Dual training and board eligibility in internal medicine and anesthesiology allows a graduate of the program to pursue many career options ranging from operating room anesthesia to hospitalist medicine. Many of our graduates go on to pursue fellowship training in critical care medicine, adult cardiothoracic aneshesia, or pain medicine.  Expertise in both internal medicine and anesthesiology allows graduates to also become leaders in preoperative anesthesia clinics and perioperative medicine services.

Yes. Stanford faculty members with expertise in both disciplines will serve as mentors. One example is Dr. Cliff Schmiesing who trained in medicine and anesthesia and now has important leadership roles in preoperative assessment of high risk patients as well as hospital informatics.

Please apply as if you were applying to each residency separately with separate letters and essay (you may mention interest in combined program, of course).  This is because the faculty in both departments will want the applicant to fully fit in their own programs, and because if the person doesn’t match in the combined program, we still strongly consider them for either a medicine only residency or an anesthesia residency only.

Once both residencies invite you for an interview, we work with the applicants to facilitate interview dates that are convenient.

• Pgy1 yr: 4 weeks of vacation as per medicine department for interns.
• Pgy2 yr: 3 weeks of vacation and 1 week as a conference week.  5 sick days are allowed during 12 months as a full-time resident in anesthesia.
• Pgy 3-5 yrs: While on anesthesia rotations residents take one conference week plus one vacation week during one of the three years. During the other two years, the residents take 2 weeks of vacation during 6 months of anesthesia time and 2 more weeks during the 6 months they spend in the medicine department.

Residents can opt to do one OR anesthesia day during a 2-week medicine elective.  We have worked to maximize the number of retreats residents can attend in both departments given the scheduling constraints. To increase scholarship opportunities, we help residents identify research mentors early on in their training.  Every other month, the residents get together for a social gathering and journal club that is usually presented by the PGY-4 and PGY-5 residents in the program.

The Stanford Anesthesiology Residency Program accepts applications through the AAMC Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) only.

Please provide the following through ERAS:

• Personal Statement
• Medical School Transcript/USMLE scores
• MSPE Letter
• 3-4 letters of recommendation.
   

Select the Stanford Combined Internal Medicine/Anesthesiology Residency Program (Program #1820742C0)

*Also apply to both the core Stanford Anesthesiology Residency and Stanford Internal Medicine Residency and upload separate required documents for each program.