Elizabeth Erica Hansen, MD, PhD

Elizabeth Erica Hansen, MD, PhD

Specialties

  • Children's Title: Attending Anesthesiologist
  • Academic Title: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
  • On Staff Since: September 2017
"I am passionate about sustainability in anesthesia and efforts to green the operating room as part of my commitment to environmental justice and equity. I am the principal investigator for Project SPRUCE Forest, a pediatric anesthesia quality improvement consortium. This work began at Seattle Children's hospital and resulted in an 87% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from inhaled anesthetics, which were responsible for 5-7% of total hospital emissions. "

  • Biography

    Board Certification(s)

    Anesthesiology
    Pediatric Anesthesiology

    Education

    Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

    Residency

    University of Washington, Seattle, WA

    Fellowship

    Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

  • Related Resources

    • Project SPRUCE Forest

      Project SPRUCE Forest

      What is Project Spruce? We are anesthesiologists dedicated to reducing the environmental footprint of our care, and we have come together to reduce emissions from anesthetic gasses using proven implementation science methods. We are thrilled to invite anesthesia groups to consider joining our

    • Mass General tries performance reports to cut greenhouse gas use in anesthesia

      Mass General tries performance reports to cut greenhouse gas use in anesthesia

      Dr. Elizabeth Hansen at Seattle Children’s Hospital says the monthly reports she began sending to anesthesia colleagues in December of 2021 are making a difference there too. With the emails, an earlier education campaign and new protocols, Seattle Children’s has cut greenhouse gas emissions associated with anesthesia by 87% as compared to five years ago. Hansen says her colleagues feel an urgent need for change. Last fall, smoke from wildfires blanketed Seattle with some of the worst quality air in the world. “People are really motivated to reduce the harm associated with health care and address the climate crisis because it’s a health care crisis as well,” she said. Hansen is launching a national network of children’s hospitals that will show clinicians the climate impact of their work as a tool to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

    • Seattle hospital puts patients under without overheating the planet

      Seattle hospital puts patients under without overheating the planet

      Doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital say they’ve managed to tame one of the hospital’s biggest environmental impacts.

    • WEBINAR: COLLABORATING TO PREVENT NITROUS OXIDE WASTE IN MEDICAL GAS SYSTEMS

      Several Pacific Northwest sustainability leads were inspired by the collaborative research, assessment, and solutions developed by Dr. Brian Chesebro and Andy Mason from Providence St. Vincent Medical Center that was presented during the 2022 CleanMed Conference. With continued interest, the group convened a collaborative to expand their solutions across the region with the goal of transforming the delivery method of nitrous oxide within hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to radically reduce leaks and resulting greenhouse gas emissions.

    • Uncommon Thinkers: Elizabeth Hansen uses her job as an anesthesiologist to cut carbon emissions

      Around five years ago, Dr. Elizabeth Hansen, an attending anesthesiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH), lay awake in bed. She thought of her patients: sick, vulnerable kids whose airways became more reactive during wildfire season. She worried about her own young kids and whether there would be snow to play in when they were adults. What would the world be like for them? Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world

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