Medical College of Wisconsin Anesthesiology Residency
Welcome from the Chief Residents
Dr. Mackenzie McGrath, Dr. Paul Otto and Dr. Megan Vylonis welcome potential candidates to, and share more about, the MCW Anesthesiology residency.
Mission & Vision
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Program Information
Didactics, yearly overview, rotation descriptions, and more
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Goals and Objectives
What you'll learn during your training at MCW
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Applying
The first step to becoming part of our Anesthesiology family
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Current Resident Roster
Meet our current trainees
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Benefits, Conditions, and Terms of Employment
The Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals offers its housestaff a comprehensive benefits package
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Housestaff Life
Housing information, spouse/significant other association, and underrepresented in medicine committee resources
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Visa Information
Details about visa requirements and other visa-related resources
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MCW Graduate Medical Education
Information and resources important to all MCW housestaff
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Combined Residency Programs
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Combined Pediatrics and Anesthesiology
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Physician Scientist Development Program
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Average case logs
Average MCW Resident |
ACGME Minimum |
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Peripheral nerve block |
99 |
40 |
Patients younger than 12 |
232 |
100 |
Epidural |
121 |
40 |
Vascular, major vessels |
35 |
20 |
Spinal |
54 |
40 |
Cardiac |
32 |
20 |
Intrathoracic non-cardiac |
28 |
20 |
Pain evaluation — new patient |
42 |
20 |
Intracerebral |
36 |
11 |
Unique benefits
Educational support
Residents receive $2,000 ($500 from the Department and $1,500 from Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals) per year for educational purposes. The Department funds are for license fees, dues, PDA, etc. The Department provides additional funds to cover registration, travel, lodging, and meals to residents presenting at meetings and conferences.
Residents also have access to the STAR Center, a state-of-the-art simulation center; medical information via MCW Libraries; and Anesthesia Toolbox, New Innovations and D2L accounts that provide additional learning opportunities such as lectures, quizzes, keyword reviews, and practice management guidelines.
Research opportunities
All residents are given the opportunity to attend and compete in the Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference, from which many of our residents often bring home awards. Our program has historically had excellent representation at this meeting.
For those who are interested in extensive clinical and research training, we offer a Clinician-Scientist Research Track (CSRT) and an Anesthesiology Physician Scientist Development Program.
The CSRT is a 6-9-month research block offered to qualified residents. Qualification includes above average performance during the first two years of residency. The ABA has defined a research pathway as up to a 9-month period of time that does not extend the residency. We typically have one or two residents each year that receive a research block and work with one of the many funded investigators in our Department.
The Anesthesiology Physician Scientist Development Program is an extensive program for those with a strong research background who interview for the position during their 4th year of medical school, or while a graduate student who has completed medical school. Briefly, it is a 5-year track of clinical anesthesia and research time. This path takes advantage of our NIH funded T-32 grant to support Physician Scientists pursuing up to 23 months of research in a 60-month residency training program.
For those interested in getting just a taste of research, our Faculty are always excited to have residents participate in research. There are small projects and/or case reports that can be undertaken during their three years of residency training.
Moonlighting
Our residents are encouraged to internally moonlight in Obstetric Anesthesia at the Froedtert Birth Center, as long as they have their full unrestricted Wisconsin medical license, and it does not cause a work hour violation under the ACGME guidelines. Residents in Anesthesia have opportunities to sign up for these shifts each block and are paid by Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals for these shifts. External moonlighting and moonlighting by housestaff on a J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa are not permitted. Housestaff on an H-1B Temporary Professional Workers visa are permitted to participate in internal moonlighting.
MCW Anesthesiology
The Department of Anesthesiology strives to provide exemplary patient care, advance standards through development of innovative applications of processes and technology, and pursue research that defines novel therapies in a dynamic academic environment
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Educating and developing the next generation of physicians and scientists
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Discovering and translating new knowledge in the biomedical sciences
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Offering advanced training in seven anesthesiology subspecialties
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Providing cutting-edge, interdisciplinary and compassionate care of the highest quality
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Education Division
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226
General phone: (414) 805-7455
General email: anesth@mcw.edu
Education Program Coordinators
Ahleya Hayward (Education Division)
ahayward@mcw.edu
Amy Kjaer (Residency)
akjaer@mcw.edu
Nathan Karst (Medical Student Education, Internship, Combined Residencies)
nkarst@mcw.edu
Sarah Pritchard (Fellowship - Adult Cardiothoracic, Critical Care, Pain, RAAPM)
spritchard@mcw.edu
Rachel Smith (Fellowship - OB, Pediatric)
rasmith@mcw.edu
Laura González, MD
Program Director
Assistant Professor
Anne Castro, MD
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor
Maria Muravyeva, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor
Chelsea Willie, MD
Associate Program Director
Associate Professor
Amber Zdanovec, MD
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor
M. Tracy Zundel, MD
Associate Program Director
Associate Professor