HCA Florida Healthcare-Kendall Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital's Anesthesiology Residency is a community-based, university-affiliated program built around a simulation-heavy, structured curriculum (OSCE assessments, ACRM modules, mock orals) delivered across six clinical sites including a Level I trauma/burn center, VA hospital, and two pediatric hospitals. Faculty draw from top academic training backgrounds (Yale, MGH, Johns Hopkins, Mayo, etc.) and include subspecialty-trained trauma/critical care surgeons and a dedicated PhD research director, giving the program academic depth despite its community setting. Scholarly activity (research, QI, or case report) is a graduation requirement rather than optional, supported centrally by HCA's national research infrastructure and Scholarly Commons, though the emphasis reads as competency-building rather than academic-track production. The program explicitly markets itself as new, small, and relationship-driven, valuing residents who want individualized mentorship and a hand in shaping a young program rather than a large, established academic department.