Cassandre Victor-Vega, MD, MPH

Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Point of Care Ultrasound

Departmental/Divisional Leadership Roles

• Division Chief, Point of Care Ultrasound, Department of Anesthesiology
• Assistant Residency Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Education and Training

• University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
  • Fellowship, Clinical Perioperative Pain (2011-2012)
  • Residency, Anesthesiology (2008-2011)        
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  Internship, Transitional Year (2007-2008)
• University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  M.P.H. (2007)
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
  M.D. (2007)
• Amherst College, Amherst, MA
  B.A., Psychology (1999)

Scholarly Foci

• Medical education
• Point of care ultrasound
• Acute pain
• Regional anesthesia

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

• Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists
  • Member (2012-present)
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
  • Member (2012-present)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • Member (2008-present)

Significant Honors and Awards

• Award Recipient, ASA Committee on Professional Diversity Mentoring Program (2011)
• National Association of Medical Minority Educators (NAMME) Scholarship (2004)

Contact Information

Department of Anesthesiology
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-4325
Cassandre.Victor-Vega@baystatehealth.org

(Updated April 2022)