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Michael Gropper, MD, PhD
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The Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at UCSF was established in 1958 by Stuart Cullen MD. Since then, it has risen to become one of the preeminent Departments in the world. We are enormously proud of our tradition of outstanding patient care, research, and education. UCSF has a storied history of innovation in anesthesia, critical care, and pain medicine. Read Message from Chair
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Anesthesia News

North Americxan Neuromodulaton Society Logo with crop of "neurons-emerging-from-a-neurosphere-aditi-deshpande" photo
Winning Posters by UCSF Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Division of Pain Medicine, at the North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, January 2019
Given the national chronic pain and opioid epidemics, there has been growing recognition of the efficacy of neuromodulation techniques in...
UCSF Anesthesia residents and faculty at one of their Anesthesia Education Day sessions
Professor Emeritus Adrian Gelb, MB ChB, First Author on Canadian Journal of Anesthesia’s Most Downloaded (7200) Article of 2018.
Professor Emeritus Dr. Adrian Gelb, MB ChB, is the first author on the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia’s most downloaded article of 2018....
Dr. James Marks pictured on Dr. Greg Winter's slide in his 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Lecture
Professor Jim Marks, MD, PhD, Featured in Greg Winter’s 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Lecture
Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and Chief of Performance Excellence at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Jim...
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Upcoming Events

Thu21Feb
Anesthesia Research Seminar Lecture
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Parnassus, S-455c
Faculty, Fellow, CA-4 Resident, CA-3 Resident, CA-2 Resident, CA-1 Resident, Intern
Fri08Mar
MOCA
8:00am to 4:00pm
Tue12Mar
Visiting Scholar Research Lecture
8:00am to 5:00pm
Faculty, Fellow, CA-4 Resident, CA-3 Resident, CA-2 Resident, CA-1 Resident, Intern
Thu21Mar
Anesthesia Research Seminar Lecture
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Parnassus, S-455c
Faculty, Fellow, CA-4 Resident, CA-3 Resident, CA-2 Resident, CA-1 Resident, Intern
Wed03Apr
Visiting Professor
8:00am
Faculty, Fellow, CA-4 Resident, CA-3 Resident, CA-2 Resident, CA-1 Resident, Intern
Fri19Apr
MOCA
8:00am to 4:00pm
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