The Minneapolis School of Anesthesia offers a twenty-seven month program in nurse anesthesia. It is owned and operated by seven members: Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, North Memorial Medical Center, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Methodist Hospital, in Minneapolis; and United Hospitals and HealthEast in St. Paul. HealthEast hospitals, used by the School, include Woodwinds, St. John's, and St. Joseph's. Clinical experience is provided in the member hospitals on a rotating basis. Each student will rotate to five of the nine facilities during the program. Students also receive experience in a pediatric facility, a same day surgery facility and in a rural hospital.

Graduates earn their Master of Science degree in Nurse Anesthesia. The Master of Science Program is a cooperative program between the Minneapolis School of Anesthesia and Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Graduates are prepared to practice in a wide variety of settings and to utilize diverse methods of administering a safe anesthetic.

The graduates of our program have been very successful. In the last five years, 97.3 % of students who started the program graduated, and 99.4% of those graduates passed the Certification Examination on their first attempt.