Department of Anesthesiology

October 4, 2018

New center formed to treat, study ICU delirium, dementia

Millions of patients in intensive care units each year develop delirium during their hospitalization and often leave the hospital with cognitive deficits similar to those suffering from traumatic brain injury or mild Alzheimer’s disease.

By Nancy Humphrey
gloved hand handling sterile surgical tools
July 19, 2018

Post-surgical complications

One out of five deaths within 30 days of surgery are associated with a complication, suggesting that prevention and better treatment of common complications will improve postoperative mortality rates.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 21, 2018

Rice, Robertson take on expanded Anesthesiology leadership roles

The Department of Anesthesiology is reconfiguring its leadership structure, partly in response to the recent appointment of department chair Warren Sandberg, MD, PhD, as VUAH Co-Chief of Staff for Perioperative and Critical Care Services. Mark Rice, MD, has been appointed Executive Vice Chair and Amy Robertson, MD, has been appointed Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 21, 2018

Chestnut honored by Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology

David Chestnut, MD, received the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology’s Distinguished Service Award during the group’s annual meeting in May.

By VUMC News and Communications
red and blue boxing gloves
June 13, 2018

Novel infection fighter

A drug in use clinically to help make vaccines more effective may be a powerful new tool for fighting antibiotic-resistant infections.

By Meredith Jackson
May 18, 2018

Shaping reward circuits

Using techniques to control and monitor the activities of individual neurons, Vanderbilt investigators are probing the brain’s reward circuitry.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 2, 2018

Co-Chiefs of Staff announced for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital

Year-over-year growth in inpatient volumes across Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s adult clinical enterprise, three new floors of additional adult inpatient beds through the renovation of Medical Center East, along with the steady expansion of adult clinics throughout the region are among factors leading to the creation of the new roles of co-chiefs of staff for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital (VUAH) and Clinics.
By John Howser
April 19, 2018

VUMC drug repurposing initiative gaining momentum

Drug repurposing involves establishing an additional approved indication for a drug already at market.
By Paul Govern
February 22, 2018

Dunworth named to respiratory care advisory committee

Brent Dunworth, DNP, MBA, CRNA, director of advanced practice and division chief of Nurse Anesthesia in Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesia, has been appointed to the clinical advisory committee of the Respiratory Compromise Institute (RCI).
By VUMC News and Communications
February 1, 2018

Bauchat to direct Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology

Jeanette Bauchat, MD, MS, has been appointed chief of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 25, 2018

Study tracks sodium-potassium pathway

A six-member group of biomedical scientists from Europe and the United States, including Eric Delpire, PhD, MS, professor of Anesthesiology, has been awarded a $6 million grant to study the role of dietary potassium in hypertension.
By Paul Govern
January 17, 2018

HDL and kidney injury after surgery

Higher concentrations of high-density lipoproteins — HDL, the “good” cholesterol — may be protective against acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.
By Jenelle Grewell
November 2, 2017

McQueen lands award for humanitarian efforts

Kelly McQueen, M.D., MPH, professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery and director of Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health and Development, has received the 2017 Nicholas M. Greene, M.D., Outstanding Humanitarian Contribution Award from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
By Paul Govern