Anesthesiology Research TrainingResearch rotations in Anesthesia are available. The faculty have always provided to anesthesia residents short laboratory or clinical research experiences to whet their appetite for investigative careers. The experiences are typically 2-6 months in length, often occurring in the third clinical year.
Similar opportunities exist for medical, graduate and undergraduate students. Students are encouraged to contact faculty for rotation and/or thesis projects; many of our faculty hold appointments in basic science departments, and are members of graduate groups.
The first Dripps Scholar
was awarded to Meghan Lane, who is currently a CA-2 resident. Meghan is working with Jeremy Kahn, MD, MS,
in the field of health services research. Her project involves analysis of factors associated with ICU patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation.
The Dripps Scholar in the current CA-1 class (2009- The department holds a T-32 NIGMS training grant in anesthesiology that has had a thirty year history of success. The underlying philosophy has been to have trainees, often selected from our highly motivated anesthesiology residents, work under an established mentor in our department or another department at Penn. On completion of the two-year fellowship, these trainees often return to our department as faculty, and bring with them new approaches, ideas, and collaborations. Contact Cliff Deutschman, the principle investigator, for additional details.
There are many opportunities for postdoctoral positions in the department and are usually funded by individual faculty grants. Candidates are encouraged to contact faculty members directly for availability. For more information about research opportunities, contact Roderic Eckenhoff, Vice-Chair for Research. |
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2010) is Jonathan Z. Pan, MD, PhD. Jonathan will be collaborating with Douglas Smith in the Department of
Neurosurgery to study the role of adult stem cells in anesthetic induced neurotoxicity. 
