Blog Posts

These blog entries are the views and opinions of the residents during and after their international experiences, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or positions of VIA or VUMC.

Eric Delpire, PhD, director of Basic Science Research in the Department of Anesthesiology, has been appointed the B.H. Robbins Directorship in Anesthesiology Research, one of the newly formed endowed directorships at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  His endowment was celebrated on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.  He explained the appointment means the Anesthesiology Department and the Medical Center acknowledge his success and want to give recognition. He described the endowment, in its own way, as a promotion.  

  For one week in October, the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt welcomed this year’s Global Pediatric Anesthesia Scholar. This academic exchange has been very successful, with this being the fourth year of its existence.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center launched a new computer system called eStar on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. This launch was called EpicLeap, and VUMC, including the Department of Anesthesiology, worked for over a year to ensure the transition would be as seamless as possible. 

Antonio Hernandez, MD, MSCI, FCCM, co-authored an article* titled “National Certification in Critical Care Echocardiography: Its Time Has Come.” It is featured on the front cover of the November issue of Critical Care Medicine.  Along with being senior author of the article, he serves on the National Board of Echocardiography, where they are developing the formal examination, standardization and certification process for focused echocardiography.