Vanessa Anne Olbrecht, MD

Chair, Anesthesia

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2012

Internship

  • General Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Med School, 2008

Residency

  • Anesthesiology Perioperative Medicine - Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Med School, 2011

Education

  • MBA - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015
  • M.D. - Johns Hopkins University, 2007

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Anesthesiology

  • Virtual Reality for Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management: Exploring Methods and Efficacy – Narrative Review (Preprint); Unknown Source; (2024).

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  • Use of Biofeedback-Based Virtual Reality in Pediatric Perioperative and Postoperative Settings: Observational Study; JMIR Perioperative Medicine; (2024).

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  • Use of high‐flow nasal cannula versus other noninvasive ventilation techniques or conventional oxygen therapy for respiratory support following pediatric cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis; Pediatric Anesthesia; (2024).

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  • The need for a true biofeedback-based virtual reality system for achievement of target heart rate variability for children undergoing surgery; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2024).

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  • Clinical experience with the use of inhaled isopropyl alcohol to treat nausea and vomiting: A narrative review; Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia; (2023).

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  • Vial-splitting and Repackaging into Aliquot-specific Syringes: A Cost-effective and Waste-decreasing Strategy for Sugammadex; Pediatric Quality and Safety; (2023).

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  • Feasibility and acceptability of virtual parental presence on induction of anesthesia—A pilot study; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2023).

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  • Paediatric pain management: From regional to virtual; Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology; (2023).

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  • The Impetus for the Women of Impact in Anesthesiology Project; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (2023).

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  • The role of local inflammation in complications associated with intubation in pediatric patients: A narrative review; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2023).

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  • Impact of opioid law on prescriptions and satisfaction of pediatric burn and orthopedic patients: An epidemiologic study; PLOS ONE; (2023).

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  • Acute Cranial Nerve VI Palsy Following Prolonged Prone Positioning in an Adolescent With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Rare Complication of Spinal Surgery in the Prone Position; Journal of Medical Cases; (2023).

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  • Dataset used to refine a treatment protocol of a biofeedback-based virtual reality intervention for pain and anxiety in children and adolescents undergoing surgery; Data in Brief; (2023).

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  • Use of Biofeedback-Based Virtual Reality in Pediatric Perioperative and Postoperative Settings: Observational Study (Preprint); Unknown Source; (2023).

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  • Retrospective study comparing outcomes of multimodal epidural and erector spinae catheter pain protocols after pectus surgery; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2023).

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  • Feasibility and acceptability of perioperative application of biofeedback-based virtual reality versus active control for pain and anxiety in children and adolescents undergoing surgery: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial; BMJ Open; (2023).

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  • Association of Pre-procedural Anxiety with Procedure-Related Pain during Outpatient Pediatric Burn Care: A Pilot Study; Journal of Burn Care and Research; (2023).

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  • Application of behavioral economic strategies to enhance recruitment into a pediatric randomized clinical trial for postoperative pain relief: A randomized clinical trial; Pediatric Anesthesia; (2023).

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  • Beyond mortality: Definitions and benchmarks of outcome standards in paediatric anaesthesiology; Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology; (2023).

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  • Isoelectric Electroencephalography in Infants and Toddlers during Anesthesia for Surgery: An International Observational Study; Anesthesiology; (2022).

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  • MEG pharmacology: Sedation and optimal MEG acquisition; Clinical Neurophysiology; (2022).

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  • Management of General Anesthesia; Litman's Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia, Third Edition; (2022).

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  • The Burnout Dance of the Forever Pandemic; Anesthesiology; (2022).

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  • Role of sugammadex in the treatment of anaphylaxis due to rocuronium in children: Extrapolation from adult and animal reports; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2022).

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  • Multimodal continuous ambulatory erector spinae catheter pain protocol for early recovery following Nuss procedure: a retrospective cohort study; Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine; (2022).

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  • Setting a universal standard: Should we benchmark quality outcomes for pediatric anesthesia care?; Pediatric Anesthesia; (2022).

