Amber D. Bledsoe
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Amber D. Bledsoe, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Dr. Bledsoe is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Utah, specializing in perioperative medicine, perioperative echocardiography, and quality improvement. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Utah and then completed a one-year Perioperative Echocardiography Fellowship. She is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the National Board of Echocardiography in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography. She is the Vice Chair of Inpatient and Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Services for the Department of Anesthesiology. This role involves care coordination between multiple procedural and operative services. She also serves as a coach for early career faculty in the University Coaching and Advancement Network (UCAN) program and is currently pursuing additional training to become an executive physician coach.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology
    National Board of Echocardiography (Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography)
    National Board of Medical Examiners

  • Dr. Bledsoe is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Utah, specializing in perioperative medicine, perioperative echocardiography, and quality improvement. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Utah and then completed a one-year Perioperative Echocardiography Fellowship. She is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the National Board of Echocardiography in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography. She is the Vice Chair of Inpatient and Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Services for the Department of Anesthesiology. This role involves care coordination between multiple procedural and operative services. She also serves as a coach for early career faculty in the University Coaching and Advancement Network (UCAN) program and is currently pursuing additional training to become an executive physician coach.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Professor (Clinical)
    Board Certification
    American Board of Anesthesiology
    National Board of Echocardiography (Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography)
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Education history

    Undergraduate Biological Sciences - Montana State University B.S.
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Colorado School of Medicine M.D.
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Residency Anesthesiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Chief Resident Anesthesiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Chief Resident
    Fellowship Perioperative Echocardiography - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Sidhu SK, Weavil JC, Rossman MJ, Jessop JE, Bledsoe AD, Buys MJ, Supiano MS, Richardson RS, Amann (2019). Exercise Pressor Reflex Contributes to the Cardiovascular Abnormalities Characterizing: Hypertensive Humans During Exercise. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex., 74(6), 1468-1475. (Read full publication)
    2. Wan HY, Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Georgescu VP, Hureau TJ, Bledsoe AD, Buys MJ, Jessop JE, Richardson RS, Amann (2020). The exercise pressor reflex and chemoreflex interaction: cardiovascular implications for the exercising human. The Journal of physiology, 598(12), 2311-2321. (Read full publication)
    3. Craig JC, Broxterman RM, La Salle DT, Cerbie J, Ratchford SM, Gifford JR, Bunsawat K, Nelson AD, Bledsoe AD, Morgan DE, Wray DW, Richardson RS, Trinity J (2020). The role of endothelin A receptors in peripheral vascular control at rest and during exercise in patients with hypertension. The Journal of physiology, 598(1), 71-84. (Read full publication)
    4. Langell JT, Bledsoe A, Vijaykumar S, Anderson T, Zawalski I, Zimmerman (2016). Implementation of national practice guidelines to reduce waste and optimize patient value. The Journal of surgical research, 203(2), 287-92. (Read full publication)
    5. Kithas AC, Broxterman RM, Trinity JD, Gifford JR, Kwon OS, Hydren JR, Nelson AD, Jessop JE, Bledsoe AD, Morgan DE, Richardson R (2020). Nitric oxide synthase inhibition with N(G)-monomethyl-l-arginine: Determining the window of effect in the human vasculature. Nitric oxide, 104-105, 51-60. (Read full publication)
    6. Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Hureau TJ, Gifford JR, Kithas PA, Broxterman RM, Bledsoe AD, Nativi JN, Richardson RS, Amann (2021). Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction diminishes peripheral hemodynamics and accelerates exercise-induced neuromuscular fatigue. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 320(1), H338-H351. (Read full publication)
    7. Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Hureau TJ, Gifford JR, Kithas PA, Broxterman RM, Bledsoe AD, Nativi JN, Richardson RS, Amann (2021). Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction diminishes peripheral hemodynamics and accelerates exercise-induced neuromuscular fatigue. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 320(1), H338-H351. (Read full publication)
    8. Trinity JD, Kwon OS, Broxterman RM, Gifford JR, Kithas AC, Hydren JR, Jarrett CL, Shields KL, Bisconti AV, Park SH, Craig JC, Nelson AD, Morgan DE, Jessop JE, Bledsoe AD, Richardson R (2021). The role of the endothelium in the hyperemic response to passive leg movement: looking beyond nitric oxide. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 320(2), H668-H678. (Read full publication)
    9. Lewis MT, Blain GM, Hart CR, Layec G, Rossman MJ, Park SY, Trinity JD, Gifford JR, Sidhu SK, Weavil JC, Hureau TJ, Jessop JE, Bledsoe AD, Amann M, Richardson R (2021). Acute high-intensity exercise and skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiratory function: role of metabolic perturbation. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 321(5), R687-R698. (Read full publication)
    10. Bledsoe A, Zimmerman (2021). Ultrasound: The New Stethoscope (Point-of-Care Ultrasound). Anesthesiology clinics, 39(3), 537-553. (Read full publication)
    11. Cho JM, Park SK, Kwon OS, La Salle DT, Cerbie J, Fermoyle CC, Morgan D, Nelson A, Bledsoe A, Bharath LP, Tandar M, Kunapuli SP, Richardson RS, Anandh Babu PV, Mookherjee S, Kishore BK, Wang F, Yang T, Boudina S, Trinity JD, Symons J (2022). Activating P2Y1 receptors improves function in arteries with repressed autophagy. Cardiovascular research, 119(1), 252-267. (Read full publication)
    12. Bledsoe A, Badakhsh O, Morrissey (2022). Focused cardiac ultrasound: basic techniques and interpretation. International anesthesiology clinics, 60(3), 15-23. (Read full publication)