A syringe pump according to an embodiment includes a lead screw and a slider. The slider has an engagement part that engages with the lead screw and a slider cover with an internal space that houses the engagement part and is formed therein and an external surface that contacts a plunger of a syringe, and slides to move in a predetermined direction of travel with rotation of the lead screw to push the plunger. Then, the slider cover has a contact part that is provided in the internal space and contacts, when the slider pushes the plunger, a location that is close to the engagement part where the location is provided on a side of the direction of travel.