The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at Penn Medicine was founded over 50 years ago.

Our faculty in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care has a longstanding tradition of excellence in clinical care. We strive to provide consistently safe care of the highest quality to all patients, irrespective of background, identity, or means. 

Penn’s Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care offers anesthesiology care and related services for inpatient and outpatient procedures.

Our residency and fellowship programs have an extensive history of academic and clinical excellence, and a global alumni network. With historical beginnings under the leadership of Robert Dripps, the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care has a long record of both clinical and academic excellence.

The Penn Center for Anesthesia Research emphasizes translational and interdisciplinary science, both within the department and other departments and institutes in the schools of medicine, nursing, arts and sciences, engineering and veterinary medicine, on Penn's unified campus.