Gina Whitney, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology

Email: gina.whitney@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615) 936-6808
Assistant: Katie Nash

Dr. Whitney is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. After completing medical school at Tulane University Medical School, she completed her clinical training in Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine at Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care. After two years on the Pediatrics faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine she went on to complete residency training in Anesthesiology and a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University. She re-joined the faculty in the Department of Anesthesiology in 2010. Dr. Whitney practices Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Her professional interests include patient safety, quality improvement, and clinical process improvement.

Education & Training
B.A. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brown University
M.D. – Tulane University Medical School
Pediatrics – Tulane University Medical School
Pediatric Intensive Care Fellowship – Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, UT Southwestern Medical School
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Fellowship – Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor University School of Medicine
Anesthesiology Residency – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Recent Publications

1. Chappell T, Creech CB, Parra D, Strauss A, Scholl F, Whitney G.M. Presentation of pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma in an infant with a history of neonatal valvular pulmonic stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):1092-4.
2. Kuzin JK, Yborra JG, Taylor MD, Chang AC, Altman CA, Whitney G.M., Mott AR. Family-member presence during interventions in the intensive care unit: perceptions of pediatric cardiac intensive care providers. Pediatrics. 2007 Oct;120(4):e895-901.
3. Williams, E., Whitney, G.M. Cardiopulmonary Interactions. South African Journal of Critical Care. 22(1): 28-35, 2006 Sept.
4. Whitney G.M., Xue Y.D., Ohtake P.J., Gozal D. AMPA Glutamate Receptors and Respiratory Control in the Developing Rat: Anatomical and Pharmacological Aspects. American Journal of Physiology. 278(2):R520-8, 2000 Feb.