VCU Anesthesiology

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The members of the faculty, residents and staff of the VCU Department of Anesthesiology pride themselves on the excellence of the care they provide to patients, the broad and comprehensive educational encounters they provide to students and house officers, and the quality of their scholarly pursuits. In addition to our core residency program in Anesthesiology, VCU provides fellowships in Adult Car

08/14/2021

Congratulations to Dr Coombs!

Join us in congratulating Alice A. Tolbert Coombs, M.D., M.P.A., on her appointment as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. Previously interim chair, she joined the department four years ago serving as medical director of VCU-Vibra Critical Care Medicine Group. Read more from School of Medicine Dean Peter F. Buckley, M.D.: https://medschool.vcu.edu/news/som-dean/appointment-of-dr-alice-coombs-as-chair-of-the-department-of-anesthesiology/

07/31/2021

Looking forward to another great year!

(Just patiently waiting for our regional fellows to start!)

05/13/2021

Grand Rounds today was a discussion on the use of vasopressors for flaps by Drs. Cutshall (CA2) and Bastug (CA2)

03/22/2021

Congratulations to our newly appointed chief residents for the 2021-2022 academic year: Dr. Simrat Kaur and Dr. Nick Bastug!

03/22/2021

Welcome and congratulations to our new interns and CA-1s! 🥳 🎊 We’re so excited to meet you!

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12/04/2020

How bad is it? Dr. Richard Wenzel on COVID-19 Contributed by the MCV Foundation One of the world’s leading infectious disease experts, Dr. Richard Wenzel has been quoted by The New York Times, NPR and CBS News, among other national news outlets. The former chair and professor of the Department of Internal Medicine at VCU School of Medicin...

12/04/2020

https://www.vcuhealth.org/news/vcu-health-leads-clinical-trial-of-advanced-artificial-heart?fbclid=IwAR2pJZ5yhStngwGs56voiBcDtz7wveXtXa9O25zms-3TqZJB4n5oVuYStNI

VCU Health leads clinical trial of advanced artificial heart Most patients with advanced heart failure can be managed by a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). But some have no option but a heart transplant or the current version of a total artificial heart. Heart surgeon Dr. Vigneshwar Kasirajan, chair of the VCU Health Department of Surgery, is principal....

12/01/2020

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Jan Y. Pasnak, CRNA. Jan passed away this past Saturday, 11/28/2020, after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Jan was a valued member of our department for over 17 years as a member of our liver transplant team, IT clinical informaticist, and all around wonderful nurse anesthetist. She will always be remembered as a wonderful, caring and trusted colleague. To honor Jan, a scholarship in her name is set up at the VCU School of Nurse Anesthesia. https://www.support.vcu.edu/give/nrsa?des=109790