Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Phoenix Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is an academic, tertiary/quaternary anesthesiology program embedded within Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus, drawing on a case mix that includes nationally leading volumes of abdominal transplant, complex head and neck, high-risk cardiothoracic, advanced neurosurgical, and interventional pain procedures, supplemented by rotations at other city hospitals for obstetric, pediatric, and trauma exposure. The program is deliberately small, allowing individualized mentorship and a "humane" call structure, and pairs every resident with a faculty research mentor for a mandatory yearly scholarly project culminating in a peer-reviewed manuscript submission and presentation at the Western Anesthesia Residents Conference and national meetings. Career outcomes split fairly evenly between fellowship subspecialization (cardiothoracic, pain, pediatric anesthesiology at top programs) and direct private or military practice, with a smaller academic practice track, indicating the program values residents who can both handle complex quaternary-level cases and independently drive a scholarly project to completion. The structure (categorical positions bundling a Mayo-based transitional year, in-house Pain and Critical Care fellowships) suggests a preference for candidates comfortable with a highly structured, mentorship-dense, small-cohort training model.