Residents and attendings make their separate preanesthetic visits. Thereafter, the resident proposes a comprehensive plan for preoperative preparation, intra-operative monitoring, anesthetic management and postoperative care to the attending anesthesiologist. After conferring together, the resident performs the anesthetic under the direct supervision of the attending. Because anesthesiology has become a critical care medicine specialty, our clinical efforts must be supported and facilitated by various invasive and non-invasive monitoring techniques. In addition to their ICU experience, our residents administer well over 500 anesthetics in each of their three years of training.
Many patients receive the benefit of regional anesthesia and nerve blocks.
More importantly, the patients present all the taxing problems and complications one is likely to encounter in an operating room, obstetrical delivery suite or intensive care unit. In addition, residents are on call every fourth night.