Over the past 20 years, ~98 percent of our graduates have passed the board certification process to become Diplomates of the American Board of Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology Residency

50-50 program intro

The Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Baylor College of Medicine (Temple) Anesthesiology Residency is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

The program consists of four years of training as recommended by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), which includes 12 months for the clinical base year and 36 months for clinical anesthesia years.

Typical experience includes early exposure to a large case volume of varying complexity – from performing ambulatory anesthesia at our outpatient surgery center to providing anesthesia within our busy heart failure and transplant service line.  Residents achieve most of their minimum case numbers, and multiples of epidural, spinal and regional numbers, by the end of CA-2 year.  Here in Temple, you can practice big city medicine in a smaller community.

With lower faculty turnover, a low resident-faculty ratio of ~1:1.1 and our resident lounge located centrally within our department, our learning environment fosters close faculty relationships with residents and many formal and informal learning opportunities.  

We consistently see our graduates join the practices of their choice and competitive fellowship programs across the country, including our two local fellowships in Pain Medicine and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology.

We accept 12 residents per year.

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Curriculum

Typical rotation schedules


During residency, which includes the clinical base year, trainees have an opportunity to interact with more than 400 specialists and subspecialists who staff the two institutions participating in the program. The program is designed to present the art and science of anesthesiology as a practice of medicine.



Clinical base year (CB)

On each rotation, the intern is directly involved in patient care in a team concept with other house officers assigned to the service. The resident is fully delegated to the clinical service assigned and has no clinical responsibilities elsewhere. All house staff are supervised and instructed by faculty. Interns are responsible for documenting history, physical exam, management plans and progress of patients.

  • Pediatrics
  • Pulmonary medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Medicine wards
  • Emergency medicine
  • Trauma and acute care surgery
  • Medical ICU
  • Palliative medicine
  • Anesthesiology
  • Introduction to chronic pain medicine
  • Anesthesia assessment unit/preoperative evaluation clinic


Clinical anesthesia I

During CA-1 year, residents will learn foundational anesthesia principles and skills that they will build upon throughout the remainder of their residency. They will be assigned to a broad spectrum of cases including advanced subspecialties like cardiothoracic, pediatric and neurosurgical anesthesia throughout the year. Being involved in advanced cases not only accelerates the resident’s knowledge and skillset, but also allows them early exposure to subspecialties they may want to pursue as a fellowship.

  • General OR anesthesiology
  • Obstetric anesthesiology
  • Pediatric anesthesiology
  • Neurosurgical anesthesiology
  • Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
  • Acute pain management service/advanced airway management
  • Surgical ICU


Clinical anesthesia II

During the CA-2 year, residents will experience the full spectrum of anesthetic cases and at various locations. They will do rotations at all 4 of our surgical facilities ranging from fast-paced cases at our private practice style outpatient surgical center to complex vascular and advanced surgical cases at our main hospital.

  • Chronic pain medicine clinic (Interventional)
  • Surgical ICU
  • Vascular anesthesiology
  • Pediatric anesthesiology
  • Neurosurgical anesthesiology
  • Ambulatory anesthesiology
  • Advanced OR anesthesiology
  • Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
  • Acute pain management service/advanced airway management
  • Outpatient regional anesthesiology
  • Post anesthesia care unit
  • VA anesthesiology


Clinical anesthesia III

During the CA-3 year, residents are given the flexibility to tailor their schedule to prepare them for life after residency. Many residents choose to do research, go on mission trips, focus on a particular subspecialty of interest.

  • Chronic pain medicine clinic (interventional)
  • Transesophageal echocardiography
  • Outpatient regional anesthesia
  • Surgical ICU
  • Non-OR anesthesiology 
  • Ambulatory anesthesiology
  • Advanced OR anesthesiology
  • Pediatric anesthesiology
  • Obstetric anesthesiology
  • Acute pain management services/advanced airway management
  • Point of care ultrasound
  • Advanced airway OR
  • Elective possibilities - additional subspecialty exposure, mission trips, away rotations

Program culture and what sets us apart

Slide 1 of 4

Train at one of U.S. News & World Report's top hospitals in Texas

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple is a 640-bed teaching and research hospital with a Level I trauma center.

About our hospital in Temple
About our Temple campus

How to apply

We use the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to electronically accept residency applications, letters of recommendations, dean’s letters, transcripts and other credentials directly from your medical school.

Visit ERAS® to apply


Learn more about Baylor Scott & White's housestaff appointment eligibility, including guidelines for international medical graduates.

Application requirements

Deadline for applications is November 1.

In order to be considered for the program, applicants must submit the following materials:

  • Submit three letters of recommendation from faculty members who can evaluate their performance
  • Have passed steps 1 and 2 of USMLE or Level 1 and Level 2 of COMLEX

Over the past 20 years, ~98 percent of our graduates have passed the board certification process to become Diplomates of the American Board of Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology Residency

50-50 program intro

The Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Baylor College of Medicine (Temple) Anesthesiology Residency is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

The program consists of four years of training as recommended by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), which includes 12 months for the clinical base year and 36 months for clinical anesthesia years.

