At NorthStar Anesthesia, educating future clinicians is an important part of our mission. Here, you’ll gain exposure to all the elements that make the specialty rewarding and exciting. Because our faculty hail from renowned institutions across the country, you’ll learn various ways of practicing high-quality and evidenced based anesthesia.
As a resident, you’re looking to gain exposure to the knowledge and applied skills needed to excel as a future physician. For residents matched with an affiliated academic institution, NorthStar offers a dynamic environment with a broad mix of clinical cases. We have a culture of mentorship, where you can hone your clinical interests and explore leadership opportunities.
After a residency with NorthStar, you’ll not only be prepared to practice anesthesiology; you’ll understand your importance not only in the operating room but throughout the continuum of perioperative patient care. Equally, you will learn how to be an integral part of leadership within the anesthesiology community and at your primary practice facility. NorthStar is invested in helping you achieve a successful career.
Whether you complete a fellowship at a NorthStar facility in order to specialize within the anesthesia field, or search for your first full-time clinical role after residency, we are always seeking top talent to join our nationwide facilities.
As a NorthStar anesthesiologist, you can choose to deepen your clinical specialization, grow as a local, regional, or national leader, pursue quality improvement projects with our dedicated Office of Clinical Quality, or teach future clinicians through our academic track. Our core values and culture emphasize the qualities that matter most to clinicians—such as patient-focused collaboration and staffing models that are designed to ensure wellness for our clinicians.
Our clinician-led Office of Clinical Quality ensures a constant pursuit of quality and safety in anesthesia care, partnering with NorthStar teams to institute new protocols. With our quality leaders, clinicians can also choose to pursue quality improvement initiatives to improve anesthesia outcomes.
With clinician-centered staffing and work-life balancing benefits, we offer a positive environment where you can focus on great patient care. In addition to growing your clinical skills, you’ll also have unique opportunities for physician leadership.
Most NorthStar anesthesiologists are employed as W-2 employees, which offers clinicians the flexibility of a fixed salary with a steady case load. We strive to optimize your administrative responsibilities so you can pursue professional development opportunities in the specialty.
No matter what subspecialty area draws you to the field of anesthesiology, we offer a wide range of roles to meet your clinical interests. Within each specialty, NorthStar anesthesiologists have access to a diverse case mix, skill and leadership development, and mentorship from highly skilled physicians in the field whose practice incorporates the latest approaches to high quality and evidence-based patient care.
We partner with academic medical centers to help develop available resources for residents completing their training, including career resources, networking and connection with available openings at NorthStar facilities.
Residency at NorthStar-affiliated centers features the same priorities as long-term careers with NorthStar: providing opportunities aligned with future clinicians’ interests and career goals while balancing work and life.
Board pass rates vary across academic medical centers, but generally, residents who complete training at a NorthStar-affiliated center have a strong success rate in passing their board certification exams.
Notably, 61% of residents who complete their training at a NorthStar-affiliated academic medical center go on to fellowships at renowned programs across the country. For fellowship trainees, we offer a mix of clinical cases in their desired specialty, a strong culture of teamwork and mentorship, the expertise of seasoned clinicians, and research opportunities with our academic hospital partners.
Each center’s program is unique. Generally, NorthStar-affiliated academic medical centers provide a collaborative environment with a mix of cases that expose residents to clinical practice across anesthesia specialties.
Your residency experience will depend in part on the NorthStar-partnered academic medical center where you are matched. Across the centers where we manage residency programs, we dedicate the mentorship, knowledge, skill development and resources to ensure a robust learning experience for the next generation of anesthesiologists.
