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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics
\nSection Chief – Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
\nPediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Education<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n

Fellowship:\u00a0Pediatric Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Nashville, TN (2014)
\nResidency: Anesthesiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital\/Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO (2013)
\nMedical School:\u00a0M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, Durham NC (2009)
\nUndergraduate:\u00a0B.S., Biology with a Biochemistry concentration, Duke University, Durham, NC (2004)<\/p>\n

National Committees<\/strong>:<\/h4>\n
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Quality and Safety Committee<\/div>\n
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Well-Being Committee<\/div>\n
Pediatric Anesthesia Program Directors Association<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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