The University of Michigan Medical School is consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in the country and the Department of Anesthesiology at U-M was ranked #8 of all U.S. anesthesiology departments in National Institutes of Health funding for 2015. Established in 1948, the University of Michigan's Department of Anesthesiology is one of the oldest academic anesthesiology departments in the country. Our department seeks to be the preeminent academic anesthesiology department in the world by making major advances in the field of anesthesiology, as well as medicine and science in general, and developing the next generation of outstanding researchers in the fields of anesthesiology and the associated basic sciences. Our anesthesiology research laboratories are comprised of state-of-the-art research facilities. Our researchers hold joint appointments in basic science departments so as to enrich the department with the participation of graduate students conducting research toward their Ph.D. theses. In addition, post-doctoral fellows from around the world contribute to the research productivity of our department. Our faculty is also members of the U-M Center for Sleep Science, an interdepartmental center dedicated to filling in the gaps in our understanding of sleep disorders.