Regional Anesthesia Practice, Management, and Research

The Stanford Regional Anesthesia Practice, Management, and Research ACE is designed for anesthesiologists who seek to develop scholarship and management skills essential to building, directing, and innovating regional anesthesia programs across diverse practice settings. The program offers an individualized curriculum specific to the background and learning goals of the ACE scholar integrating leadership development and academic growth.

Research opportunities include a variety of pragmatic clinical trials, work with observational cohorts, big-data analysis, case series, and human  lab-based projects. The curriculum features lectures, quality-improvement projects, daily teaching sessions, and case discussions. The opportunity to interact with and teach trainees at all levels—medical students, residents, and fellows—is a cornerstone of the program.

ACE scholars will aim to be ready to lead and innovate in regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine, equipped with the confidence and skills to advance evidence-based perioperative care, with an approach to implement this knowledge at a systems level.

Program Highlights

• Practice Management: Learn to design and manage a regional anesthesia practice—building and engaging practice teams, decision-making, pathway implementation, complex case planning, billing compliance, patient follow-up, and complication management. Includes QI data collection, analysis, and presentation.
• Leadership Development: Learn how to establish and lead regional anesthesia programs and manage teams of providers of various backgrounds and stages of training, develop new clinical pathways, and implement system-wide initiatives that improve patient outcomes.
• Teaching and Education: Refine and enrich your teaching skills by collaboratively leading workshops, supervising residents, and participating in education at local and national levels.
• Scholarship and Research: Receive formal and practical training in various research types, along with mentorship in project design, data analysis, publication, and presentation. Participants are encouraged to submit work to ASRA, ASA, and other local, regional, national and international forums. If appropriate, mentorship in the preparation of early-career grant applications is available.
• Professional Growth: Work alongside faculty recognized for their innovation, mentorship, and academic leadership. The program fosters a Stanford-driven global network committed to collaboration and advancement in regional anesthesia. Participants work closely with expert faculty mentors in a collaborative environment that fosters curiosity, creativity, and meaningful impact.
• Advanced skills: Expertise in advanced regional anesthesia techniques and ultrasonography, with an emphasis on catheter-based systems and personalizing acute care protocols.

Structure

• Duration: 12–24 months
• Positions: 1–2 per year
• Location: Stanford University Medical Center and affiliated ambulatory sites. This environment has high-volume patient care across multiple sites—covering inpatient and ambulatory surgeries, pre-, intra-, and post-operative care, the emergency department, and ICU settings—providing for a rich academic environment.

Eligibility

Applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited (or equivalent) anesthesiology residency and possess a solid foundation in regional anesthesia.

Application Requirements

• Completed Application Form
• Current Curriculum Vitae
• Three Letters of Recommendation
• Personal Statement outlining motivation, leadership goals, and prior experience
• Medical School Diploma and proof of medical licensure