University of Tennessee College of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is Memphis's sole anesthesiology residency, a university-affiliated program built around a multi-hospital consortium that delivers unusually high-acuity, high-volume exposure: Level 1 trauma and high-risk obstetrics at Regional One Health, complex cardiothoracic and neuro cases at Baptist Memorial, and pediatric/oncologic anesthesia at Le Bonheur and St. Jude (including proton therapy and NORA anesthesia for cancer procedures). The four-year categorical structure front-loads a broad CBY with heavy medicine/ICU/EM exposure before building toward concentrated trauma, obstetric, cardiothoracic, neuro, and acute/chronic pain rotations, with a dedicated Acute Pain Service giving residents substantial regional block and catheter volume. Research is present but limited structurally (a half-month dedicated block in CA-3), positioning it as available and supported through institutional infrastructure (R1-designated parent university, St. Jude collaborations) rather than central to resident training. The program explicitly orients graduates toward competitive subspecialty fellowships, signaling a service-heavy, procedural, clinical-mastery identity suited to residents who want dense hands-on exposure across trauma, obstetric, cardiac, neuro, and pediatric subspecialties.