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Anesthesiology Patient Care
Advancing Our Field
We strive to advance the field of anesthesia through research and education, all in order to fulfill our mission of providing personalized care of the highest quality to every patient.
The Department of Anesthesiology performs nearly 100,000 procedures a year in locations across Michigan Medicine. Throughout our work, we focus our efforts on meeting the unique needs of every patient and their family.
The main office of the Department of Anesthesiology is located on the first floor of the University Hospital. For our other locations, please click on the links below. Our main office address is:
Department of Anesthesiology
1H247 UH, SPC 5048
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5048
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Featured News & Stories
Department News
Karsten Bartels, MD, earns Gladys Sessler Outcomes Research Consortium Award
Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA, is the recipient of this year's Gladys Sessler Outcomes Research Consortium Award for his extraordinary contributions to collaborative clinical research in anesthesiology and preoperative medicine.
Department News
Highlights from the 2026 Anesthesiology Annual Meeting
The University of Michigan Medical School Department of Anesthesiology was well represented at this year’s Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, held October 16-20 in San Diego, California.
Department News
Experience to Memory: Kamran Diba’s Research on the Sleeping Brain
Kamran Diba, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and faculty member in the Michigan Neuroscience Institute, studies memory and sleep by tracking when groups of neurons fire. The goal is to understand the full arc of memory processing – from the moment an experience is encoded, through the changes that stabilize it, to its later recall.
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What’s the latest on 7-OH and kratom availability and addiction care?
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency has announced it will place non-botanical products containing 7-OH on Schedule I, joining three other synthetic opioids, effectively removing them the market, leaving natural leaf kratom available amid a shortage of addiction treatment providers.
Department News
Department of Anesthesiology announces new leadership appointments
The Department of Anesthesiology has announced several leadership appointments this year across clinical operations, quality and safety, pediatric and congenital cardiac anesthesiology, pain medicine and adult anesthesiology.
Department News
A new day for anesthesiology resident education
University of Michigan's anesthesiology residency program has replaced weekly one-hour tutorials with a full day of protected education each month. The program is creating more space for simulation, hands-on practice, discussion and reflection
