Anesthesia Residency Program

Welcome

Welcome to the Anesthesia Residency Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Our residents receive unparalleled education in anesthesia, critical care and pain medicine. This education stems from interactions with expert faculty educators, world-class researchers, highly skilled surgeons who perform advanced surgical procedures and outstanding co-residents.

Our residents can expect to advance in their professional development at an accelerated pace. We support our residents’ varied academic interests and have a long history of successfully helping our residents attain their professional goals. Whether you hope to become an expert-level clinician, independently funded investigator, master educator or leader in health care, our program will help you attain success as you advance in your journey of professional development.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Our DEI Committee aims to ensure a welcoming environment where all members of the department can experience a true sense of belonging. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, genders and gender identities, races, ethnicities, abilities and sexual orientations. We know that we are stronger through our collective differences.

Learn more about our DEI committee

How to Apply

The Anesthesia Residency Program welcomes inquiries from all interested applicants. We participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and do not accept paper applications. Those who would like to submit a formal application should do so through the ERAS associated with the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC).

The application deadline for the Anesthesia Residency Program is October 6, 2023.

Please submit the following documents electronically via ERAS or visit our applicant page:

• A completed ERAS application
• Dean's letter
• Medical school transcript
• Personal statement
  • In your personal statement, please include a paragraph about why you are interested in specifically our program
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• Three (3) letters of reference
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Board scores

For specific information about application requirements and important deadlines, please contact:

Alicja Martins
Residency Recruitment Coordinator 

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International Graduates

If you are an international medical school graduate and wish to apply, please contact the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) to submit your ERAS application. You must be ECFMG-certified to apply to our program. We sponsor J-1 visas and H1B visas.

Visiting Clerkship Program

The Visiting Clerkship Program (VCP) is designed to increase medical student awareness of opportunities in academic medicine, to increase student consideration of academic training programs for internship and residency, and especially, to increase the number of national minority students applying to hospital training programs affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

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