On March 17, 2023, the Department of Anesthesiology matched with 22 physicians who will begin their anesthesiology internship at WashU this summer.
Match Day 2023: WashU Anesthesiology welcomes 22 new residents

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On March 17, 2023, the Department of Anesthesiology matched with 22 physicians who will begin their anesthesiology internship at WashU this summer.
Brandon Tan, MD, PGY5 and an ASAP trainee, has been selected as one of the 2023 Dean’s Scholars. His project explores how the serotonin 3 receptor—implicated in nausea, depression, anxiety, and psychosis—changes its activity when the lipid environment is altered.
WashU’s Anesthesiology residency and fellowship classes of 2022 gathered throughout the month of June to celebrate each program’s graduates.
Every year, as the fourth-year residency class graduates, the Department of Anesthesiology likes to celebrate a select few residents who have made extraordinary accomplishments throughout the year. The graduating class also nominated a faculty member who has made the biggest impact on their clinical training for the annual outstanding teacher award.
We’re delighted to announce this year’s residency and outstanding teacher award recipients!
This past April, nine residents in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis placed at the 2022 Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference (MARC). Residents competed against their colleagues from 34 Midwestern universities. “We have strategically built our residency program so that our trainees are provided with the access to resources […]
Sunny Lou, MD, PhD, a Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis was awarded $50,000 in funding to measure inpatient clinician work patterns and inter-professional communication from the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Electronic Health Record (EHR) use Metrics Research Project.
We are excited to announce the Anesthesiology Chief Residents for the next 2022-2023 academic year will be Mark Hanak, MD, Manjaap Sidhu, MD, and Patricia Strutz, MD.
The Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine ranked 9th for “Best Anesthesiology Programs” in 2022 by U.S. News & World Report.
On March 18, 2022, the Department of Anesthesiology matched with 20 outstanding physicians who will begin their anesthesiology internship this summer.
Dr. Mitchell will oversee the recruitment and training of a diverse and clinically excellent group of residents to become leaders in the field. She will continuously assess and improve our residency program and will be instrumental in the development of new initiatives focused on enhancing the training of our residents.