Clinical Sites
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
30 dedicated anesthetizing areas including:
- Main Operating Suite (20 operating rooms)
- Approximately 7,000 anesthetics per year
- Three GI/Endoscopy suites
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Interventional Radiology Suite
- Interventional Neuro Radiology Suite
- MRI/CT Scan
- Mid America Heart Institute (5 operating suites, 2 Hybrid Rooms and 3 EP Labs), ECMO, Destination Therapy and Bridge to Transplant VAD
- Approximately 1,600 combined cardiac procedures per year
- Obstetrical Suite (11 birthing centers and three C-Section Suites)
- Approximately 2,800 deliveries per year
- CVICU (28 Beds) – Exclusively ran by the Department of Anesthesiology faculty
- NSICU (18 Beds) – Exclusively ran by the Department of Anesthesiology faculty
- Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine – Co-managed by theDepartment of Anesthesiology
- Surgical Trauma (14 Beds) – Co-managed by the Department of Anesthesiology faculty
- Pain Management Center – Approximately 4,500 outpatient visits per year, with an average daily inpatient census of 15. Planned Integration of Behavior and Addiction Medicine to provide a comprehensive integrated pain management strategy.
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
- 14,000 cases a year (65% outpatients)
- Full range of pediatric surgical subspecialties including craniofacial, renal and liver transplant services, acute pain, regional and cardiac services, and sedation team
University Health Truman Medical Center
- Level 1 trauma center
- Serves more than 60,000 people a year
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Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Provides care to more than 50,000 veterans each year
- 142 beds including 79 medical, 25 surgical, 10 psychiatric and 28 domiciliary
- 24-hour emergency care
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Why Do Residents Choose UMKC?
- 73 outstanding board certified faculty between the three institutions with 47 of those being fellowship trained
- Three comprehensive tertiary quaternary care, level one trauma teaching hospitals
- Comprehensive patient care experience (more than 25,000 cases a year)
- Fully accredited training program
- Categorical program with a Fundamental Skills of Medicine Internship (clinical base year) tailored to anesthesia specific patient care (perioperative surgical home concept managed by the Department of Anesthesiology through the Department of Internal Medicine
- Large cardiovascular, critical care medicine, neuro anesthesia, obstetric, pain management and pediatric case experience
- Diverse major metropolitan area with great social and cultural opportunities
- Central location in the country
- Highly affordable cost of living with a great quality of life