K. Elliott Higgins

K. Elliott Higgins is a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA since June 2022 and serves as the APSF Social Media Ambassador for the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation since March 2022. Prior experience includes an Assistant Professorship at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont from April 2020 to June 2022, and a Staff Anesthesiologist role at Southern California Permanente Medical Group in 2019-2020. K. Elliott Higgins completed a fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management at Dartmouth-Hitchcock from 2018 to 2019 and an Anesthesiology residency at UCSF Medical Center from August 2014 to June 2018. Additionally, K. Elliott Higgins has been involved in various research and training roles related to medical simulation and patient safety since 2009. Education includes an MD from The University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2014) and a BS from Northwestern University (2009).