Job Description

• Conducts the preoperative assessment of the patient
• An evaluation process that determines the safest anesthesia plan for each patient based on their current state of health
• Makes the anesthesia related perioperative medical decisions
• Leads the Anesthesia Care Team
• Responsible for the wellbeing of patients before, during, and after the course of the surgery

Education

Obtain a M.D. degree

• 4 years of undergraduate study
• 4 years in medical school
• 3-7 years in an anesthesiology residency program

Take the U.S Medical Licensing Examination for license from state

Take the American Board of Anesthesiology exam for certification

Additional subspecialty certification: critical care medicine, pain medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, pediatric anesthesiology

Skills Needed

Hard Skills

Knowledge in:

• Medicine and Dentistry
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Therapy and Counseling
• Psychology
• Customers and Personal services

Soft Skills

Have:

• Critical Thinking Skills
• Monitoring Skills
• Active Listening Skills
• Judgement and Decision Making Skills
• Time Management
• Coordination
• Management of Personal Resources

Salary

Starting salary:

$83,200

Median salary:

$258,100

Projected Growth

In 2014-2024: Projected to grow 30%

Possible factors that influence this projected growth:

• Human Life Expectancy has been growing
• Healthcare related careers are getting more popular

Universities recommened

Harvard Medical school

"To create and nurture a diverse community of the best people committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease"

3.7% acceptance rate

$55,850 per year

ucsf school of medicine

"The UCSF School of Medicine strives to advance human health through a fourfold mission of education, research, patient care and public service."

2.2% acceptance rate

#32,365 per year

johns hopkins school of medicine

"Together, we will deliver the promise of medicine"

1.8% acceptance rate

$47,284 per year