About the Program
Our more than 40 staff anesthesiologists come from diverse backgrounds and represent all anesthesia subspecialties. Seven of our faculty hold certificates of special qualifications in critical care medicine, and four hold additional qualifications in pain management. We have aggressively pursued the ideal of anesthesiology as the practice of perioperative medicine. Our department has a dominant presence in the areas of critical care medicine and pain management. In fact, critical care medicine is a section of the DHMC Department of Anesthesiology.
Resident education
We provide a stimulating didactic conference series which runs throughout the year, exposing our residents to a balanced mix of lecture and interactive educational forums. The biweekly CA-3 conference series is in a mock oral exam format presented by one of our five faculty who are ABA oral board examiners. We have committed substantial resources to enhance resident education, including the resident library and computer facilities, annual resident education allowances, personal laptop computers, the provision of computer software and Internet access, and secretarial support for literature searches and slide production.
Research
The department has an ongoing commitment to clinical and laboratory research, and we encourage residents to participate actively in research projects. With more than $2.7 million in research funding, the department is able to provide opportunities for investigation in a wide variety of clinical areas, including masters-level preparation in outcomes research through The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI).
A solid foundation
To date, all of our trainees have found employment in desirable situations and locations. They have also enjoyed remarkable success in achieving certification from the American Board of Anesthesiology. We believe that the department, by emphasizing perioperative critical care, pain management and operating room anesthesiology, has contributed greatly to their success in the job market and board certification. Our program continues to be well positioned to educate tomorrow's leaders in anesthesiology.
