Department Chair Dr. Daniel Talmor gave his annual “State of the Department” presentation at our July 31 Grand Rounds. The takeaway message of a thriving and agile department was evident. Dr. Talmor stressed that all three major pillars of Clinical, Education and Research have excelled during the year and that we’re on par for reaching our goal of being the preeminent academic anesthesia department in the US by 2026. Below are some highlights from the year: Our clinical volume grew by 10% from last year (up to 185,000 cases). Dr. Talmor praised the excellent work of Professional Affairs for their aggressive recruitment efforts in multiple areas that have helped alleviate the effects of the nationwide manpower shortage in anesthesia. We have also seen phenomenal growth and opportunity for our department in BIDMC’s transplant program expansion. In the past 11 months BIDMC has done 29 heart transplants and in the past 7 months 70 liver transplants. Additionally, our New Donor Center and living laparoscopic donor program will start late this summer. These developments have obvious implications for our Transplant Anesthesia Division, which promises to grow increasingly busy as transplants continue to rise, along with demand for anesthesia services. Our Research and Education Divisions have continued on the path to greater excellence as well. Our research funding has doubled over the past five years (11 million dollars this year). And our Education Division Vice Chair Dr. Robina Matyal is revitalizing our trainee programs. Robina and her faculty are expanding our programs, with several new fellowships and a CA2 class of 22 trainees. Dr. Talmor also gave a special shout-out to our DEI Division led by Dr. Josephine Hernández, which conducted a major survey this year that confirmed our department is making great strides in building a multicultural workforce and a culture of excellence which we will continue to strive to improve.