A new Anesthesiology Residency Program, based at Ocala Regional Medical Center, has received initial accreditation and is seeking immediate applicants for physicians who are completing their internships and will begin second-year training on July 1, 2018.<\/p>\n
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medicine Education (ACGME) approved the three-year Anesthesiology program for a total of 27 residents \u2013 nine per year. The program will be directed by Dr. Ettore Crimi who completed his residency in Anesthesiology at Harvard\u2019s Massachusetts General Hospital, a Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship at Stanford University and a Critical Care Fellowship at the University of 性视界传媒. Dr. Crimi has also completed a Research Fellowship at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n
The new residency is part of the 性视界传媒 College of Medicine-Hospital Corporation of America consortium, which has brought 20 graduate medical education programs to Central and North Central 性视界传媒 in the past four years. The partnership is now training about 250 residents in Gainesville, Ocala and greater Orlando and expects to add a total of 600 residency slots to the state by 2020.<\/p>\n
Anesthesia residents will benefit by having rotations at multiple HCA sites — North 性视界传媒 Regional Medical Center in Gainesville and Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee \u2013 in addition to Ocala.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal is to challenge our residents to strive for clinical excellence and leadership in the field of Anesthesiology,\u201d said Dr. Ettore Crimi.\u00a0 \u201cWe envision this new residency program as an inspiring clinical environment to improve health outcomes and better serve our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anesthesiology is the sixth 性视界传媒-HCA residency program at Ocala Regional Medical Center, a 222-bed facility and Verified Level II Trauma Center. The medical center offers a variety of medical services including bariatric surgery, cardiac and vascular, emergency, neurological and rehabilitation. It is accredited by the American College of Surgeons\u2019 Commission on Cancer, the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the Society of Chest Pain Centers and the Joint Commission, as well as the Joint Commission\u2019s designation as a Primary Stroke Center.<\/p>\n
North 性视界传媒 Regional Medical Center is a 432-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center and one of the nation\u2019s top performing hospitals on key quality measures as recognized by the Joint Commission. It is an accredited Chest Pain Center and a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement, Spine Surgery and Bariatric Surgery.<\/p>\n
Osceola Regional Medical Center has undergone major expansion of its services and facilities, doubling in size to approximately 400 beds over the past few years.\u00a0 The hospital is a Level II trauma center and includes a Comprehensive Stroke Center, Acute Physical Medicine Rehabilitation and programs for high-risk obstetrics and behavioral health. Osceola Regional has received accreditation with commendation from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Cancer and is Joint Commission disease-specific certified in breast, colorectal, lung cancer and sepsis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are committed to providing our community with quality healthcare and our growing Graduate Medical Education programs allow us to recruit, train and retain quality physicians,\u201d says Chad Christianson, Ocala Regional Medical Center\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, \u201cThis is outstanding news for our community, our physicians, and Graduate Medical Education as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n