University of Rochester Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

The University of Rochester's Anesthesiology Residency is an academic, tertiary/quaternary program organized around a fully integrated categorical curriculum that deliberately pairs "floor" rotations with anesthesia subspecialty blocks, treating the intern year as the start of perioperative physician training rather than a separate prerequisite year. Clinical training is concentrated on a single campus with the region's only Level 1 trauma/burn center, a high-volume cardiac and liver transplant service, and the only pediatric congenital heart program west of Albany, producing case volumes 2-3 times ACGME minimums and graduates averaging over 200 peripheral nerve blocks. The program emphasizes career customization through nonclinical tracks (Medical Education, Medical Management, Translational Research) with subsidized tuition, a new 5-year ABA-approved Critical Care fellowship pathway, and an emerging rural/community anesthesia elective reflecting institutional investment in the Finger Lakes region and perioperative surgical home leadership. Rochester's ACGME "Innovator" status and continuous emphasis on curricular self-revision signal a program that values residents invested in shaping education and system-level improvement rather than passively completing training.