About Us

Duke University Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology

Mission

Extraordinary care through a unique culture of innovation, education, research, and professional growth.

Vision

To be the leader in advancing perioperative medicine and pain management.

Core Values

Professionalism: We exhibit mutual respect and dignity in all that we do. Including:

• Honesty/ Integrity- We will always maintain the highest standards of behavior and do the right thing for the right reasons at all times.
• Diversity- We will always value all aspects of diversity in everything we do.
• Compassion- We will always seek to be compassionate for all those that we interact with to include a deep awareness of and sympathy for the suffering of others along with a unique obligation to attempt to remove that suffering.

Departmental and Institutional Citizenship: We will be responsible and accountable as a team and as individuals for our collective success in accomplishing the mission. We will do this through:

• Teamwork- To exhibit enthusiastic and sustaining support for the team. We believe the team yields a whole; which is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Accountability- To our colleagues and to our patients for the highest standards of behavior to ensure that the trust placed in us by society is upheld.

Commitment: We are committed to our patients through:

• Quality- Uncompromising quality in every aspect of patient care.
• Support- Unwaivering support of education, research, and innovation.
• Career development- For all members of the department.