Anesthesia at Stanford: Stanford's Contributions to an Emerging Medical Specialty

The story of the anesthesia service at Stanford is one of many firsts. 

In 1909, Caroline Palmer, MD founded a modern, all-physician anesthesia department at the Cooper Medical College, the predecessor of Stanford's Medical School, creating a model for other hospitals in the country. William Neff, her successor, later established California’s first university anesthesiology residency training program. After the medical school moved to Palo Alto in 1960, John Bunker chaired one of the country's first independent anesthesiology departments, building it into a world-class center for teaching, research and clinical care. Practice and technology innovations continued apace, with developments in infant and neonatal anesthesia and computational monitoring and analysis among many other areas.

In his talk, Jay Brodsky, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Emeritus, will discuss the milestones of this important Stanford history and highlight the many contributions Stanford anesthesiologists made during the period 1909-1972 to this emerging and critical medical specialty.

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Room: Paul Berg Hall