We inspire hope by healing illness and pain with compassion, discovery and clinical excellence.
We provide world-class perioperative healthcare to every patient, every time, in an environment that deeply values respect, human kindness and the well-being of every patient and every person on our team.
Our educational efforts include clerkships, anesthesia residency, and pain medicine and anesthesiology critical care fellowships.
1954
Standing: J McCanless, Julius Rucker Jr, De De Le Penha, G Nadal. Seated: J Bryan, JT Atkins, H Smoak.
1978
Standing: Don Richerson, Derek Harwell, William Warner, William Freeman, Katie Cook, Stacy Story, Staffan Johnsson, John Satterthwaite, Bert Johnson, Frederick Youngblood, C.F. Johnson, Linda Roberts, William Mather, R Jeffrey Adkins, P Steven Mote. Seated: Jack Pruett, Michael Laslie, Margaret DeVore, Zack Gramling, Skina Fadel, Jack Williams, Mario Ruiz.
1984
First row: Dirk Younker, Bob Bittle, Horace Osborne, Zack Gramling, Wayne Mathews, Jack Williams, Joseph Johnston. Second row: Wendell James, Steve Mote, Ben Harrison, Jeff Dean, Ralph Menard, Ricky Knox. Third row: Russ Cheaney, Bucky Buxton, Arthur Gray, Larry Ault, Rafael Pascual, Doug Culverhouse. Fourth row: Vinne Skilling, Tom Hancock, Mike Ashmore, Chip Bragg, Alan Carithers, Bert Parker, Tim Williams, Adel Aziz, Ken Williamson.
2022
Ulrica Tull, Zulqar Islam, Karim Makar, Faizah Miah, Patrick Stallings, Megan Foster, Seyed Sadeghi, Sara Coke-Davis, Ammar Toubasi, Philip Jung, Teresa Cabrera Vera, Ibrahim Al Marei, Pedro Solorzano, Mohammad Khan, Montather Taheer, Joshua Stevens, Ali Mroue, Tyler Cook, Jack Neppl, Hannah Bowe, Peter Mikhail, Michael Harlander-Locke, Herald Juka, Xiaodong Hua, Rene Torres, Andrew Dunaway, Jacob Boudreaux, Rosa Lopez-Rincon, Dhruti Diwan, Tyler Lipscomb, Javier Polania Gutierrez, Gabriela Sanchez, Daniel Chung, Enoe Jimenez, Ankit Soni, Blake St Louis, Razaan Mateen, Benz Sawhney, Oscar Dudzinski.
In 1937, Dr. Volpitto established the first academic department of anesthesia in the South in what is now Augusta University. He was the sole faculty member until 1946, during which time he established our residency and externships programs and was also instrumental in founding the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists. He served as president of the GSA, American Society of Anesthesiologists, and other professional societies. His lifetime contributions were recognized with the Medical Association of Georgia's Lamartine Griffin Hardman Cup (1966) and Distinguished Service Award (1975), the ASA's Distinguished Service Award (1975), and GSA's Crawford W, Long Award. [Interview of Dr Volpitto in 1981]
Dr. Gramling ran a private practice in South Carolina before pursuing an anesthesiology residency at the Medical College of Georgia. He joined the faculty after graduating in 1959 and quickly rose to the rank of professor. As Chair, he not only increased the housestaff and updated the anesthesia elective so that it was more relevant to future anesthesiologists, but he also helped to establish the respiratory department in what is now the College of Allied Health Sciences as well as to establish the Shock/Trauma Unit. He served as president of the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists and received GSA's Crawford W. Long Award for his contributions to anesthesiology. The Z.W. Gramling Memorial Scholarship was established by anesthesia alumni Drs. Greg Gay and Margaret DeVore and, in 2014, the Zachariah W. Gramling Endowed Chairmanship was brought to fruition.
Dr. Crumrine came to us from the University of Tennessee where he had served as Professor and Chair. Among his goals was to develop a continuity with people who graduate from MCG. Under Dr. Crumrine's leadership, the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists staff transformed from being volunteers to professionals who provided outreach to members and affiliated organizations. He received GSA's Crawford W. Long Award in 2006. An award named in his honor is given each year to a first-year MCG anesthesia resident who best exemplifies the characteristics of an anesthesiologist.
Research and the recruitment of fellowship-trained faculty were the focus of Dr. Head's tenure. He was the first president of the Resident Component of the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists, served as president of the Academy of Anesthesiology (2008), and was active in the American Society of Anesthesiologists and American Medical Association.
Dr. Meiler is a physician-scientist who is strengthening our basic and clinical research presence. E-learning and simulation are educational priorities. He became the first recipient of the Zachariah W. Gramling Endowed Chairmanship in Anesthesiology in 2018.
