Where Patients matter.
Specializing in patients' care from start to finish using sound principles in anesthesiology and human kindness.
OUR VISION
Canyon State Anesthesia is physician owned and was founded on the principles of anesthesiology and human kindness.
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Canyon State physicians are passionate about creating professional relationships with the peri-operative team so that efficiency and confidence prevail in the operating room. This will lead to a culture of trust and friendship that will aid in the recruitment and retention of talented staff and personnel who might otherwise search for a better workplace environment.
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INSURANCES
ACS - US Dept of Labor
Aetna
AHCCCS
AZ Foundation
Banner Health
BCBS of AZ
Cigna
Health Choice
Health Net
LifeWise
Medicare
RRM
Tricare
United Healthcare
United Lien Services
Work Comp
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LOCATIONS
Arizona Specialty Hospital
Arizona Specialty Surgery Center
Arrowhead Surgery Center
Center for Advanced Surgery
Banner Desert Medical Center
Banner Surgery Centers - Mesa, Chandler, Desert, University
Banner University Medical Center
Surgcenter of Gilbert
Surgery Center of Gilbert
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Additional locations at your request!
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OUR PROVIDERS
Sarah Aponte, MD
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Aponte is a board certified anesthesiologist who was born and raised here in the Valley of the Sun. She graduated from Barry Goldwater High School and Harvard College before receiving her medical doctorate at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She returned to Cambridge to serve her internal medicine internship year at the Harvard affiliated Mount Auburn Hospital. She completed her anesthesia residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital and New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center in 2010.
Dr. Aponte returned to Arizona to start her anesthesia practice in the East Valley and joined Canyon State Anesthesiologists in 2018. Her primary specializations are ambulatory anesthesia and advanced airway management.
Elyssa Bent, MD
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Bent is a board certified anesthesiologist specializing in outpatient and office anesthesia. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Brigham Young University in Anatomy and Physiology. Dr. Bent received her Medical Degree from the University of Utah and completed her Anesthesiology residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle WA. As a native Arizonan, Dr. Bent returned home to practice Anesthesiology and has been a partner at Canyon State Anesthesiologists since 2001. She finds joy in the work of alleviating patient’s fears and improving their experience as they undergo surgical procedures.
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MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Utah School of Medicine
RESIDENCY TRAINING: Virginia Mason Medical Center
Jennifer Elliott, DO
Anesthesiologist
Jennifer Elliott is a board certified anesthesiologist. She was born and raised in Flagstaff, AZ. She met her husband, Brian Elliott, during her undergraduate years at NAU in her hometown.
Dr. Elliott thoroughly enjoys her profession and her patients. When she is not caring for people in the operating room, you can find her spending her free time outdoors as she loves hiking, mountain biking, and travelling with her husband and friends.
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COLLEGE: Northern Arizona University, AZ
MEDICAL SCHOOL: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, AZ
RESIDENCY: Grandview Medical Center, OH
Gregory Ford, DO
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Ford is a board certified anesthesiologist and specializes in ambulatory and office based anesthesia. His dream to become a physician developed at a young age, by observing his family doctor care for his family. He fulfills this dream by guiding patients safely through their operative experience on a daily basis.
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MEDICAL SCHOOL: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, MO
RESIDENCY TRAINING: Grandview Medical Center, OH
Mark Murphy
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Murphy is a board certified anesthesiologist and specializes in ambulatory, office, and obstetric anesthesia.
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MEDICAL SCHOOL: Tulane University School of Medicine
RESIDENCY TRAINING: University of California, Los Angeles
FELLOWSHIP: Obstetrical Anesthesia
Michael Tuttle, DO
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Tuttle is a board certified anesthesiologist and specializes in general, ambulatory, and regional anesthesia.
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MEDICAL SCHOOL: Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center
RESIDENCY TRAINING: Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
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