Chief Residents' Welcome
Welcome to the Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. We invite you to explore our website and learn more about the opportunities that make our program unique. Our residency training program features an exceptional opportunity for clinical learning, a focused educational curriculum, abundant opportunities for research, and overwhelming intellectual diversity.
We believe that our clinical experience is second to none. Our patient population ranges widely in medical history, cultural and economic background, and complexity of medical care. Patients travel from all over the globe to receive surgical care at Johns Hopkins and there is no lack of rare and interesting disease processes at our institution.
Training at Johns Hopkins will provide you with the confidence and clinical acumen to care for any patient that you may encounter in your future practice, both in and out of the operating room. In addition to the multitude of operating room suites found in our two downtown hospital campuses, our residents rotate through each of the surgical intensive care units, our own pre-operative evaluation center, and the world renowned Blaustein Pain Treatment Center. The focus of our program is to create true peri-operative physicians who will go on to become leaders in the field of anesthesiology.
The ACCM residency also includes protected time for all residents on College Days, mini-curricula for subspecialty rotations and weekly Grand Rounds. Twice a month, residents are relieved of all clinical responsibilities to participate in our Colleges Education Program. The College Day experience includes interactive lectures on assigned reading topics, simulation center exercises, oral board review sessions, journal club and a systems-based practice course. We also use this time for special symposia such as cadaver lab for regional anesthesia and combined discipline airway workshops with ENT and trauma surgery.
Research opportunities abound in our department and we have many faculty members who are on the cutting edge of anesthesia related research. From basic science benchwork to developing new anesthesia related treatment modalities, our faculty are respected worldwide for their pioneering roles in anesthesia research. On the other hand, if your interest is public health, quality improvement, or patient safety, we are convinced that you won’t find more prominent leaders anywhere. Several of our faculty belong to the Institute of Medicine in Washington DC and are heavily involved in ongoing healthcare reform efforts. We even have a United States Congressman on faculty. The multitude of interests and leadership roles in all areas of healthcare are truly what make our program and our department unique.
Finally, Baltimore is well-known for its friendly people and down to earth atmosphere. Nicknamed “Charm City,” it offers all of the advantages of urban living, without the expensive price tag found in most other East Coast cities. Many of our residents are even able to own homes on a single resident salary. City highlights include Oriole Park at Camden Yards, football games at the Ravens M&T Bank Stadium, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, the yearly Artscape Festival, and the Everyman Theater for the performing arts are just a few of the cultural gems of the Baltimore cultural scene. For food-lovers, Baltimore has a long list of tasty choices - from handmade pizza in Little Italy to lobster macaroni and cheese in Canton.
We invite all those who seek an intellectually stimulating and friendly environment to consider Johns Hopkins for their residency training. As the newly appointed Chief Residents, we appreciate your time and effort in reviewing our website. We hope to have shared with you some of the factors that made us choose this program. Please contact us if you have any additional questions.
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