Department of Anesthesiology

November 6, 2014

Vanderbilt team seeks to enhance nuclear power plant operations

A multidisciplinary Vanderbilt team with deep experience in improving patient safety and technology usability has received a three-year, $800,000 Department of Energy grant to help nuclear power plant operators better perform their jobs.

By Jill Clendening
October 16, 2014

Anesthesiologist from Nairobi observes VU’s services, training

Kenya struggles with a dearth of pediatric anesthesiologists, having a grand total of five. And that’s for a general population of 45 million, some 43 percent of whom are under the age of 15.

By Paul Govern
October 14, 2014

Neuronal culprit in genetic disease

A particular neuronal cell population is involved in the pathogenesis of a rare neurological disorder, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 5, 2014

Shaw named head of Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Andrew Shaw, M.B. B.S., has been named chief of Vanderbilt’s Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology.

By Jill Clendening
May 1, 2014

Chestnut named head of Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology

By Jill Clendening
May 1, 2014

Number of neurointensivists grows nationally and at VUMC

By Jill Clendening
April 16, 2014

Channel drug restores glucose balance

A new compound that activates potassium channels could be used to treat disorders of glucose homeostasis.
By Bill Snyder
March 20, 2014

Pandharipande named chief of Anesthesiology Critical Care

Pratik Pandharipande, M.D., MSCI, professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, has been named chief of the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, succeeding C. Lee Parmley, M.D., J.D., who was named chief of staff of Vanderbilt University Hospital earlier this month.
By Jill Clendening
February 20, 2014

Musee named to ACGME review committee

Joel Musee, M.D., Ph.D., a second-year resident in Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology, has been selected from a national pool of applicants to serve on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Review Committee for Anesthesiology.
By Jill Clendening
February 13, 2014

Division mines perioperative data to enhance safety, quality

The Vanderbilt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Informatics Research (VAPIR) Division was recently established to extract and analyze data from Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s archive of de-identified perioperative patient data comprising more than 729,000 completed surgical cases to help improve patient safety and quality of care.
By Jill Clendening
January 16, 2014

New tool helps track residents’ progress

Dramatic changes are coming to the way resident physicians in all medical specialties are evaluated as they advance through training. Faculty with the Department of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) have developed an automated tool to help more accurately assess residents’ performance as they meet educational goals and ultimately become better doctors.
By Jill Clendening
December 12, 2013

GE grant expands global medical outreach efforts

Vanderbilt University has received a $3 million grant from the GE Foundation’s Developing Health Globally program to fund international medical education and research in Kenya and other low-resource regions of the world.
By Jill Clendening
October 31, 2013

Lee named to lead Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Lorri Lee, M.D., has been named chief of the newly formed Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology.
By Jill Clendening
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