Typical Rotation Schedules
During residency, which includes the clinical base year, trainees have an opportunity to interact with more than 400 specialists and subspecialists who staff the two institutions participating in the program. The program is designed to present the art and science of anesthesiology as a practice of medicine.
Clinical Base Year (CB)
On each rotation, the intern is directly involved in patient care in a team concept with other house officers assigned to the service. The resident is fully delegated to the clinical service assigned and has no clinical responsibilities elsewhere. All house staff are supervised and instructed by faculty. Interns are responsible for documenting history, physical exam, management plans and progress of patients.
- Pediatrics
- Pulmonary medicine
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Medicine wards
- Emergency medicine
- Trauma surgery
- Medical ICU
- Palliative medicine
- Anesthesiology
- Introduction to chronic pain medicine
- Preoperative Evaluation Clinic
Clinical Anesthesia I
During CA-1 year, residents will learn foundational anesthesia principles and skills that they will build upon over the next 3 years. They will be assigned to a broad spectrum of cases including advanced subspecialties like cardiothoracic, pediatric and neurosurgical anesthesia throughout the year. Being involved in advanced cases not only accelerates the resident’s knowledge and skillset, but also allows them early exposure to subspecialties they may want to pursue as a fellowship.
- General OR anesthesiology
- Obstetric anesthesiology
- Pediatric anesthesiology
- Neurosurgical anesthesiology
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
- Acute pain management/regional anesthesia
- Veteran’s administration hospital
- Surgical ICU
Clinical Anesthesia II
During the CA-2 year, residents will experience the full spectrum of anesthetic cases and at various locations. They will do rotations at all 4 of our surgical facilities ranging from fast-paced cases at our private practice style outpatient surgical center to complex vascular cases at our main hospital and VA.
- Chronic pain medicine clinic (Interventional)
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Outpatient regional anesthesia
- Surgical ICU
- Vascular Anesthesiology
- Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
- Ambulatory anesthesiology
- Advanced OR anesthesiology
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
- Acute Pain Management Service/Advanced Airway Management
- Outpatient Regional Anesthesiology
Clinical Anesthesia III
During the CA-3 year, residents are given the flexibility to tailor their schedule to prepare them for life after residency. Several months of elective rotations allow CA-3 residents to do research, go on mission trips, do away rotations or do several months focusing on a subspecialty of their interest.
- Chronic pain medicine clinic (interventional)
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Outpatient regional anesthesia
- Surgical ICU
- Non-OR Anesthesiology
- Ambulatory anesthesiology
- Advanced OR anesthesiology
- Flexibility to emphasize subspecialties of interest
- Possible Electives – Mission trips, POCUS, Additional ICU experience, Away Rotations