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Advances and challenges in postgraduate anesthesia education

This special issue of the Journal of Head and Neck Anesthesia presents an impressive collection of articles describing specialized training programs in head and neck (H&N) anesthesia and advanced airway management. The very existence of combined fellowship training in H&N anesthesia/ advanced airway demonstrates rapid development of this important clinical subspecialty, which requires unique training. Such unique development appears to be driven by significant technological advances in H&N surgery, improved patient survival after complex H&N surgical procedures, and the need for a special expertise in difficult airway management and complex techniques, such as automated jet ventilation, and others. In this editorial, we highlight some of the challenges and advances in graduate medical education that await the clinicians who continue to develop this subspecialty training.