Welcome to the Department of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine. Founded in 1958 by John E. Steinhaus, M.D., Ph.D., our department is an energetic network of outstanding clinicians and nationally known scientists and educators. We encompass a tertiary referral center, a county hospital, one of the nation’s largest children’s hospitals and a Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, link with ambulatory and private practice settings and provide care to over 50,000 patients each year. Our department is proud that we educate leaders in the specialty of Anesthesiology through our internationally known residency program and our superb program in Allied Health.

People who work and learn with us at Emory University also enjoy all of Atlanta’s social, economic and cultural advantages. When you need to travel, flights from Atlanta’s airport arrive at 80% of the other U.S. cities within 2 hours, and you can fly non-stop to major cities in Europe and Asia. Along with spectacular natural beauty, Atlanta offers rich cultural diversity, superb dining, an internationally known symphony orchestra, wonderful theater and fine art and certainly a full range of high-quality entertainment. As a bonus, Lake Lanier, only 45 minutes drive from our main campus, offers exciting weekends away from work.

Whether you are a graduating resident looking for job excitement as a faculty member, an anesthetist wishing to share in our wide variety of cases with highly skilled and dedicated clinicians, a medical student aspiring to leadership in Anesthesiology through our residency program, or a college graduate desiring to enter healthcare as a Physician’s Assistant in Anesthesiology, Emory is for you.

Please surf this web site to find more information about our department at Emory; its people, its educational possibilities, its job opportunities and its science.  

James R. Zaidan, MD, MBA
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Dean for GME
Emory University School of Medicine