Mary Billstrand, MD, has been named chair of the department of anesthesiology in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis. She will assume the role April 1.
Dr. Billstrand joins UTHSC from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where she serves as a professor and anesthesiologist director of surgical services in the anesthesia and critical care department, according to a Jan. 26 news release from UTHSC.
In her new role, Dr. Billstrand will oversee the anesthesia providers, including attending physicians and CRNAs, who practice at Memphis-based Regional One Health, a core teaching hospital partner with the medical school.