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Volume 5, Issue 4
Meet Alderman Sain, Page 4 Faculty/staff service awards, Page 5 ASA Annual Meeting , Pages 8-9
November/December 2014 Volume 5, Issue 4
For the third consecu ve year, members of the Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology, pedi‐atric den sts from the greater Nashville area, and the Shalom Founda on partnered to send a team to the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala City. Following is a report from Dr. Jason Lane, assistant professor of Anesthesiology in the Mul specialty Adult Anesthesiology Divi‐sion, a team member on the most recent trip.
Serving the medical needs of the underserved and teaching the local Guatemalan medical train‐
Please see Mul disciplinary team, page 3
Mul disciplinary team changes lives in Guatemala
Ehrenfeld reports in from duty at Kandahar In August, Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, associate professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Biomedical Informa cs, deployed for duty as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserves. Following is his report from the field.
In September, a er surviving several weeks of Army combat training, I arrived at Kandahar Airfield where I am now deployed at the NATO Role 3 Mul na onal Medical Unit (MMU) with the U.S. Navy. The NATO Role 3 MMU is the primary trauma receiving and referral center for all combat casual es in southern Afghanistan. Our mission is to provide the best possible care to all injured and ill persons brought to the MMU. We are charged with suppor ng the NATO combatants, allied forces and partners in accomplishing their mis‐sions.
The hospital is a 70,000‐square‐foot rocket‐resistant, state‐of‐the‐art facility with three opera ng rooms, a procedure room, a fully equipped emergency department, intensive care unit, and two CT scanners. The facility was established in 2005 as part of an Interna‐onal Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and was originally supported by the United
Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Since 2009, the U.S. Navy has served as the leader partner running and staffing the facility.
Please see Ehrenfeld, page 2
Combat boots are the norm in ORs at NATO Role 3 Mul na onal Medical Unit (MMU) in Kandahar.
CRNA Shuhanna O’Bryan takes a
pa ent from pre‐op holding to the
opera ng room.
CRNA Robbyn Barber‐Anderson, le , takes care of a pa ent along with pediatric den st Dr. Kirby Hoetker.
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In addi on to myself, we currently have two other anesthesiologists (one American and one Australian). You can imagine my delight when I discovered upon my arrival a worn copy of Pocket Anesthesia on the shelf in the anesthesia office! Thanks to a care package from Dr. Jill Boyle, I was able to redecorate the office, and we now have several Vanderbilt pennants and s ckers decora ng the walls. Go ’Dores!
One of the most interes ng aspects of working in a combat hospital has been serving as a member of the trauma team. Every casualty that arrives is greeted in the trauma bay by an emergency physician, a trauma surgeon, a general surgeon, a radiologist, and an anesthesi‐ologist – along with several nurses and corpsmen. From my posi on at the head of bed, the exper se brought to bear on whatever is thrown our way is staggering. It is inspiring to witness over and over the extraordinary teamwork that ensures each pa ent receives the highest quality care possible, which has led to a 98% overall coali on survival rate since the hospital opened.
Working without residents, nurse anesthe sts, or anesthesia techni‐cians has given me a tremendous apprecia on for the partnerships
and support we enjoy day in and day out at Vanderbilt. Since my arrival here, I’ve go en very skilled at turning over the opera ng room a er each case, restocking our carts, and check‐ing our five anesthesia machines each morning. Speaking of machines: You might ask why we have five anesthesia ma‐chines, but only four anesthe zing loca‐ons? Well, each opera ng room is large
enough to accommodate two machines, two pa ents, and two opera ng room
tables in case we experience a mass casual‐ty event that requires more simultaneous
surgery than we have anesthesiologists. Fortunately, that has not occurred during my me here. I have had the opportunity to assist our veterinarian during several emergency canine procedures, and as it turns out, it’s much easier to intubate a Labrador than most humans – even with a size 14 endotracheal tube!
While this mobiliza on has been challenging for me personally, I cannot think of a more fi ng way to use my training and skills than to provide care to our injured personnel. I am incredibly grateful to the Department of Anesthesiology, the Medical School, and especially Dr. Sandberg for their collec ve support of my mobiliza on and me away.
While I am away, if you are interested in learning more about our mission, you can find updates at: h p:// nyurl.com/mu6bm2t.
