Anesthesiology Patient Care

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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

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Locations List
  • Preoperative Clinic at Domino's Farms
  • East Ann Arbor Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Procedures Center
  • Back & Pain Centers
  • Brighton Center for Specialty Care
  • Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology - Women's Birthing Center
  • Kellogg Eye Center

    • Featured News & Stories

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    Department News

    Rebecca Nause-Osthoff, MD, named Associate Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology

    Rebecca Nause-Osthoff, M.D., has been named the Department of Anesthesiology’s Associate Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology. She also will serve as M-PLAN Director for the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital operating rooms and post-anesthesia care unit. Her appointments begin November 16, 2026. 
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    Department News

    A new day for anesthesiology resident education

    University of Michigan's anesthesiology residency program has replaced weekly one-hour tutorials with a full day of protected education each month. The program is creating more space for simulation, hands-on practice, discussion and reflection
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    Department News

    Bring Your Family to Work Day provides a glimpse behind the curtain

    Bring Your Family to Work Day gives families a hands-on, inside look at the tools and skills involved in caring for patients each day within Michigan Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology. More than 200 people — including CRNAs, faculty, residents and their family members — participated in this year’s event on Sunday, September 20. 
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    Who’s at risk for painful periods?

    A University of Michigan-led study looked more closely at dysmenorrhea, which is pain that comes with menstruation, in girls before and after their first periods.
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    Department News

    Michigan Anesthesiology welcomes 13 new faculty members

    Get to know the new University of Michigan Anesthesiology faculty members.
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    Health Lab

    Psychedelics and anesthetics create mirror image patterns in the brain

    A new study takes a data driven approach and reveals that psychedelics and anesthetics create “mirror image” patterns of large-scale brain organization, with opposite network features.