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Department of Anesthesiology West Virginia University's Department of Anesthesiology is one of the older anesthesia departments in the US. The residence training program was first accredited with the predecessor of the ACGME on April 14, 1964. For the next 6 years, the department existed as the Division of Anesthesiology within the Department of Surgery. Acting on the requests of two successive deans of the School of Medicine, Drs. Clark Sleeth and Frank McKee, university president James Harlow authorized the establishment of an independent Department of Anesthesiology on November 1, 1970. The authorization from Dean McKee states "This action is supported on specific assigned responsibilities to the Department of Anesthesiology for the Operating Roons, including management and schedules, and for the Recovery Room, in addition to the academic and service activities presently undertaken in the former Divisional organization."
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