AM
Clinical Research Education Department of Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Monitor
MAY/JUNE
A Message from the Chair
Dr. Warren Sandberg welcomes the audience to the annual meeting of the Association of University Anesthesiologists
ing contributor to improving the funcIt’s spring - a time of renewal, and a cal Care Medicine time when I always take stock of the • Approval of a new Neuro Critical tion of our health system. (1) We put in motion the bedside prior year’s accomplishments and look Care fellowship ahead to the work of the coming year. • Expansion of our physician basic monitoring initiative, wherein every In doing so, I am reminded of how science portfolio, via internal develop- surgical patient will have at least a dynamic academic anesthesia is. Each ment and arrival of new faculty pulse oximeter with an escalating alert year in a career is different from the • The addition of substantial new, system while hospitalized. one before - sometimes a little, some- non-traditional grant funding to our (2) We are leading the Standard Inportfolio through the ImPACT Afri- patient Operating Model, dedicated times a lot. In the department, we bid farewell to ca grant and its supplement from the to knocking down barriers to smooth our own graduates as hospital patient they seize new opportu...we launched three initiatives that change the game in hospital flow by solving nities, and we anticipate probanesthesiology and position the department as a leading contrib- persistent the arrival of new faclems at the system utor to improving the function of our health system. ulty, new CRNAs and level and creating a new crop of residents. We celebrate Clinton Global Health Initiative reliable standard work. (3) And last, the transition of another generation of • Doubling the size of the GI labora- we reinvigorated the Center for Evimentees becoming mentors. tory dence-based Anesthesia (CEBA) and Some of the additional positive • Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology now created the Anesthesia Perioperative changes we have experienced this year covering every case on CCT5, extend- Consult Service, which, together, have include: ing our reach to entirely new classes of reduced length of stay by up to two • Four additional operating rooms patients and procedures days in every patient population they • Two new members elected to the • Ambulatory Anesthesiology ex- have addressed. Association of University Anesthesiol- panding and converting Medical CenThis has been another transformaogists (AUA) ter East into a high throughput low tional year, and I thank each of you for • An increase in published papers acuity surgery center your hard work and dedication. Your • An increase in residency matches Momentously, but quietly, we contributions are what make us such from 15 to 18 launched three initiatives that change a successful department. With the up• Approval of new fellowship slots in the game in hospital anesthesiology coming activities on the horizon, I anObstetric Anesthesiology and in Criti- and position the department as a lead- ticipate an equally exciting year ahead.
“
”
Press Coverage Click to view
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D. is honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society Sepsis, a wily killer, stymies doctors’ efforts to tame it Vanderbilt doctors’ cooperation heals patients faster Rice assumes helm in Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology
Visit the newsfeed on the homepage of website to view additional news In this issue 2 | VIA Fundraiser Dinner 4 | Spotlight-Faculty/Staff 6 | Staff Luncheon 7 | AUA Annual Meeting 8 | Research Symposium
1