Why Choose Us?
The Pediatric Anesthesiology Department staff at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center works as a team. The team includes certified:
- Pediatric Anesthesiologists (MD)
- Pain Management Physicians (MD)
- Neurobiologists and neurophysiologists (PhD)
- Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA)
- Nurse practicioners (NP)
- Pain, sedation, and research nurses (RN)
- Anesthesia and research specialists (BS)
- Administrative personnel
The faculty at Cincinnati Children’s holds professorships at the University of Cincinnati Anesthesia Department. We are dedicated to educating resident physicians, medical and nursing students in pediatric anesthesia, pediatric pain management, and neurological monitoring. Cincinnati Children’s anesthesiology faculty is internationally recognized in anesthesia for premature infants, pediatric cardiac surgery, fetal surgery, spine surgery, difficult airway problems, management of severe pain conditions and in research on the developing brain.
We perform over 33,000 anesthetics, 14,000 consultations and 450 neuromonitoring cases each year. Anesthesia is administered for all types of surgeries, including cardiac, neurological, craniofacial, transplantation and spine operations, as well as certain radiological, medical and dental procedures. The anesthesia may be general, regional (epidural), local (nerve block) or a combination of these. Consultations are performed for severe pain problems (chronic pain clinic, palliative care), sedation for radiology imaging and complex medical problems before surgery (pre-anesthesia consult clinic).
| Experience |
FY 08 |
| Anesthesia Division |
| Pediatric cases per staff |
894 |
| Cardiac cases per staff |
90 |
| Neuro-spine cases per staff |
22 |
| Fetal surgery cases per staff |
12 |
| Liver transplant cases per staff |
2 |
| Pain Management Division |
| Acute pain cases per staff |
1323 |
| Procedure cases per staff |
193 |
| Palliative care cases per staff |
511 |
| Chronic pain cases per staff |
389 |
| Neurobiology Division |
| Neuromonitoring cases per staff |
225 |
| Diagnostic imaging cases per staff |
433 |
The anesthesia staff lead medical missions to help children needing surgery in developing countries. We also enjoy helping our community through our participation in volunteer programs to mentor children and adolescents.
Outstanding programs in pre-operative evaluation, acute and chronic pain management, palliative care, procedure management for oncology, anesthesia-sedation for radiology and outpatient anesthesia are offered at Cincinnati Children’s. The Pediatric Anesthesiology Department offers an acclaimed Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship program to educate resident anesthesiologists seeking specialty in pediatric anesthesia and pediatric neuroanesthesia and a Pediatric Anesthesia for the Practicing Anesthesiologist Program (The PAPA Program) to update practicing anesthesiologists on the newest techniques in pediatric anesthesiology.
The Pediatric Anesthesiology Department’s research engine, Pediatric Anesthesiology Research Center (PARC), is the only center in the world dedicated to advancing our specialty. The PARC studies developmental neurobiology, performs clinical trials and conducts health services analyses to improve the quality and effectiveness of our care.
