Medical students with a strong commitment to becoming an Anesthesiologist/Intensivist are encouraged to consider this new combined program, which allows the trainee to integrate their OR anesthesia skills with Critical Care training throughout the four year period.

This program is applied to separately from our Anesthesia Residency program and will have a separate match through ERAS. There are only two positions available in the inaugural year of this combined program. Students may wish to apply to both the Anesthesia Residency as well as the combined Anesthesia Residency/ CCM Fellowship programs.

Of course, Stanford still offers the standard path of training. Trainees may complete a three year Anesthesia Residency, then apply to a one year CCM Fellowship program. Click below for more details on this exciting program.
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We offer 6 categorical anesthesia resident positions in the NRMP match that include a Stanford medicine clinical base year. We also have several other outstanding internships in the local area available to Stanford Anesthesia applicants.
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The specialty of anesthesiology has been marked by unprecedented growth and change since the first public demonstration in Boston of ether anesthesia in 1846. Today, rendering the patient insensitive to pain while monitoring and maintaining vital organ function during surgery remains the main professional activity of the anesthesiologist.
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Stanford is a world-leading department of anesthesia that offers comprehensive training in perioperative patient care, pain management and critical care medicine. Our program aims to train expert clinicians, future leaders in the field of anesthesia, and clinician-scientists who will expand our knowledge of the specialty through basic science and translational discoveries that ultimately improve our ability to provide superior care for our patients.
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