M.D. in Anesthesiology is a 2-year post graduation course in anesthesia. The candidates who are willing to take up this course must have the minimum needed eligibility as they must have completed their M.B.B.S with a minimum of 50% score and some institutes may conduct entrance examinations for the admission. Admission process of this course is carried out based on the candidate’s performance in their high school exams. Some institutes may include their entrance exam score. 

The anesthesiology course focuses on utilization of drugs that minimizes pain by causing insensibility. This course is suitable for those who want to deliver services in the preoperative setting, pain management, and critical care, excellence in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows and to contribute to the specialty of anesthesiology through the commitment to education, research and scholarly activities care good match for it.

The candidates should be good in patient care, education, research, faculty development and the advancement of the specialty of anesthesiology. The students should able to perform preoperative examinations of patients to determine appropriate anesthetic and sedation in concurrence with internal medicine specialists and surgeons.

Under this degree, the students learn about areas such as ambulatory anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, pediatric anesthesiology, obstetrical anesthesiology and pain management. Anesthesia controls pain during surgery or other medical procedures.

It includes using medicines and sometimes close monitoring, to keep the patients comfortable. It can also control breathing, blood pressure, blood flow, and heart rate and rhythm. Some of the types of anesthesia are local anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and general anesthesia.

It is beneficial for further higher studies. It also teaches the students provides direct medical care to patients requiring general or local anesthesia for surgical, diagnostic and other procedures such as prevention of pain and maintenance of body function.