I look forward to seeing everyone in the spring, and hope to be able to share some of what I’ve learned when I return home.
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Mailing address:
Jesse Ehrenfeld NATO Role 3 MMU APO AE 09355‐9997
VIA USPS, Le ers take three weeks for delivery; packages take approxi‐mately two weeks.
Ehrenfeld, con nued from page 1
Before heading to Kandahar, Dr. Ehrenfeld, at le , completes combat‐
readiness training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.
Not all of his pa ents have been human. Here, Dr. Ehrenfeld intubates and monitors a military working dog that is undergoing a procedure.
Dr. Ehrenfeld administers a flu shot to a
fellow shipman.
Le ers/packages for Dr. Ehrenfeld?
Send items via USPS NOW, so he’ll get them in me!!
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ees were the primary goals of the mission in August. To this end, the team treated more than 90 children in three oper‐a ng rooms over a four‐day period. In addi on, CRNAs Shuhanna O’Bryan and Robbyn Barber‐Anderson, along with Dr. Lane, taught the Guatemalan periopera ve team at the center how to administer safe, efficient nasotracheal general anesthe cs to children in a rapid‐turnover ambula‐tory anesthesia se ng.
Vanderbilt has established a presence at the Moore Pediat‐ric Surgery Center since its opening more than four years ago. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt sponsors one of the opera ng rooms there, and the hospi‐tal sends pediatric anesthesia and surgical teams to the center on surgical missions throughout the year.
Addi onal team members par cipa ng in the August trip included periopera ve nursing staff from the Nashville Sur‐gery Center, former Vanderbilt recovery room nurses, and former Vanderbilt Anesthesiology Department member Dr. Shannon Hersey.
Members of the department are planning to return in Au‐gust 2015 in order to con nue to meet the needs of the underserved and teach future genera ons of Guatemalan medical trainees.
Mul disciplinary team, con nued from page 1
Below, members of the surgical mission team enroute to Guatemala from Nashville. Front row, le to right, Sandy Kemper, Jane Herring, Carol Foriest, and Danita Sullivan. Back row, le to right, Robbyn Barber‐Anderson, George Adams, Laurie Gavilo‐Lane, and Shuhanna O’Bryan.
Above, Robbyn Barber‐Anderson teaches intuba on techniques.
Above, Nashville Surgery Center registered nurse Danita Sullivan cares for a pa ent in PACU.
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Ask data intelligence analyst Lana Sain what she’s been up to
lately, and she’ll likely ra le off a long list…. Working with vari‐
ous Anesthesiology faculty members to provide the data they
need to support important research studies, juggling the many
ac vi es of her two busy teenage sons, Briar and Bo, running
triathlons, camping, hiking…. Oh, and let’s not forget running for
and winning an alderman’s seat in Manchester, Tennessee. Yes,
Lana is quite busy, and she does it all with a winning smile and
great a tude.
In August, Lana was the top vote‐ge er in the Manchester al‐
dermanic race with 1,006 votes. She was sworn in on Septem‐
ber 2nd at a mee ng of the Board of Mayor and Alderman, and
she will serve a four‐year term. Lana is a lifelong resident of
Manchester, with the excep on of two years when she lived in
Cambridge, Massachuse s, to pursue her educa on. She is a
1995 graduate of Coffee County High School.
In a post‐elec on statement, Lana wrote “From the bo om of
my heart, I thank each and every one of you for the help, the
encouragement, the exper se, and the fun...The goal was, is,
and will always be to further progress and increase opportunity
for the ci zens of Manchester. To make ourselves transparent
Just call her Alderman Sain
Nairobi partnership brings doctor to Vanderbilt
Susane Nabulindo, MBChB, from the University of Nairobi, works with Mark Newton, MD, and Jenna Helmer Sobey, MD, during Nabulindo’s two‐week Anesthesiology observership at Vanderbilt. (Photo by Susan Urmy, VU.)
