FrankKernMD

Anesthesiology • Nashville, TN

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Professor of anesthesia and pediatrics

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Office
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-322-3000

Fax+1 516-945-3131

Education & Training

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 1988 - 1988
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1985
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 2024 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2024 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2012 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2023 - 2024
TX State Medical License 2008 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
PA State Medical License 1985 - 1992
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FCCM) American College of Critical Care Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Novel Strategy to Prevent Shunt Thrombosis After a Modified Blalock-Taussig or Central Aorto-Pulmonary Shunts 75 Years After the Original Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Shunt.
Frank H. Kern, David B Meyer
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2020-06-01
The kidney and cardiopulmonary bypass--is it the ironman of organs?*.
James Schneider, Frank H. Kern
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2014-03-01
Transfusion of washed red blood cells and platelets: what is left behind?
Luis M. Zabala, Paul Sheeran, Frank H. Kern
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2012-05-01

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