Rebecca Aslakson, MD, PhD, an anesthesiologist and expert in palliative care, has been appointed as the next chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, effective Sept 1. In her new role, Aslakson will lead a department of 59 faculty, 32 advanced practice providers, 22 residents and six staff whose mission is to deliver state-of-the-art anesthesia services to patients, conduct groundbreaking research, and provide exceptional education to the next generation of anesthesiology providers.
Since 2018, Aslakson has served on the Stanford faculty as an associate professor in both the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and the Department of Medicine in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health in its Palliative Care Section. In 2019, she was appointed division chief of adult critical care medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. She is also a member of both the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and the Stanford Cancer Center.
Aslakson received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed an anesthesiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a surgical critical care fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She earned an M.Sci. degree from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, and received her Ph.D. in clinical investigations from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“Dr. Aslakson brings a record of clinical research, national service and academic leadership that will provide great value to the learners, staff and faculty of our Larner community,” said Larner Dean Richard L. Page, MD.