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Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
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Patient Care
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About UW Anesthesiology
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- PAIN MEDICINE
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Education
- FOR PROSPECTIVE TRAINEES
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- FOR ALL PROVIDERS
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
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- Yellow Packet Pocket Guide
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Staff Directories
Residency Training & Curriculum (RTC)
CBY: Clinical Base Year
Categorical TrainingCA1: Clinical Anesthesia
First Year of AnesthesiaPain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia
Intensive Care
CA2: Clinical Anesthesia
Subspecialty RotationsCA3: Clinical Anesthesia
Advanced Anesthesia
- FOR PROSPECTIVE TRAINEES
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Research
- EXPLORE OUR CURRENT RESEARCH
Focus Areas
- Introduction
- Pain Medicine
& Neuroscience - Mitochondrial Biology
& Genomics - Outcomes
- Medical Training & Patient Education
Research Opportunities
Annual Research Events
Faculty Research Labs
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- Introduction
- Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) Research Group
- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Outcomes Research Network (ACCORN)
- ASA Closed Claims
- Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
- Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies (ISIS)
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center
- Spinal Drug Delivery Research Group
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Faculty Development
- EXPLORE OUR CURRENT RESEARCH
Register Now! — Mar 8th & 10th
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
2-Day Training Course
at Harborview Medical Center
- Earn AHA ACLS credentialing
- For UW staff and the general public
- Free to UW Anesthesiology & Pain residents
- To enroll, return application by Nov 21st
- View Brochure & Application Form
Patient Care
Our clinical faculty provide outstanding patient-centered care at four leading academic medical centers, which includes the only Level 1 trauma center in 4 states that is the model for paramedic systems across the nation.
Education
We pride ourselves on the depth and breadth of the training we offer. When a physician completes our program, he or she is equipped to handle any clinical situation during the perioperative period.
Research
Our faculty engage in multidisciplinary research, with major emphasis in pain medicine and neuroscience, genomics and mitochondria biology, outcomes, and medical training and patient education.
Dr. Debra Schwinn
A Message from the Chair
The Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine at the University of Washington has a long history of leadership in academic anesthesia, innovating to provide outstanding outcome driven clinical care and pain therapies, as well as excellence in critical care and other academic areas.
Currently the department provides clinical anesthesiology care at 4 main hospital sites conveniently located near…
TEE of the Month
Dr. Donald Oxorn presents a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) each month for education.
Academic Affairs
WELCOME NEW FACULTY
Please help us welcome the following new faculty to our department:
- Alon Ben-Ari, MD, Assistant Professor at VA Puget Sound Health Care System, started in the Department on November 6th. Dr. Ben-Ari was previously an Insructor and Staff Anesthesiologist in the Acute Interventional Postoperative Pain Service at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
- Carmelina Gemma, PhD, Research Associate Professor at HMC Ninth & Jefferson Building, started in the Department on January 1st. Dr. Gemma was previously at the University of South Florida.
- Debra Gordon, RN-BC, MS, ACNS-BCFANN, Teaching Associate, Clinical Nursing Services at Harborview Medcial Center, started in the Department on November 1st. She will spend 50% of her time as Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Pain Service at HMC, and the other 50% will be spent with Dennis Turk's C-PRIME Outcome Research group as Head of the Postop Pain Registry.
- Lizbeth Martin, MD Faculty Fellow at Seattle Children's Hospital started in the Department on November 1st. Dr. Martin recently completed an ACGME Peds Fellowship at SCH on September 30th.
- Dan Raftery, PhD,Professor at South Lake Union, started in the Department on January 1st . Dr. Raftery was previously at Purdue.
- FEB
01 - Department Meetings
- DEPARTMENT MEETINGS: FEBRUARY 1st
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Faculty Meeting: Rm D-209
Debra A. Schwinn, MD
UW Professor & Chair of Anesthesiology
Residents Meeting: Rm T-733
Karen J. Souter, MB BS, FRCA
UW Assoc. Professor of Anesthesiology
& Director, Anesthesia Residency Program
- in lieu of Grand Rounds
(Department
Members Only)
6:30 AM - FEB
08 - Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia
and its Clinical Implications
in Anesthesia
- GRAND ROUNDS: FEBRUARY 8th
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“Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia and its Clinical Implications in Anesthesia”
Philippe Richebe, MD, PhD
UW Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, UWMC, Seattle, WA
Cyril Rivat, PhD
UW Acting Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, UW Health Sciences, Seattle, WA
- 6:30 AM
- FEB
15 - Department Meetings
- GRAND ROUNDS: FEBRUARY 15th
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“Annual CQ I Report”
Chris Lee, MD
UW Acting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
“Case Presentation”
Satish Bhagwanjee, MB ChB
UW Professor and Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, UWMC, Seattle, WA
- UWMC QI
(Patient Safety CME)
(Department
Members Only)
6:30 AM
6:30 - 7:30 am
Health Sciences D-209
Grand Rounds has now returned to HSB D-209
Funding Opportunity
The letter of intent deadline for the 2012 Laura Cheney Anesthesia Patient Safety Endowment Junior Investigator Starter Grant is February 12, 2012. A letter of intent is required to be eligible to submit a full application. Full applications will be due May 15, 2012. The 2012 maximum award amount is $20,000.
Statistics
| 170 | Faculty |
|---|---|
| 33 | Fellows |
| 78 | Residents (CA1-3) |
| 24 | Interns (CBY) |
| 54 | CRNAs |
| 1,381 | Beds for all hospitals |
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Extramural Funding (2010): Entire Dept (including UW and Seattle Children's) | |
| $7,903,064 | total funding all extramural sources |
| $5,870,678 | NIH funding alone (Ranked #5 among Anesthesiology Departments) |