2004 Annual Report - Department of Anesthesiology - Duke University

Mission Statement
The mission of this department is to provide the highest quality patient
care and to engage in superior academic pursuits through excellence in
teaching and research. Aspiring to our goal is a team of skilled anesthesia
professionals with different educational backgrounds and unique abilities
who embrace collaborative, collegial, and complementary relationships.
Specifically, we endeavor to
• deliver first-rate patient care in operating, labor, and delivery rooms,
postanesthetic and intensive care units, the hyperbaric center and
perioperative activities (including surgical screening clinic and acute
pain management);
• provide consultant services for preoperative and postoperative care;
• coordinate a multidisciplinary approach in diagnosis and treatment of
acute and chronic pain disorders;
• provide leadership and administrative support in organizing
operating rooms, intensive care units, ambulatory surgery,
transesophageal echocardiography service, hyperbaric medicine
and the heart center;
• assess quality care and patient outcomes, develop programs to
facilitate cost effectiveness, and enhance operating room efficiency;
• promote an environment supportive of learning and growth, in which
each departmental member serves as an appropriate and professional
role model;
• enlarge knowledge through vigorous investigative laboratory and
clinical research programs; and
• conduct all professional matters in an ethical manner in order to
bring pride and honor to the anesthesia department and fellow Duke
Medical Center colleagues.
DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY • 2004 ANNUAL REPORT • DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER