To be one of the premier academic anesthesiology and perioperative medicine programs in the country.
The mission of the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine is to:
KU Anesthesia Residency and Fellowship celebrates “Thank a Resident Day” with a Sporting KC soccer game! We are thankful for all our talented and caring residents and fellows here at KU!!
Twice a year our Anesthesiology Residents, Regional Fellows and Regional Fellowship Program Director Dr. Mussatto meet to discuss articles regarding Regional Anesthesiology. Our recent Journal Club meeting was fortunate to have both wonderful conversation and weather!
We are excited to announce that we matched the largest class of Residents in Departmental History! We successfully matched with 14 Residents in the class of 2030 and 5 additional residents to the class of 2029 coinciding with our new Community Health Track at The University of Kansas Health System Olathe Hospital.
Our Residency program has experienced growth, and we are excited for the future of KU Anesthesiology!.
ASA Resident International Anesthesiology Scholarship RecipientWe are excited to announce that KU Anesthesiology Resident Kwabena Lartey, MBChB has been selected as a 2026-2027 ASA Resident International Anesthesiology Scholarship Recipient.
ASA Resident International Scholarship Residents will have the opportunity to experience the challenges of delivering safe anesthesia in a low-resource, underserved area in a developing country as well as participate in the training and education of local anesthesia providers.
Tony Kovac MD and the Department of Anesthesiology has created a display documenting the history and evolution of anesthesia administration at our health system. The exhibition illustrates in timeline fashion milestones and firsts in the anesthesiology department with text, photos, events, and individuals who were responsible for important achievements and contributions from the past to the present.
Individuals who helped create the display:
SIM Conference 2025Alan Schurle and Hannah McCarthy present poster on Identifying Bias in Anesthesia Resident Simulation Scenarios in Orlando, FL.
KU Medical Center hosts Brain BeeErin Young, faculty co-president this year, helped host the 16th annual SfNKC Brain Bee where local high school students interested in learning about the human brain come to be quizzed on their knowledge. They are proudly sending their regional winner to the National Brain Bee in Irvine, CA! Read the full story.
Dr. Holwerda receives K-INBRE award!
The K-INBRE has awarded Seth Holwerda, PhD a 2-year $150,000 research grant to examine vascular dysfunction in insulin resistance and obesity. This research award is part of the Developmental Research Program to support promising young Kansas faculty. Congratulations Dr. Holwerda!
Seth W. Holwerda, Ph.D. recently had a manuscript, "Standardizing methodology for assessing spontaneous baroreflex control of muscel sympathetic nerve activity in humans" published in AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology as a Cores of Reproducibility in Physiology (Unsolicited).
Seth W. Holwerda, Ph.D. is presenting at the Annual American Autonomic Society meeting November 6th and 7th, 2020. His presentation poster: Evidence of sympathetic regulation of the choroid circulation by baroreceptors in humans.
Dr. Andrea Chadwick was honored to be featured on the NPR program: "All Things Considered" with her approach to treating pain for addiction patients.
We are actively recruiting general and fellowship trained anesthesiologists to become part of our team.
University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Mailstop 1034
Kansas City, KS 66160
913-588-6670