Vision Statement: The Department of Anesthesiology will foster an environment where all are included and feel valued for their individual perspectives and backgrounds. By working together, we promote a community where clinical, educational and scholarly excellence is maintained by recruiting, developing and supporting a positive culture that benefits all faculty.
Mission: Advancing excellence & care, elevating everyone.
Maintaining a commitment to our medical community means providing opportunities to learn new strategies and skills that equip staff, trainees and faculty with tools to provide care to persons from all backgrounds. Grand Rounds lectures consist of content experts from around the country that focus on understanding and respecting differing viewpoints, increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for all people.
The Department of Anesthesiology recognizes the importance of recruiting and training a workforce that supports the community we serve. Recruitment efforts include our Second-Look weekends that provide all Anesthesiology applicants an opportunity to meet with institutional leaders and learn about the rich cultural history of Winston-Salem, NC, and its surrounding areas.
Through institutional and departmental mentoring, Anesthesiology residents and fellows have a shared opportunity to learn from our faculty.
Mentorship and Development offerings include:
An important component of the department’s mission is to continue developing an anesthesiology workforce with the capacity to provide quality care to all communities. As a department, we engage with the broader community through outreach programs to highlight careers in Anesthesiology and medicine for those who many not, otherwise, have access to enrichment programs. Our work includes mentoring and career days for local schools and community organizations, among other efforts.
The Department of Anesthesiology does extensive investigational research on pain management, cardiac aging, sepsis, diastolic dysfunction in menopause, alternatives to opioids, pediatric ventilation strategies, perioperative care of geriatric patients and more. By fostering a community of shared knowledge and discovery, we focus on innovation and excellence in anesthesiology research, ultimately improving patient outcomes for all. Through community presentations and informational sessions, patients and community members are made aware of various research studies that align with their health care goals. In addition, our department’s trainees and faculty are involved in several quality improvement projects that focus on improving perioperative patient care.
Kids at Imprints Cares summer camp at Smith Farm Elementary School got a hands-on, up close and personal look at what it takes to be in the medical field. Students were able to travel to different stations, learning about things like surgeries, checking vital signs, anatomy and CPR.
