UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

What UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care does

The UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care is an academic medical department founded in 1958 within the University of California San Francisco, a public state university governed by The Regents of The University of California. The department delivers comprehensive anesthesia, critical care, and perioperative services across seven clinical sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, including UCSF Mission Bay, Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, Mount Zion, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, the San Francisco VA Medical Center, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, and the Benioff Children's Outpatient Surgery Center at Walnut Creek. With 730+ employees, the department operates as both a high-volume clinical service and an academic training center running residency (with tracks such as AIRR, ARRISE, Critical Care Scholars, and Pathways to Discovery), fellowship, medical student clerkship, simulation-based education, and continuing medical education programs.

The department's core business is professional services — anesthesia administration, ICU care, and perioperative care billed through standard U.S. healthcare reimbursement mechanisms (insurance, Medicare, Medicaid). Beyond clinical service, it generates academic and reputational value through a research portfolio centered on clinical AI, machine learning, causal inference, perioperative outcomes research, simulation, and global health equity. Faculty have contributed to 10 editions of Miller's Anesthesia, the leading textbook in anesthesiology, and have published peer-reviewed work in JAMA and other top-tier journals. In-house AI/ML capabilities include ensemble models for postpartum hemoglobin prediction, reinforcement learning for vasopressor timing (OVISS), AI-guided surgical blood readiness, and ML for unplanned ICU admission and mechanical ventilation weaning. The department is led by Romain Pirracchio (Exec. Vice Chair of Adult Anesthesia) and runs research mentorship via the ABCD (Anesthesia Biostatistics and Clinical Research Design) Committee.

The department operates a non-commercial go-to-market: there is no external sales motion, no disclosed pricing, and no venture funding. GTM is event-driven — recruiting faculty, residents, fellows, CRNAs, and staff through its Opportunities page, and disseminating research via peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations (WARC, SOAP), podcasts, social media (Bluesky, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X, YouTube), and internal communications. Recent strategic emphasis includes the 2026 launch of the Uganda Hypoxia Lab in East Africa (the first independent medical device testing facility in the region) and expansion of the AI/ML research portfolio through new MPOG Outcome Research Fellowships, 3D-printed heart models for TEE education, and AI-guided blood readiness tools.

Name

UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Legal name

The Regents of The University of California

Website

https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, founded in 1958, is an academic medical department delivering anesthesia, critical care, and perioperative services across seven Bay Area clinical sites, training residents and fellows, and conducting clinical AI and outcomes research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Perioperative Anesthesia Services & Management (HLAFAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Perioperative/Anesthesia & Surgical Documentation Systems (HLACAAAF)

Keywords

• Anesthesia clinical services
• Perioperative patient care
• Anesthesiology residency training
• Perioperative outcomes research
• Academic medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services: As an academic medical center department, revenue is generated through patient care services including anesthesia administration during surgical procedures, ICU care, and perioperative services. These are billed through standard healthcare reimbursement mechanisms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Provides clinical anesthesia and perioperative care to surgical and procedural patients across multiple UCSF Health hospital sites, trains physician anesthesiologists through its residency and fellowship programs, and conducts research in perioperative outcomes, global health, and applied AI in anesthesia.

Product overview

The UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care operates as a clinical, educational, and research institution providing comprehensive anesthesia services across multiple hospital sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. The department's offerings include direct patient care through various anesthesia subspecialties, simulation-based education and training programs for residents and medical students, research mentorship through the ABCD (Anesthesia Biostatistics and Clinical Research Design) Program, and specialized research initiatives including the Uganda Hypoxia Lab. The department supports educational programs spanning medical students through faculty, including core clerkships, residency tracks (with innovative programs like AIRR, ARRISE, Critical Care Scholars, and Pathways to Discovery), fellowships, and continuing medical education. Research activities focus on clinical outcomes, AI/ML applications for perioperative care, and global health equity initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Miller's Anesthesia: The department has produced 10 editions of Miller's Anesthesia, one of the most authoritative textbooks in anesthesiology.

