WE ARE UCHICAGO

OUR Vision IS to be the preeminent anesthesia training program for clinical care, scholarly pursuit, and leadership.

The University of Chicago Anesthesia Residency program is designed to offer a top-tier training experience. Our residents receive an unparalleled education due to the unique combination of our brilliant faculty, rich research history, world-class facilities, and engaged community. Our residents see a wide variety of challenging cases as they learn to care for our diverse, at-risk, and underserved Chicago patient population. Combined with mentorship from internationally-renowned faculty, highly-skilled surgeons, and outstanding co-residents, residents leave our program ready to make their mark.

Mission:

As part of the university of chicago, we pursue globally impactful solutions to seemingly unsolvable challenges. Through our rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing; we collaborate on life-changing advancements that create meaningful results for our community and the world, including a greater, more equitable future for all.

WE ARE…

  • Diversity is critical to creating an environment that fosters collaborative learning, teamwork, and improved patient outcomes. Here, different backgrounds, viewpoints, and perspectives are not only sought after but encouraged. Our residents come from across the nation (and globe) with a rich diversity of backgrounds, life experiences, clinical interests, and educational pursuits. We are all united in our desire to learn, to grow, and to care for our community.

  • Anyone can memorize facts, routines, and procedures - it takes passion to truly grow. Every one of our residents is passionate about anesthesiology and enthusiastic to push their own boundaries. Our residents all have different post-residency plans - fellowship, private practice, academic - but each have a unique plan to continue to learn and adapt.

  • The University is renowned for its vigorous research tradition and educational programs - consistently ranking among the top 20 programs for federal research grants and contracts. Our illustrious faculty are some of the most well-known academic anesthesiologists in the country, having served as past presidents of the American Society of Anesthesiology and the Society for Critical Care Anesthesiology. Our success is only as strong as our foundation - the residency program. Our residents are trained to be tomorrow’s leaders and help push the program ever-forward.

  • The University of Chicago is located on the South Side of Chicago. As a result of redlining and other discriminatory policies, the South Side is one of the largest underserved areas in the country. This leads to devastating rates of chronic disease and violent injury. As members of this community, we strive to be good neighbors by offering compassionate and comprehensive care. The diversity and range of clinical opportunities provide a critical foundation for medical practitioners to adapt to the often rapid changes in health care, and more importantly, to the fast pace of the anesthesia specialty. Our residents see a wider variety of cases and are able to serve a wider patient population than many other programs in the country.

MEET OUR CHIEFS

Residents need to have their voices heard and amplified. Our chiefs serve as advocates for the residents, raising concerns, highlighting achievements, and implementing changes to continually improve the program.

Hometown: Forest Lake, MN

Undergrad: University of Minnesota

Medical School: University of Minnesota

Neighborhood: Logan Square

Favorite Activity in Chicago: Visiting all the amazing restaurants, breweries, and cocktail lounges! Also going to Wrigley or any other live sporting event.

Why UChicago:  The people I met during my application season were all so amazing. The Everyone was so friendly when I visited. Also the acuity of cases we see is unmatched.

Post-Residency Plans: Cardiothoracic fellowship here at UC!

Fun Fact: I'm a huge Minnesota Vikings fan. I've seen them play in 7 different locations, and this October will make 8 when my wife and I go to the game in London!

Mike Berken, MD

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Undergrad: Michigan State University

Medical School: Michigan State University CHM

Neighborhood: South Loop

Favorite Activity in Chicago: Walks on Lakeshore Trail and the 606, exploring all of Chicago’s amazing restaurants

Why UChicago: Excellent mix of academics, trauma exposure, transplants, high risk OB, etc.

Post-Residency Plans: Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Michigan

Fun Fact: I have the world’s cutest corgi; her name is Popcorn. Also, my hubby and I have the exact same job (anesthesia/intensivist, he is currently a fellow!) so we talk about management of shock at the dinner table often.

Lane King, MD

Hometown: Homewood, IL

Undergrad: University of Missouri

Medical School: Rosalind Franklin/Chicago Medical School

Neighborhood: South Loop

Favorite Activity in Chicago: Picnics and walks on the lakefront in the summer. Lightscape at the Botanic Gardens in the fall/winter. & trying new restaurants!

Why UChicago: : Great faculty and mentors within the department. Opportunity to serve the community on the south side and work with diverse patient population. Also close to home and family.

Post-Residency Plans: Pain Fellowship!

Fun Fact: Reality tv junkie, always down for a watch party!

Raven Wright, MD