Henry Ford Health-Henry Ford Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Henry Ford Hospital's anesthesiology program is a large (14 positions/year), academic, tertiary/quaternary referral center in downtown Detroit, offering exceptionally high acuity and case complexity across multi-organ transplantation (heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, intestine), advanced cardiac/structural heart surgery, high-risk obstetrics, and neurosurgical anesthesia, supported by over 50,000 annual surgical cases. The four-year curriculum is distinctive for its longitudinal PGY-1 anesthesiology exposure, early POCUS and procedural skills training, dedicated ultrasound and simulation resources (15,000 sq ft simulation center, AR/VR technology), and a CA-3 "Advanced Clinical Tract" that functions as a junior-attending capstone. The department maintains its own research infrastructure and support staff, and offers in-house fellowships (cardiothoracic, critical care, pain medicine) plus pediatric anesthesia training via Children's Hospital of Michigan, signaling a structured, fellowship- and subspecialty-oriented culture while explicitly supporting residents pursuing academic, private practice, or fellowship paths. The program emphasizes graduated autonomy, high-complexity clinical exposure from early training, and formal wellness/professional identity curricula alongside its academic mission.