Anesthesiology Residency at UMass Chan-Baystate
Master the art of airway control and develop expert airway management skills.
Anesthesiology residency at UMass Chan-Baystate
When you graduate from our ACGME-accredited Anesthesiology residency, you will be well-versed in a broad range of essential clinical skills.
You will enjoy the respect of your peers as an accomplished consultant with the necessary attributes to be a leader in your future clinical endeavors.
Develop expert airway management skills
Our curriculum features 2 months of dedicated airway rotation. This provides you with the expert airway management skills necessary to become a leader in the field.
You will develop advanced skills in awake and asleep fiberoptic intubations, video laryngoscopy, intubating LMA placement, double lumen tube placement, bronchial blockers, and needle cricothyroidotomy. As a CA2 resident, you are the first responder for emergency intubations throughout the hospital, a critical experience to have.
Anesthesiology Department Faculty
Meet our facultyDiagnose perioperatively with point of care ultrasound
Our newly developed point of care ultrasound courses and rotation are in high demand. You will become facile at lung scanning, transthoracic echocardiography (utilized daily to diagnose cardiac conditions), stomach scanning, and more under the guidance of our 20+ faculty instructors.
You will be able to diagnose respiratory and cardiac conditions perioperatively, impacting decision making and patient therapy.
Master the art and science of regional anesthesia
You'll learn to place peripheral nerve catheters in just about any anatomical location—a key to our patient satisfaction and efficiency.
Trained by our skilled faculty, you will learn serratus anterior, rectus sheath, erector spinae and transversus abdomis plane blocks in addition to traditional nerve blocks. You will also become adept at combined spinal-epidural and dural puncture techniques when caring for laboring patients.
Learn enhanced recovery after surgery protocols
We are at the forefront for ERAS protocols in cardiac, thoracic, joint, and general surgery.
Learning these advanced clinical protocols with us allows our graduates to become the ultimate consultants!
One-on-one exposure to the complex cases
Our clinical volume of more than 36,000 cases per year means you will see an extremely wide variety of cases—from the complicated to those typically seen in a community setting.
Many departments with our case volume have two or three times more residents than we do. Our smaller cohort of residents assures that you will have plenty of one-on-one exposure to high acuity cases.
The Anesthesiology Residency at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate is ACGME-accredited.
Program-at-a-glance
The Department of Anesthesiology at Baystate Medical Center is designed to prepare you for whatever career path you might choose. Our program provides an unusually comprehensive exposure to many types of anesthesiology subspecialties, ranging from chronic pain management to cardiac anesthesia. This allows the residents to gain a high level of proficiency in dealing with complex cases. We are also one of the few training programs that has a two month long curriculum to teach Advanced Airway management skills. We take pride in providing the residency experience you need in order to reach your career goals.
Brian Martin, MD
Residency Program DirectorBrian.Martin@baystatehealth.org
Michael Chalifoux, MD
Associate Program DirectorMichael.Chalifoux@baystatehealth.org
Maria Lopez
Residency Coordinator413-794-4326 or 800-959-4233
Maria.Lopez@baystatehealth.org
Program and Department Metrics
- Number of residents per class: 9 ׀ Total number of Residents: 27
- Percent of Graduates entering Fellowship training over past 5 years: 40%
- Number of Faculty: 50
- Sub-Specialties: Cardiac Anesthesia; Neuro Anesthesia; Pain Management; Vascular Anesthesia; OB Anesthesia; Airway Management I; Airway Management II; Regional Anesthesia;
- Remote Site Anesthesia; Thoracic Anesthesia; Pediatric Anesthesia; ICU; Ambulatory Anesthesia; Trauma Anesthesia; Transplant Anesthesia
Baystate Metrics
- Tertiary care referral center: 4200 ׀ Number of LDRP rooms: 38
- Level 1 trauma center: 716 hospital beds
- Level 3 NICU: 57 bassinets
- Residency Programs: 10 ׀ Fellowship Programs: 16
- New patient tower includes a state-of-the-art Heart & Vascular Center; additional procedure rooms to accommodate the most advanced equipment; replacement of existing rooms with patient-centered, private accommodations; a “green roof” park-like space.
- Large state-of-the-art simulation lab
Rotations
- CA0: Internal Medicine, Medicine Consult, MICU, Pulmonary Consult, Cardiology Consult, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, SICU, Pedi-ED, General Anesthesiology with QI, Pain Medicine, Obstetric Anesthesiology, Pre-Anesthesia Evaluation, QI and Practice Management.
- CA1: Obstetric Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Neuro-anesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Ambulatory Anesthesia, Post-anesthesia Care Unit, Pain Medicine, Airway Management I and ICU
- CA2: Obstetric Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Neuro-anesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Ambulatory Anesthesia, Post-anesthesia Care Unit, Pain Medicine, Advanced Airway Management II, and ICU
- CA3: The fourth year of training includes: 12 months of advanced anesthesia training, which includes an advanced clinical track
- Weekly didactic schedule from 4-5:00 p.m. every Monday - Wednesdays, and 7 am Grand Rounds on Thursdays.
Benefits & Facilities
- We have attempted to maintain salaries in the 75th percentile nationally, and here in western Massachusetts, we enjoy a lower cost of living than in major urban areas. View our complete list of salaries and benefits.
- Call rooms available for on-call residents. Sleep rooms are available for napping for residents who were up all night.;
- Resident library, resident lounge area, large library on campus
- 4 weeks vacation/year, meal subsidy, free parking
- Disability/Malpractice/Health/Life Insurance
A Wonderful Place To Be
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