Welcome to our Residency Program

2012 Match Day Results

Program Director: John E. Reynolds, MD
Associate Program Director: Nicole Taylor, DO

Our residency program was founded in 1953 and built on a strong foundation of education.  With almost 60 years experience in resident education, we have trained over 360 anesthesiologists and over 210 fellows in various anesthesia subspecialties.  Graduates from our program have become Anesthesiology Residency Program Directors and Chairs.

We aim to educate our residents and fellows to become competent, highly skilled anesthesiologists.  Our residency program holds a five year accreditation from the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education).  We take 13-14 residents each year into our anesthesia residency program and offer both Categorical and Advanced positions in anesthesia through the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS).

Clinical Education Curriculum

Clinical Base Year (PGY1) – Interns, who match into our anesthesia department, are part of our program from the first day of their internship.  All interns are assigned to the Anesthesiology Chair and Associate Program Director as their Faculty Advisor.  During one of the last 2 months of internship you will spend 4 weeks with the department of anesthesiology.  It is during this time that you work side by side with a resident and attending learning the operating room environment.  A sample internship curriculum for academic year 2010-2011 appears below: 

Rotation	Duration
Pulmonary/Blood Bank (2 weeks each)	4 weeks total (2 weeks in each discipline)
Internal Medicine (General Medicine, Cardiology, Hematology Oncology, Intensive Care Unit)	16 weeks
OB	4 weeks
Pediatrics	8 weeks
Emergency Department	4 weeks
Arrhythmia Consult Service	4 weeks
Surgery	8 weeks
Anesthesia	4 weeks

 

 1st Year of Anesthesiology Training (PGY-2 or CA-1)  

The major focus for the CA-1 year is basic anesthesia procedures and techniques.  We start the year off with an 8 week lecture series devoted to the basic physiology, pharmacology, preoperative anesthesia evaluations and anesthetic techniques.  In the first week of anesthesia you will attend a simulation based “Boot Camp.” Some core rotations that will be covered during the first year are: Neuro-Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology for otolaryngology procedures, difficult airway management and post anesthesia care unit (PACU).  During the second half of the CA-1 year you will gain exposure to sub-specialties in anesthesiology, such as regional anesthesiology, obstetrical anesthesiology and cardiothoracic anesthesiology.   

2nd Year of Anesthesiology Training (PGY-3 or CA-2)

The major focus of your second year of anesthesiology is sub-specialty anesthesia.  Rotations include:

• Obstetrics Anesthesia 
• Cardiovascular Anesthesia  
• Regional Anesthesia 
• Chronic Pain Management 
• Neuro-Anesthesia 
• Outpatient/ Ambulatory Anesthesia 
• Vascular Anesthesia 
• Pediatric Anesthesia 
• Intensive Care Unit (Cardiac ICU, Pediatric ICU, Neuro-ICU) 

3rd Year of Anesthesiology Training (PGY-4 or CA-3)

We offer a flexible curriculum during your third year and aim to custom fit your

Dr. Traunero, CA-3, Ghana Health Elective 5/2011

schedule for your desired career path.  Some unique opportunities during your 3rd year are:  

• Research (1- 6 month duration)  
• Patient Simulation Teaching Elective  
• Global Health International Opportunity (2 month rotation/1 month spent in Ghana, Africa) 
• Trans-esophageal Thoracic Echocardiogram Elective (TEE) 
• Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology 
• Legislative Elective offered through the ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology  
• Additional experiences in any of the above subspecialty areas of anesthesiology during CA-2 year may be selected.  A research track may also be possible during your CA-3 year.   

Unique Opportunities and Experiences

CA-1 Boot Camp Experience: During the first week of your CA-1 year you will learn many skills in the Mock OR/Patient Simulation lab.  The curriculum will cover: Ploss (anesthesia) cart set up, anesthesia machine check, central line set up/technique, ultrasound workshop, epidural/spinal placement, cardiac and respiratory code, ICU transport, patient positioning, scavenger hunt in the operating room and fiber optic scope handling/technique.  This small group experience consists of 4-6 CA-1 anesthesiologists per group and is highly interactive and hands on.  

Night of the Machines 2011

 Night of the Machines: Dr. Mike Olympio, anesthesia attending and machine expert coordinates a workshop that covers the anesthesia machine in depth.  This 2 day event is both didactic base and hands on exposure to all the functional components of the anesthesiology machine. After this workshop the participants gain confidence in their knowledge of the internal mechanisms of the machine and troubleshooting machine failures. This event is performed every other year.

Airway Workshop:  The Neuro-Anesthesiology Section provides an airway workshop located in the cadaver lab.  Airway anatomy is covered in detail.  Instruction of trans-tracheal and other anatomical landmarks for airway blocks are performed.  Participants have the opportunity to perform a needle cricthyroidotomy in the cadaver lab and well as all other airway nerve blocks. MORE      

Fellowship Opportunities:  We offer ACGME fellowship in Critical Care, Cardiac Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain Management.  We also offer other non-ACGME fellowships in Obstetric Anesthesia and Regional Anesthesia. MORE

We strive to provide our residents with the skills and opportunities that will enable them to become phenomenal consultants and leaders in the field of anesthesiology.   Please feel free to contact us via email with any questions. 

John Reynolds, MD, Anesthesia Residency Program Director
Nichole Taylor, DO, Associate Anesthesia Residency Program Director, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology