Cook County Health and Hospitals System Program

Program Identity & Fit

Cook County Health's Anesthesiology Residency is a public safety-net program at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, one of the oldest continuously accredited anesthesiology programs in the country, built around the institution's historic mission to care for all patients regardless of ability to pay. The four-year categorical program includes an on-site clinical base year with internal medicine, surgical, EM, cardiology, and critical care rotations, followed by graded CA-1 through CA-3/CA-4 anesthesia training emphasizing trauma, high-risk OB, regional, vascular, cardiac, airway, and neuroanesthesia, with pediatric and advanced cardiac rotations at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Lurie Children's Hospital. Scholarly activity is mandatory (required conference presentations, a PGY-4 grand rounds lecture) but structured as a resident development requirement rather than a research-driven identity, and graduates pursue both competitive fellowships (pain, regional, pediatric, critical care) and academic faculty positions. The program explicitly seeks candidates with demonstrated scholarship, clinical aptitude, and a track record of interest in patient care, teaching, and community service, reflecting its self-described commitment to training physicians for high-acuity, underserved, safety-net practice.