Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall: New Chair of Anesthesiology

Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, has been appointed as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at VP&S and anesthesiologist-in-chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Dr. Lane-Fall is the former David E. Longnecker Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, where she was also professor of epidemiology and of medical ethics and health policy and served as the executive director of the Penn Implementation Science Center.

Dr. Lane-Fall has an international reputation as a perioperative safety scientist, known for rigorous mixed methods research with a focus on the use of implementation science to advance health equity, maternal health, and population health. She is a dedicated educator and mentor whose more than 90 lifetime mentees have earned competitive training program positions, published extensively, and secured NIH and other extramural grants, including K- and R-series awards.

Tricia Brentjens, MD, who led the department as interim chair for the past year, has been appointed as the executive vice chair for clinical operations in the Department of Anesthesiology and as the inaugural director of anesthesia operations at NewYork-Presbyterian in the Columbia Sphere.