Our program offers a challenging and comprehensive educational experience with broad clinical exposure across all subspecialties, an extensive and learner-centric didactic program, a robust resident research and QI program and an excellent track record of graduate success.

Tufts Anesthesiology is ACGME-accredited and offers 10 categorical positions with an intentionally designed Clinical Base Year that includes exposure and experiences in general surgery, internal medicine, otolaryngology, emergency medicine, critical care medicine, acute pain medicine, chronic pain medicine, addiction psychiatry and foundations in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. The surgical case mix is skewed towards complex and high-risk, resulting in challenging clinical experiences for residents throughout their training.
 

Fellows rotate through intensive care units at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) and the Boston VA Healthcare System in West Roxbury. Rotations take place in the following units:

• Cardiac care unit
• Cardiothoracic surgery unit
• Medical intensive care unit
• Neurocritical care unit
• Surgical intensive care unit

Each year, 2 candidates from anesthesiology or surgical residencies are accepted into the Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at Tufts MC.

The period spent in the Fellowship is a minimum of 12 months, with no more than 1 interrupted period due to reasonable circumstances. Fellows start their training in July.

The fundamental mission of our Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology fellowship program is to develop trainees into superior clinicians who will become leaders in the field of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Owing to the small size of the fellowship and the commitment of our faculty, our fellows receive mentorship and guidance from day 1, tailored to our fellow’s unique career goals. 

The fellowship in Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) offers unparalleled clinical training and a multitude of research opportunities. We are accredited through the ACGME to train three fellows per cycle. In addition to the 1-year Cardiac Anesthesiology fellowship, we now offer a 2-year Cardiac Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. Applicants interested in both fellowships should contact Dr. John Foxands and Dr. Eric Ursprung.

About this program

Excelling as an anesthesiologist requires not only superior knowledge and technical skills. It also calls for warmth, compassion, patience and the judgment to make the right decision in urgent situations. In the anesthesiology department at Tufts Medical Center, we strive to instill all of the above through our challenging residency and fellowship programs. We also offer clerkships for medical students and an extensive program for the training of student nurse anesthetists.