The General Division of the Department of Anesthesiology is responsible for
a wide variety of trauma, general surgical, obstetrical, orthopedic, thoracic,
and neurosurgical procedures. Under the direction of Vasanti
Tilak, MD, residents in the Anesthesiology Department learn all facets of
general anesthesia. Being a part of Rutgers, which is affiliated with University
Hospital, exposes our residents to a large base of critically ill trauma patients.
This large, busy city hospital is a Level I Trauma Center as well as a Brain
and Spinal Cord Injury Center.
The recently expanded ambulatory surgical center at University Hospital is
a freestanding outpatient unit with five operating rooms and its own recovery
room. Approximately 5,000 ambulatory procedures are done there each year. This
environment allows the entire staff to concentrate on ambulatory patient needs
with access to the full services of the Medical Center.
Nurse anesthetists (CRNA's) assist in the delivery of anesthesia and care of
surgical patients within the Department of Anesthesiology. These fully certified
and licensed professionals work together with our faculty physicians in delivering
excellence in clinical care.
The
section of Neurosurgical Anesthesia is an extremely active service performing
over 1200 anesthetics annually. There are currently four full time anesthesiology
attendings associated with this division. Members of this group provide anesthesia
in the operating room and in the neuroradiology suite.
The physicians working in Obstetric Anesthesia are dedicated to the premise that every woman has the right to
a safe and comfortable delivery. Our efforts are focused on realizing these
goals. Obstetric anesthesiologists serve as on-site, full time consultants in
the labor and delivery suite. Along side our obstetrical colleagues, we
are poised to assist in the management of the pain of labor and delivery, to
administer anesthesia for cesarean sections, and to manage other emergencies
that may arise. With over 2000 deliveries per year, our Residency Program provides
extensive training in all aspects of obstetric anesthesia including the care
of severely ill, indigent inner-city patients, private patients at community
hospitals and middle-class patients in voluntary hospitals.
The Regional Anesthesia section has three anesthesiology attendings who provide
regional anesthesia care to patients undergoing a wide array of surgical procedures.
First-year residents spend 8 months in this General Division, 5 months in
the second year, and 1 to 5 months in the third year, depending upon their interests.
They train under the guidance of the following list of doctors.
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