Typical experience includes early exposure to a large case volume of varying complexity – from performing ambulatory anesthesia at our outpatient surgery center to providing anesthesia within our busy heart failure and transplant service line.  Residents achieve most of their minimum case numbers, and multiples of epidural, spinal and regional numbers, by the end of CA-2 year.  Here in Temple, you can practice big city medicine in a smaller community.

With lower faculty turnover, a low resident-faculty ratio of ~1:1.1 and our resident lounge located centrally within our department, our learning environment fosters close faculty relationships with residents and many formal and informal learning opportunities.  

We consistently see our graduates join the practices of their choice and competitive fellowship programs across the country, including our two local fellowships in Pain Medicine and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology.

We accept 12 residents per year.

anesthesiology-residency-temple.webp

Curriculum

Typical rotation schedules


During residency, which includes the clinical base year, trainees have an opportunity to interact with more than 400 specialists and subspecialists who staff the two institutions participating in the program. The program is designed to present the art and science of anesthesiology as a practice of medicine.



Clinical base year (CB)

On each rotation, the intern is directly involved in patient care in a team concept with other house officers assigned to the service. The resident is fully delegated to the clinical service assigned and has no clinical responsibilities elsewhere. All house staff are supervised and instructed by faculty. Interns are responsible for documenting history, physical exam, management plans and progress of patients.

  • Pediatrics
  • Pulmonary medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Medicine wards
  • Emergency medicine
  • Trauma and acute care surgery
  • Medical ICU
  • Palliative medicine
  • Anesthesiology
  • Introduction to chronic pain medicine
  • Anesthesia assessment unit/preoperative evaluation clinic


Clinical anesthesia I

During CA-1 year, residents will learn foundational anesthesia principles and skills that they will build upon throughout the remainder of their residency. They will be assigned to a broad spectrum of cases including advanced subspecialties like cardiothoracic, pediatric and neurosurgical anesthesia throughout the year. Being involved in advanced cases not only accelerates the resident’s knowledge and skillset, but also allows them early exposure to subspecialties they may want to pursue as a fellowship.

  • General OR anesthesiology
  • Obstetric anesthesiology
  • Pediatric anesthesiology
  • Neurosurgical anesthesiology
  • Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
  • Acute pain management service/advanced airway management
  • Surgical ICU


Clinical anesthesia II

During the CA-2 year, residents will experience the full spectrum of anesthetic cases and at various locations. They will do rotations at all 4 of our surgical facilities ranging from fast-paced cases at our private practice style outpatient surgical center to complex vascular and advanced surgical cases at our main hospital.

  • Chronic pain medicine clinic (Interventional)
  • Surgical ICU
  • Vascular anesthesiology
  • Pediatric anesthesiology
  • Neurosurgical anesthesiology
  • Ambulatory anesthesiology
  • Advanced OR anesthesiology
  • Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
  • Acute pain management service/advanced airway management
  • Outpatient regional anesthesiology
  • Post anesthesia care unit
  • VA anesthesiology


Clinical anesthesia III

During the CA-3 year, residents are given the flexibility to tailor their schedule to prepare them for life after residency. Many residents choose to do research, go on mission trips, focus on a particular subspecialty of interest.

  • Chronic pain medicine clinic (interventional)
  • Transesophageal echocardiography
  • Outpatient regional anesthesia
  • Surgical ICU
  • Non-OR anesthesiology 
  • Ambulatory anesthesiology
  • Advanced OR anesthesiology
  • Pediatric anesthesiology
  • Obstetric anesthesiology
  • Acute pain management services/advanced airway management
  • Point of care ultrasound
  • Advanced airway OR
  • Elective possibilities - additional subspecialty exposure, mission trips, away rotations

Program culture and what sets us apart

Slide 1 of 4

Train at one of U.S. News & World Report's top hospitals in Texas

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple is a 640-bed teaching and research hospital with a Level I trauma center.

About our hospital in Temple
About our Temple campus

How to apply

We use the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to electronically accept residency applications, letters of recommendations, dean’s letters, transcripts and other credentials directly from your medical school.

Visit ERAS® to apply


Learn more about Baylor Scott & White's housestaff appointment eligibility, including guidelines for international medical graduates.

Application requirements

Deadline for applications is November 1.

In order to be considered for the program, applicants must submit the following materials:

  • Submit three letters of recommendation from faculty members who can evaluate their performance
  • Have passed steps 1 and 2 of USMLE or Level 1 and Level 2 of COMLEX

Contact us

Amy Sanders
Program Administrator

Phone: 254.724.5306
Email: Amy.Sanders@BSWHealth.org

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, TX 76508


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Stipend and benefits

In addition to competitive stipends, we offer our residents a full menu of employee benefits. We help offset the cost of many of these benefits; others are options you can choose to pay for yourself.

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This time in your professional career can be extremely challenging. As a Baylor Scott & White graduate medical trainee, there are a variety of resources available to you, ensuring you get the most out of your educational experience.

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