There was a board trained anesthetist there, who handled the whole anesthesia bit. My doctor was a woman (I forget her name), but she was friendly and did a great job. I felt absolutely nothing as the IV went in, don't remember going under, and then woke up in the recovery room. No nausea or any sort of pain whatsoever. I was also able to use the washroom right after without any problems. I guess she did an excellent job.
On my surgery day, Dr. Lista introduced me to a student and asked if it would be ok if he watched the procedure so he could spread his unique methods of performing gyne surgery. Dr. Lista said the observer would be standing at a distance, would never touch me, and would not interfere with the process at all. I had no problems with this.
I don't think it was videotaped. He did take some "before" pics though (with head cut off of course).
Let me know if you have any other questions.