Birdsong","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Laurie Birdsong","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/a598fa85ceecbf678e76a6c144ef680c"},"headline":"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week!","datePublished":"2026-03-29T14:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T13:13:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/"},"wordCount":284,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/","name":"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week! | Department of Anesthesiology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-29T14:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T13:13:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/a598fa85ceecbf678e76a6c144ef680c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/national-anesthesia-tech-week-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"March 30th \u2013 April 3rd Is 2026 National Anesthesia Tech Week!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/","name":"Department of Anesthesiology","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/a598fa85ceecbf678e76a6c144ef680c","name":"Laurie Birdsong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/190c4aad69257ee20b4adaf73ba4e7c1fdc51358f9c881e8dacd90b1743ae514?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/190c4aad69257ee20b4adaf73ba4e7c1fdc51358f9c881e8dacd90b1743ae514?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laurie Birdsong"},"description":"Radiology","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/author\/bazemore\/"}]}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-scaled.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-300x225.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-768x576.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-1024x768.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/03\/IMG_1627-2-150x150.jpg","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24153"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24166,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24153\/revisions\/24166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24153"},{"taxonomy":"featured-item","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-item?post=24153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}