Prof. Dr. Vance Nielsen

Vance G. Nielsen obtained his B.Sc. at Loyola Marymount University in 1983 and his MD at the University of California in 1987. Then, he completed his Residency and his Fellowship at the University of Alabama in 1991 and 1992, respectively. He joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 2012 and is now a Professor in Anesthesiology there. Before his current role, he was a Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2009 and at the Drexel University College of Medicine in 2011. He is also a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, American Heart Association, and Association of University Anesthesiologists. His research interests include heme oxygenase-mediated hypercoagulability, snake venom effects on coagulation, and the effects of iron and carbon monoxide on coagulation.