About Anesthesiology
The Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology is committed to providing future anesthesiologists a comprehensive experience in all facets of care by emphasizing innovative approaches to anesthesia technique, critical care, pain management, and patient safety.
WSU Medical School Anesthesiology Department:
We provide anesthesiology training to all WSU SOM medical students during their M3 year with a 2-week anesthesiology rotation during the surgery clerkship. This 2-week rotation began in 2022 and resulted in a sharp increase in interest in anesthesiology as a specialty in our medical students. For more information on the anesthesiology clerkship rotation, visit the clerkship page here.
Anesthesiology clerkship rotation
WSU Anesthesiology residency program:
Based out of Trinity Health Oakland in Pontiac, Michigan, and is sponsored by the WSU Affiliated Internal Medicine and General Surgery Programs, also located at Trinity Health Oakland. For more information about the residency program, contact information and application process, visit the home page here.
Affiliated residency programs:
The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and Henry Ford Health (HFH) each have their own residency programs administered by their individual graduate medical education offices. Both programs have a strong academic interest in teaching WSUSOM medical students and promoting research collaboration with the WSU Department of Anesthesiology. Information about these separate residencies can be found on their home pages:
- Anesthesiology Residency Program | Detroit Medical Center
- Anesthesiology Residency | Henry Ford Hospital Residencies and Fellowships | Henry Ford Health - Detroit, MI.
- Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship | Children's Hospital of Michigan
- Pain Fellowship | Detroit Medical Center
History:
The first resident training program in Michigan is the Wayne State University program begun by Dr. Ivan B. Taylor in 1946. Dr. Taylor was succeeded by Dr. F. E. Greifenstein whose contemporaries in Detroit, Dr. Paul Dumke and Dr. Eli Brown, developed the third and fourth residencies at Henry Ford Hospital and Sinai Hospital in Detroit. A second residency had begun at Providence (now St. John-Providence) in the 1940s. In 1975, the Henry Ford Hospital and Wayne State University residencies closed leaving only Sinai under Dr. Eli Brown and a small program at Providence. Dr. Brown became the Professor of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University in the 1970s. In 1998, Dr. H. Michael Marsh was appointed his successor. Dr. Doug Bacon and Dr. Terry Ellis also served as chairs of the department. In 2022, Dr. Maria Zestos was appointed chair of the Department and the Wayne State University School of Medicine Anesthesiology Residency Program.