Kenya struggles with a dearth of pediatric anesthesiolo‐
gists, having a grand total of five. And that’s for a gen‐
eral popula on of 45 million, some 43 percent of whom
are under the age of 15. One of those five busy special‐
ists, Susane Nabulindo, MBChB, traveled from Nairobi to
Nashville for a two‐week observership at Monroe Carell
Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Nabulindo’s Vanderbilt observership was arranged by
Mark Newton, MD, associate professor of Clinical Anes‐
thesiology, and Jenna Helmer Sobey, MD, assistant pro‐
fessor of Anesthesiology. Read the full story: h p://
news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/10/anesthesiologist‐from‐
nairobi‐observes‐services‐training/
Lana Sain, a member of the Vanderbilt Anesthesiology & Periopera ve Infor‐
ma cs Research (VAPIR) Division, is also a Manchester City Alderman.
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and accountable to tax payers, and to be united with this common
goal.”
Lana joined the Department of Anesthesiology in October 2013,
and she works in the Vanderbilt Anesthesiology & Periopera ve
Informa cs Research (VAPIR) Division.
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Faculty
Five Years Julian Bick, MD
Bill Furman, MD
John Hall, MD
Stephen Harvey, MD
Koffi Kla, MD
Roy Neeley, MD
Nahel Saied, MD
Chad Wagner, MD
Laura Zeigler, MD
Ten Years Chris Canlas, MD
Amy Lynch, MD
Stuart McGrane, MD
Rigoberto Sierra‐Anderson, MD
Jeffrey Walman, MD
Ma Weinger, MD
Fi een Years Stephen Hays, MD
Heidi Smith, MD
Twenty Years John Barwise, MD
Meera Chandrashekar, MD
Robert Deegan, MD
Michael Higgins, MD
Letha Ma hews, MD
Ray Paschall, MD
Sally Watson, MD
Twenty‐five Years John Downing, MD
Ann Walia, MD
Staff
Five Years Donna Ray Anthony
Kiersten Card
Lianyi Chen
Christal Herron York
Mary Kelley
Donna Kenney
Thomas Koss
Nadine Krueger
Jennifer Morse
Kerri Rios
Nathan Sco
Lorie Taylor
Angela Woodcock
Ten Years Charlo e Anderson
Dorothy Atwood
Jay Bell
Melissa Chont
Jennifer Cook
Betsy DeMarcus
Susan Dixner
Shuhanna O’Bryan
Todd Rushing
Fi een Years Kim Alexander
Stephanie Clark
Jerry Ishee
Joyce Speer
Twenty Years Beverly Barker
Elizabeth Card
Dana Sylak
Ki Szmyd‐Hogan
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2014 Faculty and Staff Service Awards
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Equipment, training delivered to Guyana The Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology, in
partnership with the American Society of Anesthesi‐
ologists’ Global Humanitarian Outreach (GHO) initia‐
tive and the Lifebox Foundation, is making strides in
reducing the number of deaths caused by unsafe
surgery and anesthesia in Guyana by providing
needed equipment and training to healthcare pro‐
viders to meet defined deficits in hospital operating
rooms.
In December 2013, Joseph Schlesinger, MD, trav‐
elled to Guyana to conduct a safe surgery and safe
anesthesia assessment. His findings have been pub‐
lished in the Journal of Epidemiology and Global
Health (H Vansell, J Schlesinger, A Harvey, J Rohde, S
Persaud, K McQueen, Anaesthesia, surgery, obstetrics,
and emergency care in Guyana, Journal of Epidemiolo‐
gy and Global Health, 7 October 2014, ISSN 2210‐6006, http://
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2014.08.003.). In May 2014, Kelly
McQueen, MD, MPH, chair of ASA Global Humanitarian Outreach,
travelled to Guyana to provide training on Lifebox pulse oximeters
and to give donated devices to those receiving training. In Novem‐
ber 2014, Joseph Schlesinger, MD, returned to Guyana for a sec‐
ond time, where he provided training on the use of Lifebox pulse
oximeters to health care providers with the American Society of
Anesthesiologists Global Humanitarian Outreach group led by Ber‐
end Mets, MD, chair of the Penn State Department of Anesthesiol‐
ogy.
“Training anesthesia providers and providing safe anesthesia in
Guyana has been a challenge for years,” said Dr. Schlesinger. “Our
department here at Vanderbilt has a close working relationship
with the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation physician and
nurse anesthesia training programs. By working together, com‐
bined with our support of the Lifebox Initiative in Guyana, we can
provide two missing components – adequate numbers of trained
providers and basic safety equipment – for a healthcare system
with increasing surgical needs.”
