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Neal Sanders, Ph.D. |
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| Introduction |
Dr. Sanders is a faculty member in the Anesthesiology department within Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He earned a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in medical informatics from Vanderbilt University in 2000. He holds graduate level certification in computer architecture and industry certification in software and database development. He has developed and taught university graduate computer science courses as well as short courses on database design for medical applications. Dr. Sanders’ research interest is in applying artificial intelligence and data mining techniques to problem in health care. He is currently investigating methods for detecting and analyzing unexpected physiologic distress and subtle indicators of impending physiological stress in patients undergoing surgery.
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Education & Training |
BS - Electrical Engineering, Arkansas State University
MS - Biomedical Enginerring, Vanderbilt University
PhD - Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
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Recent Publications |
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Sanders, N.W., Mann, N.H., Spengler, D.M. “Pain Drawing Scoring is not Improved by Inclusion of Patient Reported Pain Sensation,” Spine. 2006. 31:p. 2735-2741
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St. Jacques, P.J., Sanders, N.W., Patel, N.P., Talbot, T.R., Deshpande, J.K., Higgins, M.H., “Improving Timely Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Redosing Administration Using Computerized Record Prompts,” Surgical Infections, 2005 6(2).
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Recent Presentations |
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Pandharipande, P., Shintani, A., Sanders, N., St. Jacques, P., Ely, P., Wesley, E., “Calculating SOFA scores when arterial
blood gasses are not available: Validating SpO2/FiO2 ratios for imputing PaO2/FiO2 ratios in the SOFA score,” SCCM’s 36th Critical Care Congress, Orlando, Florida, February 2007.
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Weinger, M.B., Calderwood, C.C., Sanders, N.W., Slagle, J.M. “Vital Signs Deviate Significantly from Normal More Often in Cases Containing Non-Routine Events but These Deviations are Still Common in Cases Reported as Routine,” International Anesthesia Research Society 80th Clinical and Scientific Congress, San Francisco, CA, March 2006.
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