Division Of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine

A team of investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) wants to improve patient outcomes in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) settings by silencing audible medical alarms in hospital rooms. Read More

Today is the inaugural World Delirium Day, created to raise delirium awareness and inspire positive action among health care providers. Read More

High levels of blood markers for vascular endothelial dysfunction were associated with longer periods of confusion in ICU patients, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read More

Vanderbilt anesthesiologists who recently received board certification as neurointensivists include (from left) Nahel Saied, M.D., Roy Neeley, M.D., and Christopher Hughes, M.D. Not pictured are Nathan Ashby, M.D., John Barwise, M.D., Stuart McGrane, M.D., Tracy McGrane, M.D., and Sheena Weaver, M.D. (Photo by Steve Green) After eight… Read More

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. Read More