Arvin W Trippensee, DO, FASA

My name is Arvin Tippensee, DO, and I joined the UF Department of Anesthesiology in 2018 as an assistant professor in the Division of Critical Care Medicine.

My 30-year career in the Navy began as a hospital corpsman, and I deployed during Desert Storm as an anesthesia technician for a 500-bed fleet hospital in Saudi Arabia. After earning my medical degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery at Des Moines University on the Armed Services Health Professions Scholarship, I completed my internship followed by an operational tour as a Naval Flight Surgeon with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Iwakuni, Japan. I also completed several staff tours after finishing my residency in anesthesiology at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and continued my education with a fellowship in Critical Care & Transesophageal Echocardiography at Duke University.

Throughout my military career, I completed numerous operational and clinical assignments and served as an advocate for patient safety and quality improvement. My last three years in the military were spent as the chief of Anesthesia & Operative Services at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), the largest military medical center in the Pacific, where I led a staff of 19 anesthesiologists, 26 nurse anesthetists, and 8 support staff. In 2013, I also served as the senior medical officer for the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan.