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Matthew Weinger, M.D. |
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Director, Center for Perioperative Research in Quality
Norman Ty Smith Chair in Patient Safety and Medical Simulation
Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education
Director, Simulation Technologies Program, Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment
Co-Director, Center for Improving Patient Safety
Email: matt.weinger@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615)936-6598 |
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| Introduction |
Dr. Matthew B. Weinger is the Director of the Center for Perioperative Research in Quality. At Vanderbilt University, he holds the Norman Ty Smith Chair in Patient Safety and Medical Simulation and is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education. He is also the Co-Director, Middle Tennessee Center for Improving Patient Safety and Director, Simulation Technologies Program of the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment. He has been teaching and conducting research in anesthesia patient safety, human factors, and clinical decision-making for almost two decades. Dr. Weinger received the James S. Todd Memorial Award for Patient Safety Research from the National Patient Safety Foundation in 1998. He has received over $3 million in direct research support from federal agencies and foundations and has published extensively on topics relevant to medical technology design and evaluation. In 2004, Dr. Weinger was selected as one of the top 100 notable people in the medical device industry by Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry magazine. Currently, he is Co-Chairman of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Human Factors Committee that is developing national standards for all medical device user interfaces. Dr. Weinger is also a Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, and Medical Education here at Vanderbilt.
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Education & Training |
BS - Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
MS - Biological Sciences, Stanford University
MD - University of California - San Diego
Internal Medicine Internship - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Anesthesia Residency - University of California - San Francisco
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - University of California, San Diego
Fellowship in Management of Perioperative Services - Stanford University
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Recent Publications |
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Cao, C. G. L., Weinger, M. B., Slagle, J., Zhou, C., Ou, J., Vora, S., Sheh, B., and Mazzei, W.: Differences in day and night shift clinical performance in Anesthesiology. Human Factors 50: 276-90, 2008.
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Barach, P. and Weinger, M. B.: Trauma team performance. Wilson, W. C., Grande, C. M., Hoyt, D. B., Editors: TRAUMA (Volume 1): Resuscitation, Anesthesia and Emergency Surgery. Chapter 6. Taylor and Francis: New York, pp. 101-113, 2007.
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Talbot, T. R., Tejedor, S. C., Greevey, R. A., Burgess, H., Williams, M. V., Deshpande, J. K., McFadden, P., Weinger, M. B., Englebright, J., Dittus, R. S., and Speroff, T.: A survey of infection control programs in a large national healthcare system. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 28(12), 1401-3, 2007.
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Oken, A., Rasmussen, M. D., Slagle, J., Jain, S., Kuykendall, T., Ordonez, N., and Weinger, M. B.: A facilitated survey instrument captures significantly more anesthesia patient safety events than does traditional event reporting. Anesthesiology 107: 909-922, 2007.
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Liang, B. A., Weinger, M. B. and Suydam, S.: Learning from others: Legal aspects of sharing patient safety data using provider consortiums. Journal of Patient Safety 1(2): 83-89, 2005.
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Presentations |
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1st International Conference on Human Engineering in Patient Safety, Strasbourg, France (6/28/08). “Non-routine events in healthcare.”
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National Patient Safety Foundation, 2008 Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress. Nashville, TN (5/16/08) Panel: How To Use Simulation to Move Your Patient Safety Agenda Forward. “Overcoming barriers to using simulation for patient safety.”
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Arizona State Society of Anesthesiologists, 34th Annual Scientific Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ (2/16–17/08). “Performance Shaping Factor: Why aren’t we 100% all of the time.” “The risks of post-operative opioids.” “Perioperative teamwork and communication.”
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Emory University Department of Anesthesiology, New Horizons in Anesthesiology, Steamboat Springs, CO (2/13–14/08). “Decision making in Anesthesiology, and in life.” “Making medical technology more user friendly.” “Perioperative teamwork and communication.” “Sleepy people putting people to sleep.”
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Visiting Professor, University of Louisville Department of Anesthesiology, Louisville, KY (12/3/07). “Anesthesia Patient Safety: Understanding Medical Error and the Factors Affecting Clinical Performance.”
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Wake Forrest University Department of Anesthesiology, 13th Annual Advances in Physiology and Pharmacology in Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hilton Head, SC (10/29–30/07). “Pain free, but at what cost?” “Anesthesia Provider Cognition and Fitness for Duty.”
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Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Raleigh-Durham, NC (5/2/07). “Why can’t I be 100% all of the time? Performance shaping factors in anesthesia.”
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Keynote Speaker, Brody School of Medicine, Eastern Carolina University, Keeping our Patients Safe: The Role of Simulation in Healthcare Education. Greenville, NC (4/24/07). “Simulation in patient safety: The Vanderbilt experience.”
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Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN (2/24/07). “Why can’t I be 100% all of the time? Performance shaping factors in anesthesia.”
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Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) Annual Conference on Design for Patient Safety. Workshop Co-Leader (with Michael Wiklund), Lubeck, Germany (6/30/06). “Design for Safety 1 and 2” (4 hours) and “Post-Market Surveillance.”
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