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  • Transient Reductions in Postoperative Pain and Anxiety with the Use of Virtual Reality in Children; Pain Medicine; (2021).

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  • Leveraging Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to Combat Chronic Pain in Youth: Position Paper From the Interdisciplinary Network on Virtual and Augmented Technologies for Pain Management; Journal of Medical Internet Research; (2021).

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  • Guided Relaxation–Based Virtual Reality for Acute Postoperative Pain and Anxiety in a Pediatric Population: Pilot Observational Study; Journal of Medical Internet Research; (2021).

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  • Transient Reductions in Postoperative Pain and Anxiety using Virtual Reality in Children; Unknown Source; (2020).

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  • Moving Beyond the Ordinary: Transcending Traditions in Pediatric Anesthesia; Anesthesiology Clinics; (2020).

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  • Guided relaxation-based virtual reality versus distraction-based virtual reality or passive control for postoperative pain management in children and adolescents undergoing Nuss repair of pectus excavatum: protocol for a prospective, randomised, controlled trial (FOREVR Peds trial); BMJ Open; (2020).

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  • Leveraging Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to Combat Chronic Pain in Youth: Position Paper From the Interdisciplinary Network on Virtual and Augmented Technologies for Pain Management (Preprint); Unknown Source; (2020).

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  • Guided Relaxation-Based Virtual Reality Transiently Reduces Acute Postoperative Pain and Anxiety in a Pediatric Population; Unknown Source; (2020).

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  • Guided Relaxation–Based Virtual Reality for Acute Postoperative Pain and Anxiety in a Pediatric Population: Pilot Observational Study (Preprint); Unknown Source; (2020).

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  • Guided relaxation-based virtual reality versus distraction-based virtual reality or passive control for postoperative pain management in children and adolescents undergoing Nuss repair of pectus excavatum: protocol for a prospective, randomized, controlled trial (FOREVR Peds trial); Unknown Source; (2020).

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  • Trends in Pediatric Pain: Thinking Beyond Opioids; Anesthesiology Clinics; (2020).

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  • Statistical Analysis Plan for “An international multicenter study of isoelectric electroencephalography events in infants and young children during anesthesia for surgery”; Pediatric Anesthesia; (2019).

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  • Joy in Work: a Systems-Based Approach; Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics; (2019).

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  • Characterization of the functional near‐infrared spectroscopy response to nociception in a pediatric population; Pediatric Anesthesia; (2018).

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  • Anesthesia for nuss procedures (pectus deformity); Anesthesiology: A Practical Approach; (2018).

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  • An International, Multicenter, Observational Study of Cerebral Oxygenation during Infant and Neonatal Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; (2018).

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  • Intravenous acetaminophen reduces length of stay via mediation of postoperative opioid consumption after posterior spinal fusion in a pediatric cohort; Clinical Journal of Pain; (2018).

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  • Opioid-Related Adverse Effects in Children Undergoing Surgery: Unequal Burden on Younger Girls with Higher Doses of Opioids; Pain Medicine (United States); (2015).

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  • Risk predictors of opioid-induced critical respiratory events in children: Naloxone use as a quality measure of opioid safety; Pain Medicine (United States); (2014).

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  • Genetics of pain perception,COMT and postoperative pain management in children; Pharmacogenomics; (2014).

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  • OCT1 genetic variants influence the pharmacokinetics of morphine in children; Pharmacogenomics; (2013).

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  • Peripartum subarachnoid hemorrhage: Nationwide data and institutional experience; Anesthesiology; (2012).

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  • Pectus bar repair of pectus excavatum in patients with connective tissue disease; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2009).

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  • Lorenz Bar Repair of Pectus Excavatum in the Adult Population: Should it be Done?; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2008).

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  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Role of Extrahepatic Biliary Resection; Journal of the American College of Surgeons; (2008).

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  • Upper sternal depression following Lorenz bar repair of pectus excavatum; Pediatric Surgery International; (2008).

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  • Clinical Outcomes of Noninfectious Sternal Dehiscence After Median Sternotomy; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2006).

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