American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants (AAAA) usage of “anesthetist”; ASA defines “anesthetist” to include AAs.

Since each of the three independent professions have protected legal titles (physician, dentist, nurse), additional descriptors such as “anesthesiologist” are not protected, especially when paired with the profession that is administering it. Accordingly, when a anesthesia assistant (an assistant who can only administer anesthesia under the supervision of a physician anesthesiologist) administers anesthesia they may legally use the descriptor “anesthetist”. The AAAA/ASA utilized this term in recent publications, demonstrating the descriptive value of terms such as “anesthesiologist” or “anesthetist”.

Further, the ASA also updated their statement on the term “anesthetist”:

Statement on the Anesthesia Care Team

(Approved by the ASA House of Delegates on October 26, 1982 and last amended on October 17, 2018)

Definitions

b. Non-physicians

ANESTHETIST: A nurse anesthetist or anesthesiologist assistant…