Department of Anesthesiology

From left are Greg Sund, MD; Mark Newton, MD; Brent Dunworth, DNP, MBA, CRNA; Hollie Humphries, MD; Julian Rios, MD; Jill Moore, MS, CRNA; Michael Leersnyder, DNAP, CRNA; Casey Balthazar, DNAP, CRNA; Heather Larson, MS, CRNA; and Matt Kynes, MD.
July 26, 2024

VUMC team attends first Pan African Nurse Anesthetists Conference

The conference, which took place June 18-20 in Nairobi, Kenya, brought together non-physician anesthesia providers from 18 different countries in Africa for continued education and networking. The purpose was to reduce maternal mortality by improving safe access to anesthesia for pregnant women across Africa.

By Matt Batcheldor
July 19, 2024

Vanderbilt, Meharry graduate students among the 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellows

They are the only two from Tennessee named this year for the program, which provides support for each student’s dissertation research for up to three years.

By Bill Snyder
June 5, 2024

Anesthesia is in this family’s blood: father, two children all working as nurse anesthetists at Vanderbilt

Brian Reid, CRNA, used to pack Chris and Mary’s lunches before school. Now they all work together in VUMC’s Department of Anesthesiology.

By Erin Wides
An initiative at VUMC is helping patients recover more quickly from major surgery, leave the hospital earlier and have fewer side effects from their pain management. (photo by Joe Howell)
April 26, 2024

VUH adopts enhanced recovery for spine surgery

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is launching an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway for the nearly 1,000 adult patients who undergo elective spine surgery each year at Vanderbilt University Hospital and Belle Meade Surgery Center.

By Paul Govern
Double-lung transplant patient Mike Boston and his wife, Kellie. (photo by Donn Jones)
April 8, 2024

Lung transplant patient, family glad they came to a place where ‘every single person cared’

Mike Boston was turned down by eight hospitals for a double lung transplant, which would be his second, because none believed he would survive the surgery. Finally, doctors at one medical center — VUMC — thought he might.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 29, 2024

Study finds more pleasant-sounding medical device alarms could reduce annoyance without compromising effectiveness

A new study found that making medical device alarms more musical can significantly reduce perceived annoyance without negatively impacting the ability of research participants to learn and remember the alarms.

By Paul Govern
December 18, 2023

Study examines social factors and cardiovascular disease risk

Eight social factors were among the top 15 markers of cardiovascular disease risk and could help guide community prevention efforts, according to a new study using machine learning algorithms.
By Paul Govern
November 14, 2023

VUMC Department of Anesthesiology impacts the 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting

Members of Vanderbilt's Department of Anesthesiology impacted the sights and sounds of the latest advances in anesthesiology during the recent 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in San Fransisco. 
By Erin Wides
October 10, 2023

Multidisciplinary care crucial in guiding Vanderbilt employee’s bile duct cancer journey

Blane Hollingsworth became the first patient at Vanderbilt to undergo a liver transplant under the protocol for cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer.
By Matt Batcheldor
September 15, 2023

Four named Master Innovators at Vanderbilt

Richard Caprioli, C. David Weaver, Susan Eagle, and Franz Baudenbacher as Master Innovators at Vanderbilt.
By Sarah Sommer
August 24, 2023

Predicting postop opioid use

VUMC study finds that preoperative patient characteristics can predict daily opioid use at six months after surgery, suggesting opportunities for development of electronic risk-stratification algorithms.
By Paul Govern
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
By Paul Govern
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.
By Erin Wides
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