Anesthesiology Education
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Find Your Future Within Anesthesiology

Enjoy a diverse clinical and classroom experience that’s among the best in the nation.

Elevating Anesthesiology Education

The U-M Medical School Anesthesiology Department consistently ranks among the best training programs in the nation. Our training programs offer residents and trainees the opportunity to learn diverse clinical services from industry leaders. Under our guidance, trainees develop skills that equip them to exceed the highest standards of patient care and research. 

EDUCATION & TRAINING PROGRAMS
Medical Students

Training in diverse clinical services with leaders in the anesthesiology field.

Residency

Our four-year ACGME-accredited training program is among the nation’s best.

Fellowships

Continue your education and begin your career in a spectrum of specialties.

Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

We partner with the University of Michigan-Flint graduate program of nurse anesthesia (DNAP) to provide interactive, hands-on training for future CRNAs.

Programs for Other Learners

Get anesthesiology education and support for your career.

Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA®)

This Simulation Course is designed for ABA Diplomats seeking recertification.

Simulation Education

Explore and employ state-of-the-art simulation technology for realistic, risk-free training in a hands-on environment. We’re continuously expanding the use and applications of this technology in new and existing courses to supplement both didactic and clinical curriculums.

Learn more about simulation education
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2025 Pediatric Nurse Anesthesia Conference
Join the Michigan Medicine Department of Anesthesiology for this one-day conference. Open to nurse anesthetists, nurses and nursing students across the region.
2024 CRNA Conference
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Health Lab
The brain in balance
In a recent study, using network neuroscience, investigators found a way to objectively determine the balance of integration and segregation in fMRI-measured brain signals during wakefulness as well as during sleep and anesthesia.
Anesthesiology Research Retreat 2024
Department News
Annual Anesthesiology Research Retreat highlights impact of work across the department
The UMMS Department of Anesthesiology annual Research Retreat highlights work taking place across the department.
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Health Lab Podcast
The “chemical nudges” approach to chronic pain
In this episode, you will get to hear Dr. Boehnke, in his own words, talk about his experiences, and the “chemical nudges” approach to chronic pain; reframing the role of medications in chronic pain management, and why solely relying on pain relievers “disempowers patients, clinicians and the drugs themselves.”
Mark Bicket
Department News
Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, named ASRA Pain Medicine Presidential Scholar
The award is given biannually to recognize outstanding scientific and sustained contributions to regional anesthesia, acute, or chronic pain medicine over the preceding 10 years.
News Release
U-M awarded $3.6M to study post-surgery pain management for individuals with opioid use disorder
The University of Michigan will use a new $3.6 million federal grant to study how pain and opioids after surgery impact people with opioid use disorder, how guidelines might be adjusted to address post-surgical pain and how to prevent opioid-related harms.
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Department News
New insights on persistent opioid use after surgery and genetic associations to opioid use disorder
In a recent edition of Genetic Epidemiology, Aubrey C. Annis and mentors Gonçalo R. Abecasis and Chad Brummett have new insights to share on these genetic associations in their publication, “Genetic Associations of Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery Point to OPRM1 but Not Other Opioid-Related Loci as the Main Driver of Opioid Use Disorder”.