Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA is Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Director, Procedural Sedation Management and Safety, Co-Director, Center for Perioperative Management and Medical Informatics, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. In addition, he serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery, an independent nonprofit organization.