He is Board Certified in Anesthesiology with a Subspeciality Certification in Critical Care Medicine. Dr Pandharipande graduated with a MB, BS (MD) from University of Nagpur in India in the 5th percentile of his class. After completing a Research Assistantship at the University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Surgical Oncology, he completed an Anesthesiology Residency at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, NJ. From there, he entered and completed a Fellowship in Critical Care – Anesthesia at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr Pandharipandes' clinical focus is divided between OR anesthesia and ICU consultancy in the Surgical and Neurological ICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.