A pulse oximeter is the only piece of equipment required to com‐
plete the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Check‐
list, proven to reduce surgical complications and mortality by more
than 40 percent. Lifebox is a non‐governmental organization dedi‐
cated to bringing this life‐saving intervention to low‐resource set‐
ting countries, where risk of mortality from surgery can be 100 to
1000 times greater than in
high‐resource setting coun‐
tries.
A survey tool adapted from
the WHO Tool for Situa‐
tional Analysis to Assess
Emergency and Essential
Surgical Care and used in
more than 32 low‐ and
middle‐income countries
(LMICs) was used to assess
the surgical and anesthesia
infrastructure in nine region‐
al and district hospitals within the Ministry of Health system in
Guyana. In the nine hospitals across Guyana, there was an aver‐
age of 0.7 obstetricians/gynecologists, 3.5 non‐OB surgeons, and
one anesthesiologist per hospital. District and regional hospitals
performed an annual total of 1,520 and 10,340 surgical cases,
respectively. An average hospital has two operating rooms, six
out of the nine hospitals reported routine medication shortages,
Guyanan health care providers surround trainers who traveled to the country as part of the
Global Humanitarian Outreach’s effort to provide Lifebox pulse oximeters, as well as train‐
ing. In the center, le to right, are Berend Mets, MD, Anesthesiology chair at Penn State,
Hershey; Cliff Gevirtz, MD (private prac ce anesthesiologist in New York); Jason Mitchell,
MD (private prac ce anesthesiologist in Chicago); and our own Joseph Schlesinger, MD.
Dr. Kelly McQueen trains health care workers in Guyana
Please see Guyana, page 7 6
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Faculty Promo ons, July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Chad Wagner, MD
Associate Professor of
Clinical Anesthesiology
Susan Eagle, MD
Associate Professor of
Anesthesiology
John Barwise, MB, ChB
Associate Professor of
Clinical Anesthesiology
and Neurological Surgery
Jon Wanderer, MD, MPhil
Assistant Professor of
Anesthesiology and
Biomedical Informa cs
Arna Banerjee, MD
Associate Professor of
Anesthesiology, Surgery,
and Medical Educa on
Jerod Denton, PhD
Associate Professor of
Anesthesiology and
Pharmacology
Six Anesthesiology Department faculty members received well‐deserved promo ons during the 2013‐2014
academic year. Below are those individuals and their updated tles. Please congratulate these hard‐working
faculty members as their con nued efforts and dedica on contribute to our department’s excellence and
outstanding na onal reputa on.
and four out of the nine hospitals reported routine water or
electricity shortages. Among the three regional hospitals,
16.1% of pregnancies resulted in Caesarean section. As part
of the Lifebox pulse oximetry outreach in Guyana, the Van‐
derbilt Department of Anesthesiology has funded 20 pulse
oximeters, and the ASA Charitable Foundation has funded
30, all of which have been given to now‐trained providers in
the country.
“The long term goal of the ASA Global Humanitarian Out‐
reach program is to improve access to and safety of anes‐
thesia in LMICs,” said Dr. McQueen. “The ASA GHO Lifebox
Ini a ve is commi ed to providing pulse oximetry, train‐
ing, and outcomes evalua on throughout La n America.
As one of the only GHO programs invested in training and
educa on, the Lifebox Ini a ve has been a popular chari‐
table program for ASA members and residents.”
Guyana, con nued from page 6
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Vanderbilt Anesthesiology Rocks ASA Annual Mee ng Congratula ons to all who played a part in the 2014 ASA
Annual Mee ng and all related specialty mee ngs. Below
is a run down of all the ac vi es that our department
members led in New Orleans this year. On the following
pages, enjoy some photos courtesy of Michael Pilla, MD,
our in‐house photographer extraordinaire.
Thank you for your part in showing the world that we ARE
the Anesthesiology Department of record in the U.S.
