The Department of Anesthesiology

Brigitte M. Messenger, MD

Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Clinical Focus

Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Education

Medical School
West Virginia University School of Medicine. Morgantown, WV, 2007

Residency
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Knoxville, TN, 2011
July 2010--June 2011 Chief Resident

Fellowship
Vanderbilt University, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Nashville, TN
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow

Certifications

American Board of Anesthesiology
National Board of Echocardiography -- Special Competence in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Honors and Awards

Faculty Teaching Award, 2014, Department of Anesthesiology, UT Graduate School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists

American Society of Anesthesiologists

Current Presentations

Cowan A, Messenger B. Anesthetic management during transcatheter mitral valve replacement utilizing anterior leaflet laceration: A case of mitral stenosis with prior complex surgical history. Presented at Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; 2025 April - 26; Montreal, Canada.

Morvant S, Messenger B, Murray J, Grimsley L. Anesthetic considerations for urgent combined CABG with ascending and descending aortic repair with frozen elephant trunk. Presented at American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting; 2024 Oct 18; Philadelphia, PA.