Application Selection Process:

Our residency program begins with the first clinical anesthesia year (CA-1 year). The department does not offer a first postgraduate year (variously called PGY-1, PMD-1, Clinical Base [CB] or the "internship"), which must be secured independently by applicants. Medical student applicants often ask what kind of first postgraduate year we prefer. Since the practice of anesthesia is increasingly concerned with dealing with the patient's medical disease in the context of surgery and anesthesia, a medical internship is probably the most rewarding. However, residents who have done transitional internships or one or more years of pediatrics, reproductive medicine, family practice, or surgery have also been well prepared for our residency program.

We participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). The application materials we require are: a completed application form, a dean's letter and medical school transcript, three letters of reference, the USMLE Part I score, and a personal statement. The majority of applications are received by ERAS and reviewed by us between August 15 and November 1, one and one-half years prior to the anticipated July 1 starting date.

Once the application file is complete, it is reviewed by the Resident Recruitment and Selection Committee. On this basis, a number of applicants are interviewed. Much preparation goes into our Wednesday "interview day" and although we can make exceptions, we prefer not to feeling that both the applicants and the committee members are best served if we meet one another on the regularly scheduled day.