Welcome to the web site for the UCSD Department of Anesthesiology. You will see that we emphasize postgraduate education in anesthesiology and opportunities to develop clinical and research skills in all aspects of anesthesiology and pain medicine. Since recruitment and selection of each resident class are among the most important aspects of what we do each year, interactions with our next class of residents is very important to us. We welcome your inquiries and hope the brochure available in this site gives you some sense of the flavor of our department, which although continuously evolving, remains close-knit, friendly, and informal.

- Gerard Manecke, M.D., Chairman

New Regional Anesthesia Fellowship at UCSD

We are pleased to announce the first Regional Anesthesia Fellowship program in California to be recognized by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Directors.  At UCSD, postgraduate fellows will be immersed in a comprehensive curriculum incorporating advanced regional anesthesia techniques such as continuous perineural infusion and ultrasound-guidance; multimodal acute pain management strategies; and clinical and translational research. 

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UCSD Center for Pain Medicine

UCSD Center for Pain Medicine provides multidisciplinary inpatient and outpatient pain services devoted to the highest level of individualized patient care. The center also aims to create awareness among faculty, residents, and affiliated staff of the services and to improve understanding of the mechanisms of pain through quality, peer-reviewed research into the physiology, pharmacology, and molecular biology of nociceptive processing.

Surgery Without Anesthesia
Anesthesiologists Use Nerve Blocks As Alternative To General Anesthesia