Anesthesiology

Anesthesiologists care for more than 145,000 patients each year. This large number of cases, integrated with ongoing research and education, results in wide-ranging expertise in the anesthetic management of patients.

Patients are seen with the expectation that injections or other procedures may play a role in treating a specific painful condition. When injections or procedures are either not successful or not appropriate, management of painful conditions may be treated with various medications.

Among the specialized services provided by the department are:

• Administration of anesthesia in all subspecialties

• Critical care

• Coordination of comprehensive pain management services

• Diagnosis of acute and chronic pain syndromes

• Injections and nerve blocks

• Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography

• Management of acute and chronic pain

• Medical management of painful conditions

• Nursing and case management

• Obstetrical analgesia and anesthesia

• Preoperative medical evaluations

• Perioperative pain management

• Spinal-cord stimulation

• Spinal-infusion systems