Products and services

• Clinical Anesthesia and Perioperative Care Services Physician-delivered anesthesia, sedation, pain management, and perioperative monitoring for adult and pediatric surgical and procedural patients across seven UCSF Health sites in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Anesthesiology Residency Program Graduate medical education program training physician anesthesiologists, with clinical rotations across UCSF Health sites, didactic curriculum, and research mentorship including the ABCD research pathway.
• Anesthesiology Fellowship Programs Subspecialty fellowship training for anesthesiology physicians in areas such as critical care, pain medicine, pediatric anesthesiology, and other sub-specialties offered by the department.
• Medical Student Education in Anesthesia Clinical clerkships and electives exposing medical students to anesthesiology practice at UCSF.
• ABCD Research Mentorship Program Mentored research training pathway that supports anesthesiology residents in conducting scholarly work and pursuing academic anesthesiology careers.
• Uganda Hypoxia Research Program Field research lab and program investigating hypoxia and related perioperative health challenges in Uganda, with associated training and capacity-building activities.
• Perioperative Artificial Intelligence Research Program Research program developing artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to improve perioperative care delivery, monitoring, and outcomes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2026-2027 MPOG Outcome Research Fellows trained
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

AI capability9 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership between UCSF researchers and Uganda-based clinicians to establish the Uganda Hypoxia Lab, the first independent medical device research and testing facility in East Africa. CHESA, part of UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, provides strategic oversight and support for global health equity initiatives in surgery and anesthesia.
• UCSF Hypoxia LabcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration on the Uganda Hypoxia Lab initiative to address bias in medical testing, particularly in hypoxia testing. The parent Hypoxia Lab provides technical expertise and oversight for the Uganda-based facility.
• Association of Anesthesiologists of Uganda (AAU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Local professional association partnership supporting the Uganda Hypoxia Lab initiative. AAU provides local professional expertise and connections for the medical device testing facility in Kampala, Uganda.
• Makerere UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Academic partnership with Makerere University faculty supporting the Uganda Hypoxia Lab. Provides academic credibility and research collaboration opportunities for the medical device testing facility in East Africa.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine: UC system peer and fellow California academic anesthesia department; similar governance structure, training programs, and Bay-Adjacent patient population, providing an internal benchmark for UCSF.
• Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine: Multi-site integrated academic anesthesia practice at a peer institution with comparable subspecialty depth and outcomes research focus.
• Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine: Quaternary academic anesthesia department at a peer institution with comparable subspecialty depth, multi-site training, and research output, frequently benchmarked against UCSF in anesthesia rankings.
• Washington University in St. Louis Department of Anesthesiology: Peer academic anesthesia department at a top research medical school, regularly appearing alongside UCSF in anesthesiology residency rankings and research funding.
• Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine (Harvard): Top-tier East Coast academic anesthesia department with parallel scope across clinical subspecialties, graduate medical education, and outcomes research; regularly compared with UCSF in residency rankings and NIH funding.
• Duke Department of Anesthesiology: Peer academic anesthesia department at a major research medical center with overlapping clinical subspecialties, training programs, and AI/clinical research output.
• Stanford Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine: Direct peer at a peer academic medical center in the same Bay Area region, with similarly broad subspecialty coverage (obstetric, cardiac, pediatric, critical care anesthesia), active AI/ML outcomes research, and a comparable residency/fellowship pipeline.
• Columbia University Department of Anesthesiology: Ivy League academic anesthesia department with comparable scope across subspecialties, residency/fellowship training, and a portfolio of clinical outcomes research.
• Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Anesthesiology: Ivy League academic anesthesia department with similar subspecialty clinical footprint, fellowship offerings, and research activity in a comparable urban quaternary-care setting.
• University of Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care: Peer academic anesthesiology department with similar subspecialty coverage, residency/fellowship structure, and active outcomes research portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UCSFAnesthesia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMk4R_CIWlCaoJbTdJCtkmQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ucsf-department-of-anesthesia-and-perioperative-care
• Instagraminstagram.com/ucsfdepartmentofanesthesia

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