Dr. Heidi A. B. Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP, is a prominent professor and specialist in ⁠Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is widely recognized for her clinical expertise in managing anesthesia for infants and children with complex congenital heart diseases, as well as her research on acute brain dysfunction and delirium following pediatric surgery.

Specialties: Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care, and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia.

Research Focus: Development of validated screening tools to detect and manage emergence delirium and cognitive dysregulation in postoperative children.

Leadership: Former Chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine ICU Liberation Committee and ⁠Board Member of the American Delirium Society.

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