Ac vity 2014 2013
Best of Abstracts 0 1 Symposiums/Forums 1 4 Refresher Courses 5 4 Oral Presenta ons 9 4 Problem‐based Learning Discussions 9 6 Panel Discussions 11 9 Workshops 20 22 Medically Challenging Cases 29 27 Poster Presenta ons/Discussions 16 28 Special Mee ngs/Events 3 * Scien fic & Educa onal Exhibits 3 * Other: Award presenter (Kelly McQueen: humanitarian award); Program co‐chair (Ann Walia: Interna onal Liver Transplanta on Society mee ng); Mee ng organizer (Ann Walia: Associa on of Veterans Affairs Anesthesiologists Annual Mee ng)
TOTAL 106 ac vi es
105 ac vi es
Above, Vice‐chair for Educa onal Affairs Ma McEvoy confers with
other Vanderbilt a endees during the 2014 ASA Annual Mee ng in
New Orleans.
At le , le to right, Tucker Mudrick, MD; Allison Janda, MD; and
Marc Lopez, MD; with Associate Residency Program Director Mi‐
chael Pilla, MD.
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Above, a large con ngent of Vanderbilt Anesthesiology Department members,
including faculty, fellows and residents, a ended, presented and lead educa onal
sessions at the 2014 ASA Annual Mee ng in New Orleans.
At le , Kara Siegrist, MD, presents a medically‐challenging case.
Below le , Jenna Helmer‐Sobey, MD, and Jessica Mudrick, MD.
Below, Brandon Lopez, MD; Jonathan Wanderer, MD, MPhil; and Kara Siegrist, MD.
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Items listed in the Department Update are self‐reported by
Division Chiefs and all department members. Any omission is
not intentional. Items include all activities by department
members since the last published newsletter. If you have an
activity or accomplishment to list, please e‐mail information
to Communications & Marketing Coordinator Jill Clendening,
[email protected]. Monthly e‐mail reminders
are sent requesting these updates.
How do you earn all your AAA points in one swoop? Just take over a journal. In the November issue of the Bri sh Journal of Anesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division Chief Andrew Shaw, MD, dominates the pages:
E. A. Hoste, K. Maitland, C. S. Brudney, R. Mehta, J.A. Kellum, M. G. Mythen, A.D. Shaw for the ADQI XII Inves gators Group. Four phases of in‐travenous fluid therapy: a conceptual model. B J Anaesth. (2014) 113 (5): 740‐747.
L. S. Chawla, C. Ince, D. Chappell, T. J. Gan, J. A. Kellum, M. Mythen, A. D. Shaw for the ADQI XII Fluids Workgroup. Vascular content, tone, integ‐rity, and haemodynamics for guiding fluid thera‐py: a conceptual approach Br. J. Anaesth. (2014) 113 (5): 748‐755.
S. Goldstein, S. Bagshaw, M. Cecconi, M. Okusa, H. Wang, J. Kellum, M. Mythen, A. D. Shaw for the ADQI XII Inves gators Group. Pharmacologi‐cal management of fluid overload Br. J. Anaesth. (2014) 113 (5): 756‐763.
M. H. Rosner, M. Ostermann, R. Murugan, J. R. Prowle, C. Ronco, J. A. Kellum, M. G. Mythen, A. D. Shaw for the ADQI XII Inves gators Group. Indica ons and management of mechanical fluid removal in cri cal illness Br. J. Anaesth. (2014) 113 (5): 764‐771.
K. Raghunathan, P. T. Murray, W. S. Bea e, D. N. Lobo, J. Myburgh, R. Sladen, J. A. Kellum, M. G. Mythen, A. D. Shaw for the ADQI XII Inves ‐gators Group. Choice of fluid in acute illness: what should be given? An interna onal consen‐sus Br. J. Anaesth. (2014) 113 (5): 772‐783.
J. A. Kellum, M. G. Mythen, A. D. Shaw for the
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ADQI XII Inves gators Group. The 12th consen‐sus conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Ini ‐a ve (ADQI XII) Br. J. Anaesth. (2014) 113 (5): 729‐731.
The department is co‐sponsoring the Associa on of An‐esthesia Clinical Directors (AACD) annual mee ng (March 13‐15, 2015, in Las Vegas). Poster submissions are being accepted – deadline January 15th: h p://www.aacdhq.org/images/file/CALL%20FOR%20ABSTRACTS%282%29.pdf It would be great to be well represented on the mee ng hall walls!
One of our faculty/resident publica‐ons was selected as the ar cle of the
month for December for Anesthesia and Analgesia: Epstein R, Dexter F, Lopez M, Ehrenfeld J. Anesthesiologist Staffing Considera ons Consequent to the Temporal Distribu on of Hypox‐emic Episodes in the Postanesthesia Care Unit. Anesth Analg. Volume 119(6), December 2014, 1322–1333.
