About the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care is enriched in a deep history of clinical care beginning with our first Department Chairman, Robert Dunning Dripps.

The mission of the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania is to practice excellence in the clinical care of patients, to educate physicians to become superior in all aspects of anesthesia practice, and to define the forefront of research relevant to the specialty.