The Vanderbilt Anesthesiology & Perioperative Informatics Research (VAPIR) Division is a multi-disciplinary group of physicians, biomedical engineers, software developers, database analysts and research staff who focus on understanding how the utilization of information technology can improve perioperative, anesthetic and surgical outcomes. The group, which is a part of the Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology, has been recognized as one of the premier anesthesia informatics programs in the world and is led by Robert Freundlich, MD, MS, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Informatics.
The Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology has been a leader in the area of anesthesia information management systems (AIMS) development since the late 1990s. Because of the extensive effort that has been put toward developing a robust informatics infrastructure, the Vanderbilt Anesthesiology & Perioperative Informatics Research (VAPIR) Division is able to benefit from the availability of thousands of historical intraoperative records, each containing detailed physiologic information.
The group manages a variety of clinical research projects that span many areas including development of real-time point-of-care notification systems, creating predictive models for patient risk-stratification, enhancing patient-provider communication, developing new models for delivery of medical care and bringing personalized medicine into the operating room. Currently, the group has more than 40 active research projects, with collaborations that extend across Vanderbilt and into a growing number of academic centers across the world.
The Vanderbilt Anesthesiology & Perioperative Informatics Research (VAPIR) Division is dynamic and currently expanding. Qualified candidates are being sought for a variety of full-time analyst positions, and there are also openings for summer interns and research assistants.