Elisabeth Hughes, MD, has been named Associate Program Director for the Residency Program. Jane Easdown, MD, transi oned out of this role last summer and toward a role that will focus more on faculty development. Over the past several years, Dr. Hughes has served as Pediatric Anesthesia Rota on Director and has been a key faculty member on departmental educa on commi ees. In her new role, Dr. Hughes
will oversee the ABA BASIC Exam Series for CA‐1s and sub‐specialty rota on didac cs. Addi onally, she will work with rota on directors to update learning goals and objec ves and match these with rota on‐specific evalua‐ons in Milestones language.
Mias Pretorius, MD, MSCI, has accepted the posi on as the new Program Direc‐tor of the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship. A er considering numerous candidates in a broad search, we are excited to announce that the best candi‐date for the posi on was already in our department. Dr. Pretorius is Associate Professor with tenure in the Cardiotho‐
Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
Elisabeth Hughes, MD
Mias Pretorius, MD, MSCI
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racic Anesthesiology division at Vanderbilt. Dr. Pretorius has R01 funding from the NIH to conduct research into the renin‐angiotensin axis and its role in morbidity a er cardiac surgery. He has also completed the MSCI pro‐gram here at Vanderbilt and is well placed to mentor the next genera on of physician scien sts as they begin to develop their own careers during their fellowship in car‐diothoracic anesthesiology. Please congratulate Dr. Pre‐torius in this new chapter in his career.
The department's request to expand the residency pro‐gram from 15 to 18 residents per year has been granted by the Accredita on Council for Graduate Medical Educa‐on Residency Review Commi ee. As such, we will be
recrui ng for 18 interns for next year and recrui ng for three advanced residents to add to our current intern class. Approval of this expansion is an amazing valida on of the great accomplishments that all of our team mem‐bers — faculty, residents, and CRNAs — are making every day. Your good work, accomplishments, and leadership in medicine are being recognized.
In October, Anesthesiology Department staff members Kim Alexander, Donna Ray Anthony, Danielle Brentson, Mary Ruth Brewer, Kris Hasty, Andie Regg, and Ka e Sweeney a ended an ACGME training course, “The Ba‐sics of Accredita on for New Program Coordinators.” Also in October, Donna Ray Anthony, Kris Hasty, and Danielle Brentson a ended Residency Program Coordinator Boot Camp. Thanks to these staff members for their willing‐ness to learn new skills to be er support the mission of our department. If you have requests for training that would assist you in your job role, please let your supervi‐sor know.
The department received no fica on in November of major funding received for two new randomized controlled trials led by research nurses. The trials will examine the effec veness of using 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin prepa‐ra on cloths post‐opera vely for infec‐on preven on for two pa ent
groups—colorectal pa ents (PI: Ste‐ven Klintworth, RN) and those under‐going back surgery. (PI: Elizabeth Card, MSN, APRN, FNP.) The wipes are currently used at VUMC preopera vely only.
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Jerod Denton, PhD, gave an invited talk en ‐tled “Hold it! Develop‐ment of insec cides that prevent mosquito urina on” to the Arkansas Board of Health at the Rockefeller Ins tute on Pe t Jean Mountain.
Heidi Smith, MD, MSCI, (above le ) was the invited interna onal expert for the recent European Delirium Society mee ng in Cremona, Italy, in November. She gave the only talk on pediatric delirium during the en re conference, and, according to other a endees, she knocked it out of the ballpark. Kudos to Dr. Smith!
Steven Klintworth, RN
Jerod Denton, PhD
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Alvis B, King A, Hester D, Hughes C, Higgins M. Randomized
controlled pilot trial of the Rigid and Flexing Laryngoscope
versus the fiber‐op c bronchoscope for intuba on of poten‐
ally difficult airway. Minerva Anestesiol. 2014 Oct 3 [Epub].
Andresen J, Girard T, Pandharipande P, Davidson M, Ely E,
Watson P. Burst suppression on processed electroenceph‐
alography as a predictor of postcoma delirium in mechanically
ven lated ICU pa ents. Crit Care Med. 2014 Oct;42(10):2244‐
51.
