Robert Vietor

MD

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Anesthesiology
Title
Chair
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
operational anesthesia, acute pain management, regional anesthesia, traumatic brain injury, malignant hyperthermia, simulation in healthcare, delivery of anesthesia in neuroendocrine tumors
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Education

Anesthesiology Residency 2010-2014
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC)
San Antonio, TX

M.D., F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine 2006-2010
Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, MD

B.S., Life Sciences 2002-2006
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Department Chair, Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, MD, 2024 - current

Vice-Chair of Education, Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, MD, 2020 - 2024

Clerkship Director, Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University (USU), Bethesda, MD, 2020 - 2023

Medical Director, Anesthesiology, Brian D Allgood Army Community Hospital (BDAACH), Camp Humphreys, South Korea, 2019 - 2020

Faculty Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology Residency, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, MD, 2017 - 2019

Officer in Charge, Anesthesiology, 28th Combat Support Hospital, 44th Medical Brigade, Baghdad, Iraq, 2016 - 2017

Staff Anesthesiologist, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, MD, 2014 - 2016

Representative Bibliography

Barry E, Teunissen P, Varpio L, Vietor R, Kiger M. Leadership and Followership dynamics in Interprofessional Healthcare Teams. J Res in Med. Under Review.

Vietor R, Kiendrebeogo R, Tracy E, Plunkett AR. Peripheral nerve block adjuncts: which medication to choose? A narrative review of the current literature. Pain Manag. 2023 Nov 8. PMID: 37937437.

Mentler E, Vietor R, Maddox J. Bowel Injury in Trauma: Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment From the World Society of Emergency Surgery. Am Fam Physician. 2023 Aug;108(2):206-207. PMID: 37590872.

Vietor NO, Spiro AJ, Shakir MKM, Harrison M, Vietor RC, Hoang TD. 64-year-old woman hot flashes, facial flushing, excessive sweating, palpitations, daily headaches and history of hypertension. Dx? J Fam Pract. 2023 Jun;72(5):222-224. doi: 10.12788/jfp.0605. PMID: 37339491.

Miller ME, Vietor NO, Park EJ, Sweeney SP, Katz M, Vietor RC. Paraganglioma masquerading as a primary liver lesion: A rare entity discovered during surgery. Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jan 25;10(1):e05310. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5310. PMID: 35106168; PMCID: PMC8787724.

Mason D, Leimbach R, Kitz R, Vietor R, Vietor N. Calcitonin-secreting pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in a patient with elevated thyroid fine-needle aspirate calcitonin washout: A case report and review of the literature. Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jan 24;10(1):e05296. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5296. PMID: 35106164; PMCID: PMC8784917.

Wren P, Chun SM, Vietor R. Malignant Hyperthermia-A Case From Camp Humphreys, South Korea, and Lessons for the Military Health System. Mil Med. 2021 Jul 17:usab281. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab281. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34272864.

Vietor R 3rd, Buckenmaier C 3rd. Regional Anesthesia in the Field for Trauma Victims. Anesthesiol Clin. 2021 Jun;39(2):337-351. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2021.02.006. PMID: 34024435.

Vietor R, Lattin E Jr, Folio L. Radiology corner. Case 45. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema as a result of urosepsis. Mil Med. 2010 Mar;175(3):iii-iv. PMID: 20358714.