From complex perioperative care to pain management and critical care, our department unites world-class clinical expertise with pioneering research.
Driven by courageous collaboration, our faculty, researchers, and care teams tackle medicine’s most critical challenges. Whether advancing laboratory discoveries or delivering precise, compassionate bedside care, we are continuously pushing the boundaries of what is possible in patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Clinical Divisions & Programs
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Expert anesthesia care for complex cardiac, thoracic, transplant, and ICU cases.
Critical Care Medicine
Comprehensive multi-disciplinary care for critically ill surgical and trauma patients across intensive care units.
General Anesthesia
Full-spectrum perioperative care for abdominal organ transplants, inpatient, and outpatient surgical subspecialties.
Obstetric Anesthesia
Specialized anesthesia care for routine labor, delivery, and high-risk maternal-fetal cases.
Pain Management
Multi-disciplinary interventional and medical treatments for acute, chronic, and cancer-related pain.
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Compassionate, specialized perioperative care tailored for infants, children, and adolescents at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Perioperative Medicine
Optimizing patient health before surgery through thorough risk assessment, consultation, and coordinated post-op planning.
Regional & Ambulatory
Advanced nerve block techniques and acute pain managemesnt for outpatient and orthopaedic procedures.
Trauma Anesthesiology
High-acuity resuscitation and surgical anesthesia for severely injured patients in Level 1 trauma facilities.
Advanced Practice Nursing Programs (APPs)
Specialized nurse practitioners and physician assistants providing expert care in ICUs and clinics.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs)
Delivering expert, collaborative anesthesia care while advancing clinical education and CRNA mentorship.
Research Divisions
Division of Basic Research (DBR)
Uncovering fundamental biological mechanisms to pioneer novel anesthetics and therapeutics.
Division of Clinical and Translational Research (DoCTR)
Translating scientific discoveries into patient-centered clinical trials and care.
Centers
WashU Medicine Pain Center (WUPC)
Interdisciplinary clinical care and innovative research.
Center for Clinical Pharmacology (CCP)
Advancing drug discovery, precision therapeutics, and safer clinical treatments across diverse disciplines.
Center for Informatics, Quality Improvement, Research, and Safety (INQUIRES)
Leveraging clinical informatics, data analytics, and quality improvement to advance patient safety.