Ashby N, Squiers J. A historical perspec ve on the develop‐
ment of modern concepts of ssue perfusion: prehistory to
the twen eth century. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2014
Sep;26(3):297‐309.
Billings IV F, Shaw A. Clinical trial endpoints in acute kidney
injury. Nephron Clin Pract. 2014;127(1‐4):89‐93 [Epub].
Bulka C, Shotwell M, Gupta R, Sandberg W, Ehrenfeld J. Re‐
gional anesthesia, me to hospital discharge, and in‐hospital
mortality: a propensity score matched analysis. Reg Anesth
Pain Med. 2014 Sep‐Oct;39(5):381‐6.
Bulka C, Wanderer J, Ehrenfeld J. Anesthesia technique and
outcomes a er hip fracture surgery. JAMA. 2014 Nov 5;312
(17):1801.
Chawla L, Ince C, Chappell D, Gan T, Kellum J, Mythen M,
Shaw A; ADQI XII Fluids Workgroup. Vascular content, tone,
integrity, and haemodynamics for guiding fluid therapy: a
conceptual approach‡. Br J Anaesth. 2014 Nov;113(5):748‐55.
Franklin A, Lorinc A, Donahue B. Malignant hyperthermia‐like
manifesta ons in a two‐month‐old child with holt‐oram syn‐
drome undergoing cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc
Anesth. 2014 Oct;28(5):1326‐7.
Delpire E, Staley K. Novel determinants of the neuronal Cl‐
concentra on. J Physiol. 2014 Oct 1;592(Pt 19):4099‐4114.
Delpire E. How carbonic anhydrases and pH buffers facilitate
the movement of carbon dioxide through biological mem‐
branes. Focus on "Evidence from simultaneous intracellular‐
and surface‐pH transients that carbonic anhydrase II enhanc‐
es CO2 fluxes across Xenopus oocyte plasma membranes";
"Evidence from simultaneous intracellular‐ and surface‐pH
transients that carbonic anhydrase IV enhances CO2 fluxes
across Xenopus oocyte plasma membranes"; and "Evidence
from mathema cal modeling that carbonic anhydrase II and
IV enhance CO2 fluxes across Xenopus oocyte plasma mem‐
branes". Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2014 Nov 1;307(9):C788‐
90.
Ding J, Delpire E. Dele on of KCC3 in parvalbumin neurons
leads to locomotor deficit in a condi onal mouse model of
peripheral neuropathy associated with agenesis of the corpus
callosum. Behav Brain Res. 2014 Nov 1;274:128‐36.
Du on R, Lee L, Stephens L, Posner K, Davies J, Domino K.
Massive hemorrhage: a report from the anesthesia closed
claims project. Anesthesiology. 2014 Sep;121(3):450‐8.
Epstein R, Dexter F, Lopez M, Ehrenfeld J. Anesthesiologist
Staffing Considera ons Consequent to the Temporal Distribu‐
on of Hypoxemic Episodes in the Postanesthesia Care Unit.
Anesth Analg. 2014 Sep 11 [Epub].
Goldstein S, Bagshaw S, Cecconi M, Okusa M, Wang H, Kellum
J, Mythen M, Shaw A; ADQI XII Inves gators Group. Pharma‐
cological management of fluid overload. Br J Anaesth. 2014
Nov;113(5):756‐63.
Haglund N, Maltais S, Bick J, Costello W, Keebler M, Davis M,
Tricarico N, Wagner C. Hemodynamic transesophageal echo‐
cardiography a er le ventricular assist device implanta on. J
Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Oct;28(5):1184‐90.
Hamlin S, Parmley C. Monitoring ssue perfusion and oxygen‐
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When Leslie Fowler,
MEd, director of Edu‐
ca on Development
and Research in the
Office of Educa onal
Affairs, was a middle
school teacher her
mother was diag‐
nosed with stage‐four
breast cancer. As she
watched her mother
struggle both with her
illness and with suc‐
cessfully naviga ng
the medical system, Leslie decided to change her career path. She
wanted to make an impact by helping educate future doctors. And,
she’s doing just that in her role with our department today.
