HCA Florida Healthcare-Westside-Northwest Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a newly ACGME-accredited, community-based categorical anesthesiology residency operating across HCA Florida Westside and Northwest Hospitals in the Fort Lauderdale suburbs, combining HCA's large-system clinical infrastructure with a Nova Southeastern University affiliation that lends "university feel" resources for research, simulation, and teaching. The 4-year (36-month CA) curriculum draws on over 30 faculty trained at institutions such as Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, and SUNY, with cross-specialty faculty (surgeons, cardiologists, OB/GYNs) contributing to a broad clinical exposure model rather than a narrow subspecialty focus. The program explicitly reports a 100% fellowship match rate into subspecialties like chronic pain, pediatric, and cardiac anesthesia at institutions including Cleveland Clinic, University of Miami, and Texas Children's, signaling a fellowship-oriented culture built on a large multi-site community case mix. As part of the broader HCA GME system, residents have access to system-wide research infrastructure (30+ million patient encounters, national research coordinators, HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine), and the program frames its identity around producing "clinically excellent" anesthesiologists who are "future leaders" and active in their communities.