Sasha Shillcutt

Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE is a Tenured Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Sasha CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a well-published researcher in cardiac anesthesiology and gender equity, cardiac anesthesiologist, author, and international speaker. In 2016, Sasha was awarded the national American Medical Associations Women Physician’s Inspiring Physician Award by her peers. Sasha’s greatest passion is empowering and encouraging others to achieve wellbeing in their professional and personal lives. She speaks frequently to executives and leaders on the topics of professional resilience and gender equity. Her TEDx talk titled Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward has been viewed by thousands of people. Her writing has been published in both the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. She leads conferences and retreats for professional women through her organization, Brave Enough. Her first book, Between Grit and Grace: How to be Feminine and Formidable, will be released in February 2020.

Dr. Shillcutt underwent her residency in Anesthesiology at UNMC and completed an Executive Fellowship in Perioperative Echocardiography at the University of Utah Medical Center. She is a board certified Anesthesiologist, is a testamur in the Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography (ASCeXAM) and has certification in advanced perioperative echocardiography (Advanced PTEeXAM) through the National Board of Echocardiography. She has been an NIH-funded researcher through the National Institute of Aging. She is a Board Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology and holds national leadership positions in the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and serves on the National Board of Echocardiography.

Education

Medical School University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Internship

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (Internal Medicine)

Residency

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (Anesthesiology)

Fellowship

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Executive Fellowship Perioperative Echocardiography)

Advanced Degrees

Master of Science - Clinical and Translational Research

Certifications

• American Board of Anesthesiology
• National Board of Echocardiography (Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography)
• National Board of Echocardiography (Examination of Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography)

Areas of Interest

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Echocardiography, Clinical Research, Translational Research