MichaelPillaMD

Anesthesiology • Nashville, TN

Perioperative Care, Sleep Medicine

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Office
1301 Medical Center Dr
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-322-5000

Fax+1 615-936-0605
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1995 - 1998
Main Line Health System/Lankenau Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1995
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 2001 - Present
CA State Medical License 2005 - Present
TN State Medical License 2003 - 2026
NM State Medical License 1998 - 2008
AL State Medical License Active through 2007
MA State Medical License 1997 - 2006
PA State Medical License 1994 - 1995
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Alpha Omega Alpha AOA

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Exploring Careers in Medicine: Implementation and Perceived Value of a Multi-Specialty Elective
Michelle K. York, Sarah P. Pourali, Eriny S Hanna, Melissa E. Day, Saad Rehman, Amy Fleming, Michael A. Pilla, Charlotte M Brown> ;Medical Science Educator. 2021 May 24
2 citations
Too Many Hats? Conflicts of Interest in Learning Community Faculty Roles
Peter Gliatto, Jorie M. Colbert-Getz, Monica Bhutiani, William B. Cutrer, Sharon Edwards, Amy Fleming, Meg Keeley, Lars Osterberg, Michael A. Pilla, Kevin F. Moynahan> ;Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 2019 Mar 22
2 citations
Framing Medicine as a Moral Practice: An Introductory Medical School Course
Ban Mishu Allos, Elizabeth Ann Yakes, Amy Fleming, William B. Cutrer, Michael A. Pilla, Walter K. Clair, Michael J. Fowler, Bonnie M. Miller> ;Academic Medicine. 2018 Sep 1
2 citations
Intraoperative Transfusion Guidelines: Promoting Clinician Adherence in the Operating Room.
Daniel H. Hagaman, Michael A. Pilla, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2018 Sep 1
Preventing the preventable: How the blood bank laboratory information system fails to protect patients that refuse blood.
Garrett S. Booth, Michael A. Pilla> ;Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 2016 Oct 1
1 citations
An Evaluation of Induced Failure Modes in the Belmont® Rapid Infuser.
Richard B. Boyer, Kyle M. Hocking, Garrett S. Booth, James M. Berry, Travis W. Spain, Damon R. Michaels, Warren S. Sandberg, Michael A. Pilla> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2016 Apr 1
9 citations
Reducing intraoperative red blood cell unit wastage in a large academic medical center
Gina M. Whitney, Marcella Woods, Thomas M. Austin, Robert J. Deegan, Allison Paroskie, Garrett S. Booth, Pampee P. Young, Roger R. Dmochowski, Warren S. Sandberg, Mich...> ;Transfusion. 2015 Jul 22
26 citations
Building learning communities: evolution of the colleges at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Amy Fleming, William B. Cutrer, Sandi Moutsios, Benjamin Heavrin, Michael A. Pilla, Quentin Eichbaum, Scott M. Rodgers> ;Academic Medicine. 2013 Sep 1
Aberrant right subclavian artery occlusion from insertion of a transesophageal echocardiographic probe in an asymptomatic adult.
Rigoberto L. Sierra, Elisabeth Lee, Michael A. Pilla> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2011 Feb 1
21 citations
Evaluation of a hands-free wireless communication device in the perioperative environment.
Paul St. Jacques, Michael Pilla, Eric Lai, Michael S. Higgins> ;Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 2006 Feb 14
44 citations
Differential effects of serial hemodilution with hydroxyethyl starch, albumin, and 0.9% saline on whole blood coagulation
Mitchell David Tobias, Daniel Wambold, Michael A. Pilla, Florencia Greer> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 1998 Aug 1
46 citations
Lidocaine inhibits blood coagulation: implications for epidural blood patch.
Mitchell David Tobias, Michael A. Pilla, Celia Rogers, David R. Jobes> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 1996 Apr 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Tennessee