Vinciya Pandian, MSN, CRNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Percutaneous Tracheostomy Service
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine

OFFICE PHONE
410-502-6114

EDUCATION – Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Maryland Board of Nursing

CLINICAL INTERESTS
Critically ill patients who are intubated and are potential candidates for tracheostomy, and those who already have a tracheostomy. Be a liaison between surgeons and the physicians on the floor in the management of patients with tracheostomy.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Patient satisfaction with Tracheostomy
• Texture analysis of Lung Parenchyma using CT scans
• Transitoriness in patients with Lung Cancers

PRINCIPAL HOSPITAL
Johns Hopkins Hospital

PRESENTATIONS
• Xu, Y., Pandian, V., Fernandez-Bustamante, A., Hoffman, E. A., Simon, B. A. 3-D computerized CT image analysis predicts regional Acute Lung Injury (ALI) in sheep LPS – injury model. American Thoracic Society 2007- San Francisco International Conference

• Sevransky, J., Pandian, V., Perper, B., Yeo, T. P. Fluid and Vasopressor Protocol, and Orderset. Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for Nurse Practitioners 2004

Tracheostomy Questions? E-mail tracheostomysupport@jhmi.edu