Leslie’s story and her journey to her career was featured in the
Clemson University alumni newle er in October. Read the story
here: h p://newsstand.clemson.edu/how‐one‐alumnas‐mother‐
inspired‐her‐career‐path‐and‐vice‐versa/?
utm_campaign=headon&utm_source=echo&utm_medium=email
Ella Marie Hughes, daughter of Anesthesiology Department faculty
members Drs. Chris and Liz Hughes, was born prematurely at 26
weeks on August 9, 2014, at 11:28 pm, weighing just 1 lb. 12 oz.
She spent her first 10 weeks, three days in NICU. She arrived home
on Tuesday, October 21, weighing 4 lbs. 13 oz. The Hughes family is
very grateful for all of your thoughts, prayers, and support during
this challenging me. We all look forward to ge ng to know our
newest department member!
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Important RemindersImportant Reminders
The department receives a significant Self‐insurance Trust Rebate (up to 10%) of our medical mal‐
practice premium for meeting certain metrics. All faculty, fellows, residents, and interns must re‐
view two policies, which have been emailed. We must document and report 100% compliance. Al‐
so, new department members MUST review a presentation: “Addressing Behaviors That Under‐
mine a Culture of Safety,” and complete a post‐test. This information has been emailed to those
who need to review the presentation. REMINDERS on these items have been sent.
The department’s new Global Anesthesia Fellowship (see no ce above) is seeking applicants, so if
you know of great candidates, send them to Kelly McQueen, MD, Global Anesthesia Fellowship pro‐
gram director. More informa on on the fellowship and the applica on can be found at:
h p://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/global_anesthesiology_fellowship
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Message from the Chair, Dr. Warren Sandberg
As we close out 2014, I’d like to thank you
all for your hard work and dedica on to
the mission of our department—exemplary
pa ent care; top‐notch educa on for our
medical students, residents, and fellows;
and the pursuit of cu ng‐edge basic,
transla onal, and clinical research.
I’m looking forward to another banner
year with you in 2015!
Get Your Flu Shot — It’s Now Mandatory!
To protect both employees and pa ents at VUMC from poten al harm, the Medical Center has revised its influenza vaccina on plan and is manda ng the influenza vac‐cine for all VUMC employees. The mandatory program applies to all VUMC employees, faculty, staff, residents and fellows, temporary workers, trainees, volunteers, students, vendors, and voluntary medical staff.
The following changes have been made to the influenza vaccina on exemp on pro‐cess for the 2014‐2015 season.
All VUMC employees must be compliant (vaccinated or exempted) by 12/31/2014. Self report: h p://healthandwellness.vanderbilt.edu/occupa onal‐health/
Any VUMC employee reques ng an exemp on to vaccina on must do so by 12/8/14.
Flu vaccina on exemp ons are limited to three categories: medical, allergy, and sincerely held religious/personal belief. Personnel who received an exemp on prior to Nov. 7, 2014, will be no fied if they need to sub‐mit a new request.
For more informa on, visit h p://healthandwellness.vanderbilt.edu/occupa onal‐health/flu/index.php to view the 2014‐2015 Influenza Vaccina on Plan for VUMC Employees and Frequently Asked Ques ons (FAQs).
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The team , le to right, Julie Adams, PhD, associate professor of Computer Science and
Computer Engineering; Shilo Anders, PhD, research assistant professor of Anesthesiolo‐
gy; Sankaran Mahadevan, PhD, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering; and the grant’s principal inves gator Ma hew B. Weinger, MD,
professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informa cs, and Medical Educa on. Not pic‐
tured is Dan France, PhD, MPH, research associate professor of Anesthesiology and Bio‐
medical Engineering. (Photo by Anne Rayner, VU.)
Vanderbilt team seeks to enhance nuclear power plant opera ons Taking the knowledge they have of engineering
and human factors research as it applys to manag‐
ing a complex medical environment, a Vanderbilt
team has received an $800,000 Department of En‐
ergy grant to help nuclear power plant operators
be er perform their jobs.
Principal inves gator for the grant, Ma hew B.
Weinger, MD, professor of Anesthesiology, Bio‐
medical Informa cs, and Medical Educa on, is a
na onally known leader in the field of human fac‐
tors research. Weinger is the director of the Van‐
derbilt Center for Research and Innova on in Sys‐
tems Safety (CRISS), as well as a physician at the
VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. Read
more: h p://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/11/team‐seeks‐to‐
enhance‐nuclear‐power‐plant‐opera ons/