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
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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.
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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.
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Health Lab
Primary care physicians are hesitant to accept chronic pain patients using opioids or cannabis
Michigan Medicine research finds that patients with chronic pain who use either substance may find it harder to find primary care physician than those who don’t.
Nociplastic pain researchers Chelsea Kaplan, Steven Harte, Andrew Schrepf, Dan Clauw
Department News
What we know about nociplastic pain
A new review article shines light on nociplastic pain, a type of pain some thought to be ‘all in your head’
Anesthesiology Residency Class of 2024
Department News
Celebrating the Anesthesiology Residency Class of 2024
The Department of Anesthesiology celebrated our 28 graduating resident physicians on Saturday, June 15.