{"id":25093,"date":"2019-11-23T16:26:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T21:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=25093"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:40:24","slug":"top-10-medical-schools-for-anesthesiology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/medical-school\/top-10-medical-schools-for-anesthesiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Schools for Anesthesiology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before reading on about medical schools for anesthesiology, pre-meds should know that in medical school, students have the opportunity to rotate through several areas of medicine before committing to a specialty to match into for their residency. Anesthesiology is much more than asking patients to count back from 10 and putting them to sleep.
\nAs an anesthesiologist, you\u2019ll manage patients that have been rendered unconscious or insensible to pain and stress during a variety of medical procedures, including surgeries and obstetric interventions. It\u2019s important to note that most medical students won\u2019t be exposed to anesthesiology until their fourth year in medical school, so if you have an interest in anesthesiology, look for medical schools that will get you that exposure early on, or give you access to it.
\nIn 2018, there were roughly 1,700 anesthesiology residency spots offered, with 96% of US medical school seniors matching into the specialty. According to U.S. News & World Report<\/em>, here are some of the\u00a0best medical schools that will prepare you for an anesthesiology residency match<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Columbia University<\/a><\/h3>
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons<\/a>, or P&S for short, in New York City admitted 140 students to its MD class of 2023. An MCAT score around 520 will make you a competitive applicant to the program, which sent 5 graduates to anesthesiology residency programs in 2019.<\/div>\n
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\nLocated in Durham, North Carolina, also known as the \u201cresearch triangle,\u201d the\u00a0Duke University Medical School<\/a>\u00a0saw 6 of 117 participating students match into anesthesiology residency programs. The MD program attracts competitive students from all over the United States. Students accepted in 2019 had an average MCAT score of 520 (the full range was 513-525) and an average GPA of 3.8 (full range: 3.6-4.0). Duke offers 2nd-year two-week electives in Clinical Anesthesiology as well as 4th-year four-week electives in Diving\u00a0& Hyperbaric Medicine and Clinical Anesthesiology, including rotations in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit.
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Harvard University<\/a><\/h3>
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\nHarvard Medical School<\/a>, located in Boston\u2019s medical research hub, is surprisingly small. With a class size of 165, the MD program is highly competitive, with a median matriculant GPA of 3.9 and a median MCAT score of 519. Harvard medical students enrolled in the Core Clerkship in Surgery will spend a minimum of one week rotating with the department of anesthesia in a hospital setting. There is also an opportunity for a four-week elective clinical clerkship in anesthesiology for fourth-year medical students. In 2019, 6 Harvard Medical School students matched into anesthesiology residency programs.
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Johns Hopkins University<\/a><\/h3>
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\nThe\u00a0Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0in Baltimore is one of the most competitive MD programs in the United States\u2014in 2019, the school only offered admission to 256 of\u00a04,654 applicants, of which 120 matriculated. After completing a basic anesthesia clerkship, advanced or specialty electives can be arranged. A very popular and competitive elective is the Surgical Intensive Care Unit rotation. Four students matched into residency programs in anesthesiology in 2017.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stanford University<\/a><\/h3>
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\nAs part of the Critical Care Core Clerkship, medical students at\u00a0Stanford<\/a>\u00a0gain exposure to a variety of practices in anesthesiology. Students also get to participate in patient management in the operating room and have an opportunity to experience a number of clerkships in subspecialty areas. In 2019, 7 Stanford seniors matched into anesthesia residencies.
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University of California – Los Angeles<\/a><\/h3>
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\nThe anesthesiology department at UCLA Medical School<\/a> oversees the preoperative care of about 50,000 surgeries and procedures, and over 200 third- and fourth-year medical students complete anesthesiology rotations each year. Each student spends two weeks of the mandatory third-year surgery clerkship in the anesthesiology subspecialty rotation, and interested students can choose from two fourth-year subinternships: one in anesthesiology, and one in surgery and critical care medicine. Both sub-internships operate primarily in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.\u00a0With an entering class of roughly 175 students, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA received more than 14,500\u00a0applications in 2018, making it one of the most sought after medical schools in the country, so you\u2019ll likely need a top MCAT score to be competitive. In 2019, 5 UCLA medical students matched with anesthesiology residencies.\u00a0<\/span>
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University of California – San Francisco<\/a><\/h3>
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\nUCSF\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0medical school sits at the forefront of patient care in the 21st century. With fewer than 2% of the more than 7,700 applicants to the MD program matriculating, it\u2019s highly competitive. The average\u00a0GPA for admitted students in 2019 was 3.8 and the average MCAT score percentile ranking was 94. Most students are California residents and about a third come from communities historically underrepresented in medicine. The UCSF Department of Anesthesia is one of the largest anesthesia residencies in the US, providing many clerkship opportunities for current medical students. In 2019, 9 UCSF seniors were accepted into anesthesiology residency programs.
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University of Michigan – Ann Arbor<\/a><\/h3>
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\nAt\u00a0Michigan<\/a>, medical students begin spending time in the clinical world earlier than in a traditional medical school curriculum, with clinical exposure on a regular basis throughout the M1 year.\u00a0Michigan offers multiple anesthesiology rotations, including pediatric and advanced clinical anesthesiology.\u00a0The entering class in 2019 had an average GPA of 3.78 and a class average MCAT percentile of 90.77. 13 Michigan Medicine seniors matched into anesthesiology residencies across the country in 2019.
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University of Pennsylvania<\/a><\/h3>
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\nThe\u00a0Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0is consistently ranked as one of the world\u2019s most innovative universities, with more than $800 million in annual sponsored research. The highly competitive Ivy received\u00a0over\u00a06,800 applications for its entering class of 162 in 2019. Perelman’s Class of 2023 had a median MCAT score of 517 and a mean GPA of 3.76. In 2019, 12 Perelman students matched into anesthesiology residency programs.
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Washington University in St. Louis<\/a><\/h3>
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\nWashU<\/a> in St. Louis, Missouri offers eight anesthesiology electives for 4th-year medical students to choose from, including Anesthesia for Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Obstetrical Anesthesia, and Pediatric Anesthesia. Admission is highly competitive\u2014124 students enrolled in 2018 from 4716 applicants. In 2019, 4 WashU seniors matched into anesthesiology residency programs.
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