McLaren Health Care Corporation-McLaren Greater Lansing Program

Program Identity & Fit

McLaren Greater Lansing's Anesthesiology Residency is a community-based, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine-affiliated four-year ACGME program designed to graduate broadly competent anesthesiologists prepared for either private practice or academic careers, with an explicit dual-pathway philosophy rather than a single research or fellowship identity. Training combines a heavy PGY-1 fundamental clinical skills year with progressive CA-1 through CA-3 rotations, incorporating off-site subspecialty blocks at Detroit Medical Center (pediatric), Spectrum Health Grand Rapids (neuroanesthesia, critical care), and Comprehensive Pain Management in Saginaw, indicating deliberate use of a multi-site network to fill subspecialty gaps at the home institution. Scholarly activity (case reports, QI projects, article reviews) is supported but framed as elective engagement rather than a mandatory research track, with presentation venues limited mainly to regional/state meetings (MSA, MARC) alongside ASA. The program layers in a distinctive CA-3 "Senior Seminar" curriculum on health equity, global health disparities, and physician wellness, and values candidates it can vet directly through an elective/away-rotation pre-application process that probes career goals, self-assessment, and teamwork philosophy.