Weather Alert
EARLY CLOSURE MARCH 4 - Due to the forecast for severe winter weather, Creighton's Omaha campus will close at 7 P.M. this evening.
All in-person classes, clinics, and events, regardless of start time, are asked to end by 7 P.M. For those needing a shuttle, please visit my.creighton.edu for the most up-to-date maps and schedule. Shuttles will run until 8 P.M. this evening. We encourage you to be mindful of other closures or impacted services across the city as well.
Employees, including those classified as responsible for “essential operations” should review Creighton's Weather and Emergency-Related Absence Policy and work with your immediate supervisor on expectations for job functions during this curtailment of campus operations.
Please take proper winter weather precautions throughout the day and contact public safety at 402.280.2911 for any emergencies.
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Chairman’s Statement
From Department Chair, Mark Reisbig, MD
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In keeping with the Jesuit, Catholic tradition of Creighton University and the mission of the School of Medicine, The Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine is committed to providing exceptional anesthesia services, in an educational environment, to all of our patients.
The department’s scope of practice includes the treatment and management of all forms of pain, surgical optimization, elements of critical care, and the entirety of the perioperative setting. We value excellence in clinical care, exemplary postgraduate training in anesthesia, and original and innovative basic and clinical research. Our anesthesia services are currently centered at our main clinical campus, Creighton University Medical Center, which in addition to serving as a level 1 trauma center provides a full range of complex medical and surgical care including: cardiac, neuro, vascular, thoracic, critical care, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, orthopedics, esophageal & bariatric, burns, and more. Additionally, our department provides anesthesia services to over 40,000 patients per year at four other CHI Health hospitals in the metro area encompassing a wide variety of practice settings.
I invite you to browse our department’s webpage to learn more about us: who works here, how we provide care, and how we advance the profession. Whether you are a patient, a visitor, potential employee, or future resident in training, we hope you may learn more about us and why we love what we do.
-Mark Reisbig, MD, Associate Professor, Department Chair
