Welcome to The Residency Program!
If you're looking for a close-knit community where you'll receive top-notch training in the heart of a vibrant city, then you’ve come to the right program. Residency anywhere is hardwork—work that will transform you from a learner to a Clinician. If your journey is with us, mentorship and close friendships from our Faculty and co-residents alike will accelerate your growth.
Our residents are exceptionally well prepared for independent practice upon graduation. Whether your next path is fellowship training, academia, or private practice, you will leave GW ready and confident. Our current CA-3 residents have matched at their first choice fellowship institutions, accepted faculty positions in academic departments or are signing with coveted private practice groups. Networking with recent graduates and our well connected faculty opens any anesthesiology career path or geographic area to our graduating residents.
Major strengths of our program include the resident first educational ethos of our department and graduated independence in clinical practice. Anesthesiology residents are directly involved in care of our institution's sickest patients. No patient, surgery or procedure is “Attending only” and our Attending Anesthesiologists allow residents the valuable experience troubleshooting and refining their anesthetic technique in a safe, supervised manner. Though CA-1 year begins with close one-on-one apprenticeship, residents are quickly given increasing autonomy. It is a seamlessly executed model of earned independence while maintaining safety as our number one priority. Our residents are so well prepared because of their collegial faculty relationships in the care of the most complex patients spanning the full breadth of modern surgery.
At GW, your time at the hospital will be very productive. Every graduate easily meets all ACGME case minimums and typically graduates with 150+ epidurals/spinals, 250+ Peripheral Nerve blocks, hundreds of arterial lines and dozens of central lines. Our residents receive didactic education, simulation training, and present regularly at subspecialty journal clubs and departmental meetings. All of this is accomplished with manageable work hours that range from 50-60 hours a week with at least 2 weekends off a month.
There is much to do with your time outside of work. While DC is known nationally for its museums, history and sports teams, we love DC's many diverse and very walkable neighborhoods filled with natural and architectural beauty as well as wonderful coffee shops, bars and restaurants. There seems to always be something fun going on in the DMV but it’s also an easy place to travel from.
Thank you again for your interest in our program and we look forward to meeting you!
Ed Jaffe, MD & Thomas Ebanja, MD
Chief Residents, 2024-2025