Anderson Hu was introduced to anesthesiology during his third year of medical school, and he was instantly entranced by the profession’s high expectations and skill set. Hu also learned that when a hospital’s anesthesiology department is well-staffed and efficient, the effects are transformational.
As the leader of Las Vegas’ first in-house anesthesiology team at University Medical Center, Hu has assembled a 50-person group of providers that allows UMC to perform, on average, 100 surgeries per day. This has helped eliminate staffing and efficiency challenges to provide round-the-clock coverage for UMC patients. Hu has also helped facilitate the growth and implementation of leading surgical technologies in Southern Nevada, playing an integral role in the expansion of UMC’s robotic surgery program.
While hard work, honesty and a dose of perfectionism have helped lead Hu to success, he’s also known as empathetic and compassionate. He created a call system at UMC that allows patients to speak directly to their anesthesiologist in the days before a surgery to offer comfort and peace of mind.