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Michael Gropper, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
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

Portrait of George Gregory at Anesthesia Grand Rounds
Dr. George Gregory, Pioneer of CPAP, to be Honored with Myron Laster Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
During his time at Iowa, Bill Hamilton had been disturbed by the newborns he treated who were in respiratory distress. “I could hear the...
John Elliott, caregiver, runs through cognitive test with Joel Kramer, PsyD at UCSF Mission Bay. Photo by Steve Babuljak
Anne Donovan, MD, Wins NIDUS Pilot Award – Will Develop Algorithm to Predict Postoperative Delirium
Postoperative delirium is a serious and debilitating condition affecting millions of older adults in the US every year, yet it is poorly...
UCSF School of Medicine Dean Talmadge King and quote
2020 US News & World Report Rankings – UCSF Anesthesia and Perioperative Care #3 Nationally
The UCSF School of Medicine placed in the top five nationally in this year’s U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate and...
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Upcoming Events

Wed03Apr
Visiting Professor
8:00am
Faculty, Fellow, CA-4 Resident, CA-3 Resident, CA-2 Resident, CA-1 Resident, Intern
Wed17Apr
Pain Research Group Lecture | Chad Brummett, MD
7:00am to 8:00am
Parnassus, N217
Faculty, Fellow, CA-4 Resident, CA-3 Resident, CA-2 Resident, CA-1 Resident, Intern, Respiratory Care Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner, CRNA, Non-Faculty Academic
Fri19Apr
MOCA
8:00am to 4:00pm
Sat27Apr
Anesthesia Saturday Grand Rounds
8:00am to 5:00pm
Mission Bay, Oberndorf Auditorium MBH 1602 Bakar Cancer Hospital at UCSF Mission Bay 1855 Fourth Street San Francisco
Faculty, Fellow, CA-4 Resident, CA-3 Resident, CA-2 Resident, CA-1 Resident, Intern, Respiratory Care Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner, CRNA, Public
Fri10May
MOCA
8:00am to 4:00pm
Fri13Sep
MOCA
8:00am to 4:00pm
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