MedStar Health Georgetown University Program

Program Identity & Fit

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital's anesthesiology program is a medium-sized, university-based academic program (12/class) embedded in the large MedStar Health system, offering high-acuity subspecialty exposure—cardiothoracic, neuro, obstetric, hepatobiliary, and one of the highest-volume abdominal transplant services in the country—without competing in-house fellowships, meaning residents perform fellow-level cases as CA-2/CA-3s. Clinical training spans Georgetown, MedStar Washington Hospital Center (high-volume cardiac and Level 1 trauma), Children's National Medical Center, and a CA-3 regional rotation at Hospital for Special Surgery, giving residents a multi-institutional, multi-culture operating experience. The nearly fully elective senior year, individual clinical advisors, and explicit dual preparation for "academic or private practitioners" indicate a program built around progressive autonomy and flexible career pathing rather than a fixed research or academic mandate; research is available and departmental support exists (funded memberships, conference sponsorship, book fund) but is not positioned as central to identity. The program's Jesuit/Catholic institutional culture (cura personalis) and emphasis on faculty-resident mentorship, wellness, and "sense of team" values suggest it favors residents who thrive in a structured, relationship-driven, high-volume clinical training environment over a heavily research-driven one.