Overview
Dr. Hideyo Tsumura is an Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Nursing and a practicing certified registered nurse anesthetist. She completed her nurse anesthesia education at the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center in 2011. In 2022, she earned her Ph.D. from Duke University and received postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan through the National Clinician Scholars Program. Her research focuses on disparities in anesthesia care and improving patient outcomes.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing
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2024 - Present
School of Nursing
Recent Scholarly Works
Untrustworthiness, ineffective communication, and discrimination: The real issues behind lower utilization of labor epidural analgesia by Black Americans.
Journal article Nurs Outlook · 2025 BACKGROUND: Non-Hispanic Black pregnant individuals utilize up to 50% less labor epidural analgesia compared to non-Hispanic White individuals. PURPOSE: This Outlook and Perspectives aims to evaluate the factors contributing to racial differences in the ut ... Full text Link to item CiteExploring phenotype-based ventilator parameter optimization to mitigate postoperative pulmonary complications: a retrospective observational cohort study.
Journal article Surg Today · July 2024 PURPOSE: To identify tidal volume (VT) and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) associated with the lowest incidence and severity of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) for each phenotype based on preoperative characteristics. METHODS: The subj ... Full text Link to item CiteExploring Differences in Intraoperative Medication Use Between African American and Non-Hispanic White Patients During General Anesthesia: Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.
Journal article Clinical nursing research · July 2024 This study aimed to explore whether differences exist in anesthesia care providers' use of intraoperative medication between African American and non-Hispanic White patients in adult surgical patients who underwent noncardiothoracic nonobstetric surgeries ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Toward Equitable Anesthesia Care: Exploring Provider Communication and Trust Among Black Laboring Women
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Association of Nurse Anesthetists · 2026 - 2027Co-Developing a Nurse-Led, Community-Engaged Intervention to Improve Labor Pain Management and Build Trust in Obstetric Care
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation · 2026 - 2027Identification of Postoperative Pulmonary Complication Risk by Phenotyping Adult Surgical Patients who Underwent General Anesthesia with Mechanical Ventilation
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022View All Grants
Education
Duke University ·
2022
Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ·
2016
D.N.P.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center ·
2011
M.S.N.
University of Tennessee, Martin ·
2007
B.S.