Anesthesiology Patient Care
Doctors stand in the operating room and discuss the patient vitals and medicines for anesthesiologists

Advancing Our Field

We strive to advance the field of anesthesia through research and education, all in order to fulfill our mission of providing personalized care of the highest quality to every patient.

The Department of Anesthesiology performs nearly 100,000 procedures a year in locations across Michigan Medicine. Throughout our work, we focus our efforts on meeting the unique needs of every patient and their family.

The main office of the Department of Anesthesiology is located on the first floor of the University Hospital. For our other locations, please click on the links below. Our main office address is:

Department of Anesthesiology
1H247 UH, SPC 5048
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5048

Featured News & Stories
See all news Mark Bicket
Department News
Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, named Mayday Fund fellow
Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, is one of 12 experts in pain science and care to be named a fellow of the 2024 Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship: Communicating Science & Improving Care.
Medical team from Ukraine visits Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center
Department News
Ukrainian medical teams visit Michigan Medicine to discuss chronic pain
A delegation from Ukraine spent time last month at the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS) to learn about and share their experiences in managing chronic pain conditions that are prevalent in both military and civilian populations affected by war.
Mark Bicket, Jenn Waljee
Department News
New study aims to develop guidelines to improve perioperative care for patients with opioid tolerance
New study aims to develop guidelines to improve perioperative care for patients with opioid tolerance - Anesthesiology's Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, and Surgery's Jennifer Waljee, MD, will lead the study, which recently received NIH funding through the National Institute of Drug Abuse
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News Release
U-M has 14 top 10 medical education programs in latest Doximity Residency Navigator
The 2024-25 Doximity Residency Navigator has been released. It shows that U-M has six top 5 medical education programs, with nine more in the top 10 and another nine in the top 25.
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Health Lab
This anesthesia technique makes surgery safer, less scary for pediatric patients
The pediatric spinal anesthesia program offers a needle-based technique that provides sensory and motor block without the need for intubation or general anesthesia for pediatric surgical procedures below the belly button. This means the patient will not feel anything below chest level.
Dart flying toward target precision medicine
News Release
From ‘trial and error’ to targeted precision: $17.9M grant accelerates U-M mental health research
A new major grant aims to bring the same precision to mental health care for depression, anxiety and other psychiatric conditions that already exists for cancer and heart disease.