Welcome!

The members of the Department of Anesthesiology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill work together for the purpose of a common goal: caring for the patient. The Department provides clinical anesthesia services for over 30,000 surgeries each year. Its satellite anesthetizing locations and obstetrical anesthesia provide services to 7,000 or more patients per year. The department also plays an essential role in adult perioperative critical care, acute and chronic pain management, preoperative evaluation and emergency resuscitation.

In addition to patient care, the Department teaches residents and medical students the specialty of anesthesiology and, through outreach programs, educates the medical community on the highest standard of anesthetic care. Our research program strives to improve those standards of care. The Department accomplishes these goals in a cooperative, collegial manner, with a focus on mentoring and teamwork.


David A. Zvara, M.D.
Professor and Chair