Best Anesthesiologist Tucson Near Me

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Southern Arizona Anesthesia Services (SAA) is a group practice of highly educated and experienced physicians and CRNAs, providing services in Southern Arizona since 1985.


SAA represents excellence in anesthesia care, providing a full range of high-quality, board certified, physician and CRNA anesthesia services to most private hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in the Tucson area.

At SAA, our primary objective is making your procedure as safe and pain free as possible.

We invite you to learn more about our unique organization by exploring the various sections of our website.

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Old Pueblo Anesthesia has been serving the Tucson community for over 25 years. We employ over 40 physicians who are board certified or board eligible by the American Society of Anesthesiology. Every year our staff cares for over 20,000 patients having surgery, labor & delivery, pain management or diagnostic procedures. We are the exclusive provider of anesthesia services at Tucson Medical Center.

Old Pueblo Anesthesia is involved in your care throughout the peri-operative experience. Our goal is to ensure your surgery is as safe as possible. For pediatric patients, we have a dedicated team of anesthesiologists. All of these doctors have extensive experience with complex pediatric cases, and many have fellowship training in pediatric anesthesia. Our labor and delivery anesthesia team cares for over 5,000 women per year in Tucson Medical Center’s comprehensive L&D suite. An OPA doctor is on site in the unit 24 x 7, able to quickly provide routine and emergency obstetric anesthesia care. Our doctors are available for comprehensive post-operative pain management services when consulted by your physician. Outside the operating room, we provide anesthesia services for adults and children undergoing gastroenterology procedures, MRI and CT scans, and interventional radiology procedures.

4worldlovers: Dr. Iftequar Siddiqui specializes in providing advanced treatment options for patients who are experiencing chronic pain. With a focus on helping patients reach sustained relief as quickly as possible, Dr. Siddiqui takes the time to listen and gain a thorough understanding of each patient’s medical background, needs and expectations.


He is board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management, and has extensive training administering interventional procedures and implantable therapies. In addition to his credentials as a medical doctor, he also has postgraduate degree in pharmacy, which further enhances his knowledge of medication-related treatments.


Dr. Siddiqui graduated magna cum laude from the Chicago College of Pharmacy at Midwestern University with a doctor of pharmacy degree. He then earned a medical degree from Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago. After completing an internship at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Des Plaines, Illinois, and an anesthesiology residency at the University of Arizona, he completed an interventional pain management fellowship at Cedars- Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.


Dr. Siddiqui appreciates the sunshine, great food and friendly culture of the Southwest. He and his wife enjoy outdoor activities and traveling when time allows.


Dr. Bill Abraham, M.D. has more than 30 years of experience. His extensive knowledge, diverse background and patient-focus make him a welcome addition to the TMC Integrative Pain Center.

Dr. Abraham is board-certified in internal medicine. He completed a three-year internal medicine residency training program at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, a Yale affiliate. He spent nearly 20 years at a busy practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico and continued in Tucson after joining TMCOne in 2001.

Dr. Robert J. Berens is a board-certified physician with more than 25 years of experience practicing interventional pain management. He has served as the medical director of the TMC Integrative Pain Center since 2004 and has special interest in interventional procedures, including radiofrequency techniques and nerve root treatments for the entire spine.

Dr. Berens believes a pain specialist has unique opportunities to provide a wide range of treatment options that restore function and reduce pain. He recognizes that patients are the most important member of a multidisciplinary approach, and he emphasizes the importance of communicating with each patient to set clear treatment goals and expectations. Dr. Berens received his medical degree from the University of Arizona, and performed his anesthesiology residency and pain training at the University of Texas. When he is not working, Dr. Berens enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. He maintains a wide array of sporting interests and can often be found hiking the local mountain trails of greater Tucson.

Dr. Janavi Rao provides specialized treatment options for acute and chronic pain, and prides herself on treating the entire patient.

She is a firm believer in utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to treat every patient who comes through her doors. Her special interests include women’s pain, pediatric pain and post-laminectomy pain syndrome.

Dr. Rao was born in Miami and raised in Bangalore, India. She earned her medical degree from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and went on to complete her anesthesiology residency at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis where she served as chief resident of her class. She completed her interventional pain medicine fellowship at the University of Michigan. She practiced anesthesiology and interventional pain management in Michigan prior to moving to Tucson with her husband and two daughters.

In her spare time, Dr. Rao enjoys trying new recipes, hiking and swimming.

Ashley Schultz is a board-certified family nurse practitioner; specializing in interventional pain management since receiving her master’s degree in 2017. She received her RN license in 2011 and continues to moonlight as a registered nurse with multi-state privileges.