The department, as an integral component of Penn Medicine, manifests its commitment to advancing the specialty through its clinical, educational and research endeavors.
Above all, our purpose is to nurture current and future leaders in anesthesia whose professionalism will bring imagination, commitment and compassion to the medical, scientific, social, and ethical challenges of our society.
Core Values
We strive to provide consistently safe care of the highest quality to all patients irrespective of background, identity, or means. To accomplish this mission, we teach and learn from each other in an environment of mutual respect, open discourse, and honest self reflection.