Vanderbilt Anesthesiololgy

Motivated by a desire to help others, the faculty, staff, and trainees of the Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology are extending our missions of patient care, education, and research outside of our hospital and clinic walls to underserved areas around the world. We have created the Vanderbilt International Anesthesia (VIA) program to build upon our institutional strengths and resources in order to achieve unique goals in international perioperative care.

The overriding objective of VIA is to benefit the lives of others by sharing our professional medical skills and knowledge. An additional goal is to benefit ourselves by building positive relationships with those we serve and our colleagues working within the international community.

As participants file new reports from their overseas service, their accounts will be added here:

Report from Dr. Dan Nahrwold, Kijabe, Kenya:

February 2009 - A Month of a Lifetime

Report from Dr. Mark Newton, Kijabe, Kenya: 

January 2009 - Mary and the Mother of Two

Report from Dr. Chris Lemelle, Guatemala City, Guatemala
September-October 2008 - A Lesson in Gratitude

Report from Dr. Jane Easdown, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Taking Anesthesiology Education to Asia - November 2008