Swarup Varaday, MD

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: October 2020

Swarup is an Associate Professor in the departments of Obstetrics and General Anesthesiology. He grew up and attended medical school in the beautiful coastal city of Visakhapatnam, India. He did his anesthesia residency in India before moving to England to complete his specialist training in anesthesiology at Imperial College London, earning both FRCA from U.K. and FCARSI from Ireland.

He worked as Consultant anesthetist in London for short period before moving to Saint Louis in 2007. Swarup considers joining the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine as one of the best decisions of his life because of its diverse, wonderful and supportive people. Swarup is passionate about teaching is very active in medical student and resident education. He has been a dedicated faculty mentor and advisor for several residents. He is actively involved in the new Gateway curriculum for WUSM medical students and is co-director for the medical student clinical immersions program. His clinical work is shared between the obstetric and general anesthesiology divisions and he serves as co-leader for POD1 at Parkview Tower.

Outside of work, he loves spending time with his family, especially with his sons Tamish, who is 11 years old, and Grihith, who is freshman at Washu. When time allows he enjoys, gardening, cooking, DIY-home improvement projects and travelling.