Our residents are strongly encouraged to participate in departmental research opportunities. To facilitate scholarly activity, residents are paired with a faculty research mentor during their transitional year to help achieve their research goals. Research opportunities include case reports/presentations, quality improvement projects, and clinical trial participation. Current research pursuits within the department include liver transplantation, cardiac anesthesia, medical and interventional pain management, and healthcare access and patient outcomes. Our residents routinely present their scholarly activities at national and regional meetings. Mayo Clinic provides generous financial support for residents to attend these meetings.  

The department currently employs two research fellows who assist with departmental research endeavors. Additionally, the department welcomes medical students to apply for a Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship funded by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. Past participants have presented their work at the Anesthesiology Annual Meeting and published peer-reviewed papers. 

Yearly academic project

As a resident, you will work on a scholarly project each year. Scholarly projects may include clinical research, quality improvement projects, case reports, Grand Rounds presentations, Morbidity and Mortality presentations or preparation and publication of review articles, book chapters, or manuals for teaching or clinical practice. Your faculty mentor will oversee the project and ensure that it meets academic standards. All residents are required to submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal at least once during residency.

All residents travel and present their scholarly work at the Western Anesthesia Residents Conference on an annual basis, as well as at national anesthesiology conferences.

The Milde Resident Research Award, named in honor of Dr. Leslie N. Milde, a pioneering female full professor at Mayo Clinic and our former department chair, is granted to a resident for exceptional scholarly activity. The award recipient is determined through a spring voting process, with the announcement made at the graduation ceremony. 

Recent publications from the department

Research presentations

Our residents are encouraged and supported to present their scholarly projects and research pursuits at national and international conferences. Our residents routinely present at the American Society of Anesthesiology, Society for Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, and American Society for Regional Anesthesia annual meetings. Funding for presentation trips is provided by the School of Graduate Medical Education. See Trainee compensation and benefits: Time off plans.