I encourage a visitor to St. Luke s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. You will note that the Department of Anesthesiology commits substantial resources to resident education. Journals, books, and computers are readily available. In addition, every resident receives a stipend to purchase personal books and attend national anesthesia meetings.
Daily lectures are the rule.
Above all, however, you will be impressed by the enthusiasm of the faculty and residents. They will personally convey their satisfaction with the program to you. The philosophical goal of the Department is to maximize the use of innovative technology so that the clinician has more time to focus on the patient. Interconnected local area networks facilitate the transfer of information. Each operating room is supplied with an eight-channel color monitor which displays full hemodynamic monitoring of every patient, including pulmonary artery catheterization and cardiac output determinations.