The Department of Anesthesiology is a part of the University Hospital, one of three specialized hospitals at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson, MS.  Our clinical service provides comprehensive pre-operative medical evaluation, anesthetic treatment for medical procedures, the management of acute, chronic or cancer pain, and the provision of trauma, and other specialized anesthetic treatments to patients across Mississippi and other neighboring states.  Besides our General Anesthesia division, our subspecialty divisions in anesthesia include Cardiothoracic and Vascular, Obstetric, Pediatric, Ambulatory, Off-Site, Neuro-anesthesia and Pain Services, including Acute Pain and Cancer Pain Services.

With UMMC being the only academic health center in Mississippi, our department has a strong education program.  We have a fully accredited four-year residency program and several accredited fellowship programs which include Pain Medicine and our newest fellowship programs, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Pediatric Anesthesia.