Developing Future Surgery Center Clinician Leaders at The OSU Wexner Medical Center

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) Executive Leadership and Business in Anesthesiology Fellowship (formerly known as the Ambulatory Anesthesia and Business Fellowship) was created in 2015 by Michael G. Guertin, MD, MBA, and the program's first fellow Jarrett A. Heard, MD, MBA, D.ABA. The fellowship has evolved into a program dedicated to creating the next generation of anesthesiology physician leaders, specifically in the field of ambulatory anesthesia, while earning an executive master of business administration (EMBA) at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. Dr. Heard, now the Fellowship Director of the Executive Leadership and Business in Anesthesiology Fellowship, published an article about the fellowship at its inception in the November 2016 ASA Monitor. Below, a graduating anesthesiology resident details the increasing importance of expertise in ambulatory anesthesiology in her decision to pursue such a unique fellowship, and recent graduates expand on how the fellowship has...