The department serves patients in multiple hospitals that cater to the entire spectrum of patient ages and conditions.

Indiana University Hospital

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Built in 1970, this 317 staffed-bed facility offers inpatient and outpatient services for adults in virtually every medical discipline. In 1997, University Hospital joined with Riley Hospital for Children and Methodist Hospital to form Clarian Health Partners, a partnership that has been ranked among the nation's best hospitals by US News and World Report for the last 7 years and performs nearly 50,000 surgical procedures annually. Today, University Hospital & Outpatient Center is widely recognized for its programs in cardiology; comprehensive cancer care; organ transplantation programs including liver, pancreas, bowel, and kidney; high-risk obstetrics; and urology. The operating suite includes 19 operating rooms equipped with the latest technology for monitoring patient care, with one room designed specifically for laparoscopic and da Vinci Robotic procedures. In addition to standard perioperative anesthetic care, obstetrical anesthesia for uncomplicated, as well as high-risk parturients, acute and chronic pain services, and ICU anesthesia needs are provided at University Hospital & Outpatient Center.

Riley Children's Hospital

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Opened in 1924 in honor of Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley, Riley Hospital is the only hospital in Indiana devoted exclusively to the care of children. This hospital's appreciation for children and their unique developmental needs is reflected in its system of age-based units, providing care for children in infant, toddler, preschool, school age and teen units. The 262 staffed-bed Riley Hospital also has an exceptional newborn intensive care unit, two pediatric intensive care units, a regional burn unit, and the nation's largest ambulatory care center for children. Riley Hospital has a main operating suite that includes 14 operating rooms and an additional 6 operating rooms in the ambulatory care center. Joining Methodist Hospital and University Hospital to form Clarian Health Partners in 1997, anesthesiologists at Riley Hospital for Children provide care for the pediatric portion of the nearly 50,000 surgical procedures performed at Clarian facilities annually. Twenty pediatric anesthesiologists supply not only preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care in the operating rooms, but extend their services to children undergoing cardiac catheterization, specialized diagnostic procedures and radiation therapy. Furthermore, the pediatric anesthesia faculty direct the pediatric surgical critical care units and offer hospital-wide acute and chronic pain management.

Methodist Hospital

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Methodist Hospital opened its first hospital in 1908. Since that time, Methodist has grown in reputation and stature. In 1997, Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children united to form Clarian Health, which today operates 1,300 beds with more than 57,000 inpatient admissions and 900,000 outpatient visits per year. Methodist is known for its tertiary care and highly specialized services to treat those with severe medical emergencies and scheduled surgical procedures. Last year, over 25,000 surgical procedures were performed at Methodist, including some 200 cases utilizing the da Vinci Surgical System.

Wishard Hospital

Opening the doors in 1859, this 619-bed county hospital served the people of Indianapolis and Marion County independently until 1975, when it became associated with the Medical Center. Wishard has a busy obstetrical ward, a comprehensive level one trauma center, a new state-of-the-art adult burn unit, and both medical and surgical critical care units. There is an eight room operating suite for inpatients and a separate ambulatory surgery center of five operating rooms, where in excess of 10,000 anesthetics are administered annually.

Roudebush VA Hospital

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The Richard L Roudebush VA Hospital is a 191-bed hospital providing adult medical and surgical services. More than 5,000 surgical procedures per year are performed in the eight room operating suite. Anesthesiologists at the VA Hospital staff an active acute and chronic pain clinic, in addition to providing standard perioperative anesthesia care.

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