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Roberta Hines, MD serves as the Nicholas M. Greene Professor of Anesthesiology and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine. In her leadership role, she oversees 120 faculty members who provide care for nearly 70,000 children and adults annually across all surgical checkpoints at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Her educational background includes an MD from Dartmouth College (1978), followed by residency (1983) and fellowship (1984) training at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Board certified in Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology since 1989, she has built a distinguished career spanning over four decades.
Dr. Hines specializes in cardiac anesthesia and critical care medicine, with research focusing on the brain's capacity to clear toxins related to anesthesia, innovative pain control techniques to reduce opioid dependence, and the neurological connections between chronic pain and addiction. Her work has significant implications for developing safer anesthesia protocols and alternative pain management approaches that minimize reliance on opioids.
Her publications reflect expertise in anesthetic pharmacology, patient monitoring systems, and perioperative care standards. These works have contributed to clinical guidelines and educational resources widely used in anesthesiology practice.
As department chair, Dr. Hines oversees comprehensive clinical services including pain management for women in labor, an integrative medicine pain clinic for Smilow Cancer Hospital, and a pre-screening clinic that optimizes patients' health before surgery. She maintains strong community ties to her hometown region of Canaan, New Hampshire, where she organizes elder care initiatives, works to reduce rural hunger and poverty, and administers scholarships to local students.