Name: Martin Bogetz, MD
Career Advisor for: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Title(s): Professor of Clinical Anesthesia;
Medical Director, UCSF Surgery Center
Best way to contact (e-mail, phone?): bogetzm@anesthesia.ucsf.edu or (415) 353-2835
Undergraduate & Graduate Degrees/Institutions: BS, U of IL; MD, U of IL, Chicago
Clinical Interests/Duties: Outpatient surgery for adults and children. Airway management. Professionalism, communication, reflection.
Research Interests/Duties: Medical student curriculum in Anesthesiology
Personal Notes or Comments: Love what I do!

Career Information

1. What can students do in the 1st and 2nd years to explore and/or prepare for this career? Shadow an anesthesiologist at UCSF or in the private sector. You can spend a day or part of a day with a faculty member in the operating room, preoperative evaluation clinic, pain management unit or critical care unit. This will give you exposure to these unique clinical areas as well as provide an opportunity to interact informally with the faculty. If you are interested in participating, particularly during your free time Wednesday and Thursday, please contact any of these faculty:

• UCSF on Parnassus
  · Main Operating Room: Dr. Mark Rollins (415) 443-3556
  · Pediatric Surgery Center: Dr. Laura Siedman (415) 443-3528
  · Surgery Center (outpatient): Dr. Martin Bogetz (415) 443-9241
  · Critical Care Units: Dr. Manuel Pardo (415) 443-7856
  · Preoperative Clinic (PREPARE):
  Dr. Kathryn Rouine-Rapp (415) 443-6189
• Mount Zion
  · Operating Room: Dr. Lee-lynn Chen (415) 443-5140
  · Pain Management Center: Dr. Thoha Pham (415) 443-6179
• San Francisco General Hospital: Dr. Adam Collins (415) 443-5702
• VA Medical Center: Dr. Marek Brzezinski (415) 739-8255

2. What common variations exist in the length/content of residency programs for this career? Internship can be in medicine, transitional, surgery, pediatrics or ob-gyn, but more programs are integrating the internship into the residency (categorical). Residency is three years; additional time for subspecialty training. Board certified subspecialties: pain management, hospice & palliative medicine, and critical care medicine. Pediatric anesthesia and cardiac anesthesia have fellowships that are certificated, but there is no Board certification in these two areas as of yet.

3. What common variations exist in this career after training? Private or academic practice. Varying degrees of subspecialization. Such areas include: OB, ICU, trauma, neuro, CV, outpatient, pediatrics, pain management, transplantation, fetal. Venues include large hospitals, small hospitals, outpatient units, and now office settings.

4. What is a typical work day for you (or someone else representative)? In academics: 10 to 12 hours -- 8 in OR with meetings, calls, and other academic responsibilities.

5. What is the "culture" of this career? Very few are unhappy with this career choice. Patients range through all ages; the OR environment is exciting and fun. Anesthesia is often challenging and always humbling. Many like paying attention to one person at a time. I particularly find the patient contact to be the most satisfying part of the profession.

6. How compatible is this career with raising a family? How is this different for men and women? Very compatible. Scheduled hours in many settings and ability to define one's schedule depending on the practice.

7. How important, individually, are each the following for admission to a competitive program:

a. Extra-curricular/volunteer work? ++
b. Research/publications? +
c. Honors in third year? ++
d. AOA? +
e. A sub-internship? (+ if outside of UCSF)
f. An externship? +

8. What are the most important qualities or character traits for a person in this field? Honesty, work ethic, leadership, emotional intelligence, communicative, personality, warmth, judgment, decisive, humility, ability to know you did a good job.

9. How competitive are the residency programs in this field? Competitive for top tier programs. Slots historically available somewhere for all applicants.

10. How competitive is the job market after residency? Much improved. Many jobs available.

11. What programs would you consider to be in the 1st tier, 2nd tier, and 3rd tier? Many excellent programs including: UCSF, Brigham and Women’s, MGH, Johns Hopkins, U of WA, Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, UCSD, Duke, Oregon, Wash U and others. Career goals and philosophy of training program are more important than “tier.”

12. What resources (web, books, etc, besides the AMA and AAMC sites) would you recommend for students interested in learning more about this field? Check departmental websites and the
Society for Education in Anesthesia