Anesthesia Residents at Columbia Medical School Choose Ombuds

Jennifer Danielsson has been selected to serve as the first Ombuds for the Department of Anesthesiology in the School Medicine at Columbia University. She will serve as an "impartial resource who will receive confidential feedback from trainees about our learning environment and respond to any grievances." An announcement by the department said that Dannielsson was chosen by the 100 residents. Meanwhile, Columbia has a University Ombuds who serves all stakeholders and the teaching hospital NewYork-Presbyterian has opened a search for its first Ombuds. 

Danielsson is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and has privileges at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She completed her residency and fellowship in the department, and joined the faculty in 2014. According to an announcement, she is regarded as one of the department’s most effective and popular educators, she was nominated “Best Teacher of the Year” in regional anesthesia in 2020. (CU Anesthesiology News.)

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