Department of Anesthesiology
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August 17, 2023
Grant aids drug discovery for autism, schizophrenia
Federal grant to help Vanderbilt researchers will pave the way for potential treatments for schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder -
August 9, 2023
Ed Sherwood to receive 2023 FAER Mentoring Excellence in Research Award
Vanderbilt's Ed Sherwood, MD, PhD, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Foundation of Anesthesiology Mentoring Excellence in Research Award. -
August 3, 2023
Osterman, Wanderer named associate chief medical information officers
Travis Osterman, DO, MS, and Jonathan Wanderer, MD, MPhil, have been named associate chief medical information officers in HealthIT at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
July 17, 2023
Academy for Excellence in Education elects 13 new members
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Academy for Excellence in Education has elected 13 new members for 2023. -
July 5, 2023
Thomas Long named executive vice chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt
Following a national search, Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology has named Thomas Long, MD, to the role of executive vice chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
June 15, 2023
Team refines protocol for emergency surgical event
A multidisciplinary team at Vanderbilt recently collaborated on a live simulation to develop a new protocol for a rare but high-stakes cardiothoracic event — when a team has to perform a re-sternotomy at a patient’s bedside as a lifesaving measure. -
May 23, 2023
Treating kidney injury before it happens
Pretreatment of an animal model with a novel compound called PHAD reduced kidney injury, suggesting it may be a good candidate for preventing kidney injury in surgical patients.