Anesthesiology Residency Program

Mission

To train anesthesiology residents who will develop into respected consultants who provide safe, high-quality anesthetic care to the indigent and medically underserved.
 

Aims

Our program aims to provide the following:

1. Deliver Quality Healthcare to the Underserved. Our program, by nature of its location, is committed to providing healthcare to the underserved. The communities that we serve in San Joaquin County have a high proportion of Medicaid and uninsured patients. As a result, our residents gain valuable experience in caring for this vulnerable patient population. 

2. Provide an Individualized Educational Experience. Upon initial entry into the program, residents are paired with a mentor. Faculty mentors provide longitudinal guidance from the start of residency through graduation, helping inform the residents' electives and subspecialty training decisions.

3. Provide a Broad Educational Curriculum. Residents receive a broad educational experience throughout their training, with early exposure to anesthesia subspecialties in CA-1 year. Our multi-site structure, which includes rotations at UC Davis Medical Center, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Mercy San Juan, allows the residents to experience a variety of approaches to healthcare delivery and to see patients from a wide variety of socioeconomic backgrounds.

4. Support for Scholarly Activity. All residents must engage in scholarly activity throughout their training, and the Director of Research, Teri Kozik, supports their efforts. Residents must complete and maintain their Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) and receive substantial support and guidance in their endeavors.  

5. An Emphasis on Resident Well-Being. Wellness is essential to residency training and serves our mission by developing a well-balanced anesthesiologist. While training is vigorous, our schedules are designed not to overwhelm and exhaust our residents. Residents also participate in wellness retreats twice yearly, which allow them to decompress and disengage briefly from the incessant demands of residency.

6. Robust Training in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology. Unique among many residencies, our CA1 residents rotate through cardiothoracic anesthesiology after only 6 to 7 months of training in clinical anesthesiology. This experience allows them to rapidly advance their skills as an anesthesiologist on a cardiothoracic service that is among the busiest in California.