Welcome to the Queen's University Department of Anesthesiology. The information contained on our website will paint a picture of the many facets of Anesthesiology, and provide important resources for those affiliated with, as well as those visiting, our department.
The Department of Anesthesiology provides service to Queen's University, four Kingston hospitals, and the people of southeastern Ontario. Our clinical services include general and regional anesthesia in the full range of surgical subspecialties and obstetrics, as well as acute and chronic pain management, critical care, and intraoperative echocardiography. In addition, we have an active basic science and clinical research program, and provide education to a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.
Queen's University was the site of origin of the Association of Canadian University Departments of Anesthesia (ACUDA) established in 1975 to ensure the advancement of academic anesthesia in Canada.Education (undergraduate, specialty and family medicine anesthesia residency, and continuing) has assumed a prominent role in this, as in the other clinical departments in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Research is an essential component of teaching students to "think", and takes the form of critical inquiry into clinical questions, educational issues, as well as bench work through effective collaboration with career scientists in pharmacology and physiology.We have led the specialty through research and innovative programs, and we will continue to be well sized, well supported, and well positioned to react nimbly and successfully in the rapidly changing academic medical environment.
Enjoy your visit to our web site.
Joel Parlow, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Professor and Head, Department of Anesthesiology
Queen’s University
