Arlene Hudson M.D., M.A.

Education

Boston University, BA 1987-1991
Boston University, MA 1991-1993
USUHS, MD 1998-2002
NCC Internship OB/GYN 2002-2003
NCC Resident in Anesthesiology 2003-2006
NCC Chief Resident, Anesthesiology 2005-2006
Washington Hospital Center, Cardiac Anesthesia/Transesophageal Echocardiography 2006

Biography

CAPT Hudson is a Clinical Full Professor, Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and the former Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the Uniformed Services University (USU).

She received her bachelor and master’s degrees at Boston University. After completing her master’s degree in 1993, she worked at the Department of Public Health in Augusta, Maine where she authored several reports and publications including a sentinel report in JAMA on the emerging public health threat of cryptosporidiosis. In 1994, she received a direct commission with the Navy and entered active duty as a Naval Environmental Health Officer. After a brief assignment to the Philadelphia Shipyard as Department Head of Preventive Medicine, she transferred to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs to work in the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses as an epidemiologist. After separating from the Navy in 1997, CAPT Hudson worked as a consultant for the RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C. where she authored multiple publications for the Science and Technology Policy Institute and the National Defense Research Institute.

In 1998, CAPT Hudson reentered the navy as a medical student at USU. At USU, she earned numerous academic awards and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology in 2006 at the National Capital Consortium where in her final year of residency, she was competitively selected to be Chief Resident. She completed subspecialty training in cardiothoracic anesthesia at the Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. and earned double board certification in Anesthesiology and Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in 2007.

In her first year following residency, she deployed in support of the Global War on Terror to Djibouti, Africa 2007-2008. Following this deployment, she returned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s, where in addition to her clinical work and teaching, CAPT Hudson chaired the MEDCEN’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for six years, served on the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff and was core faculty for the NCC residency in Anesthesiology.

In 2012, CAPT Hudson was posted to USU Department of Anesthesiology, where she served as a principal investigator and associate investigator for multiple clinical research projects, presented research at several national conferences and authored multiple publications. She also led the Department’s Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesia (MOCA) program, which provides required training for military anesthesiologists around the globe and created the Women in Military Anesthesia in partnership with the Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology. The interest group is composed of women in military anesthesia and those dedicated to assisting in improving the skills, knowledge and practice environment for women in military anesthesiology to achieve their career goals. She has been awarded several awards including an USUHS Impact Award for her work advancing military anesthesiology education.

Most recently, as Chair of Anesthesiology at USU, CAPT Hudson led a department with over 250 national anesthesiology faculty while dramatically expanding the research portfolio in Anesthesiology to operationally impactful research areas of drug and device development, hemorrhagic shock and trauma, and battlefield pain management. In addition to research, she also expanded the educational curriculum to focus on military relevant operational anesthesiology while providing opportunities for students to learn more about the depth and breadth of anesthesiology and anesthesiology subspecialties. She currently leads the tri-service Anesthesiology Knowledge, Skills and Abilities educational program providing essential educational content and assessment to all active duty anesthesiologists and certified nurse anesthetists.

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

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, USUHS, Bethesda, MD 2019-Present

Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist WRNNMC 2006-Present

Medical Director, MOCA Simulation Program, USUHS, Bethesda, MD 2015-2018

Ambulatory Surgical Center Clinical Support, Naval Health Clinic, Cherry Point, NC 2017-2018

Chief Anesthesia and Ancillary Services, EMF, Djibouti Africa 2007-2008

Chair, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 2007-2012

Director, Anesthesiology Clinical Research WRNMMC, Bethesda, MD 2006-2012

Chief Resident, NCC Anesthesiology Residency, Bethesda, MD 2005-2006

Researcher/Analyst, RAND Corporation, Washington, DC 1997-1998

Epidemiologist, Gulf War Illnesses, Office of Secretary of Defense, DC 1995-1997

Representative Bibliography

1. Patzkowski MS, Highland KB, Hudson A, Herrera GF, Bodily KR, Ruffin DM, Via DK. Anesthesiology Fellowships in the Military Health System: An Education Analysis of the Supply and Demand. Mil Med. 2023 Mar 13:usad065. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usad065. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usad065. PMID: 36976714

2. Harold Gelfand, MC, USN, Chester “Trip” Buckenmaier, III, MC, USA (Ret.), Arlene Hudson, MC, USN, Invited Accompanying Editorial for Manuscript Entitled, “Battlefield Pain Assessment and Patterns of Palliation: A Review of Casualties that Received Pain Management before Reaching Role 2 in Afghanistan” by MAJ Ian Laurence Hudson, Military Medicine, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usac215

3. Bartoszek M, McGuire JM, Wilson JT, Sorensen JS, Vice TFR, Hudson AJ. “The Effectiveness of Dexmedetomidine as a Prophylactic Treatment for Emergence Delirium Among Combat Veterans With High Anxiety: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.” Military Medicine 31 May 2021; DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usab212 PMID: 34057183

4. Foster BE, Montserrat DA, Hudson AJ, Bedocs P, Doll DM, Lopez SA, Mares J, Hutzler J, Robertson BD. “Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Using Bilevel PAP ST Device in a Health Swine Model.” Sleep and Breathing, 6 August 2020; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-020-02141-x

5. Wilsnack, A., Finne, H., Reggia, E., Aroom, K., Hall, D., Schultheis, L., Hudson, A. (2021). Point of Need N95 Respirator Manufacturing. Academia Letters, Article 1220. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL1220.

6. Hudson A, Benjamin J, Jardeleza T, Bergstrom C, Cronin W, Mendoza M, Schultheis L. “Safe Use of Over the Counter Peripheral Pulse Oximeters for Patients and Primary Care Physicians.” Annals of Family Medicine, 2018; 16(6): 552-554.

7. Hudson AJ, Walters R, Flynn J, Szpisjak D, Oslen C, Rogers M, Capaldi V, McDuffie B, Littieri C. “Ambulatory Surgery Has Minimal Impact on Sleep Parameters: A Prospective Observational Trial.” Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2018; 14(4): 593-602.

8. Yeh B, Hudson AJ, Reoma J, Popa C, Andersen J, Lichtenberger J. “Intracardiac Heterotopic Liver Presenting as a Right Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report.” Military Medicine, 2018; 183: 2175-178.

9. Hudson AJ, Whittaker D, Szpisjak D, Lenart M, et al. “Tumescent Technique without Epinephrine for Endovenous Laser Therapy and Serum Lidocaine Concentration.” Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2015; 3:48-53.

10. Hudson AJ, Guthmiller K, Hyatt, M. “Myoclonus Following a Peripheral Nerve Block.” Case Reports Anesthesiology, 2013; 213472.