Erin Hennessey, Anesthesiology Vice Chair of Education
Anesthesiology Vice Chair of Education
Dr. Erin Hennessey is a professor of Anesthesiology, specializing in Critical Care, and the Vice Chair of Education for UVA Anesthesiology. She completed her Master’s in Education of Health Professions through the Johns Hopkins School of Education and focused her studies on the effectiveness of milestone-based assessments for ACCM programs and the use of a holistic review rubric to aid in the fellow recruitment models. Clinical topics of interest include patient-family interaction in the ICU, communication techniques for hand-offs, procedural training and competency, and ventilator management. She is interested in expanding the role of the anesthesiologist to that of a perioperative physician who provides a continuum of care to patients. She has taught at the undergraduate, undergraduate medical, and graduate medical education level with a keen interest in recruiting competent and compassionate physicians into the field of Critical Care Medicine.