Advisory Panel
The Clinical Research Advisory Panel of the Harborview Anesthesiology Research Center (HARC) supports students, residents, fellows and junior faculty who wish to participate in clinical research.
The panel is chaired by HARC Director Monica S. Vavilala, M.D. and includes representatives from current areas of clinical and research emphasis at Harborview Medical Center. Four developed specialties include:
Acute and Preoperative Care of Pediatric Trauma/Burn Patients
Sam Sharar, M.D.
Critical Care and Outcomes
Miriam Treggiari, M..D, M.P.H.
Pediatrics
Monica Vavilala, M.D.
Additional, as yet undeveloped specialties may include pain/regional anesthesia and pre-hospital EMS.
Sam R. Sharar, M.D.
Dr. Sharar is a UW professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology, with clinical fellowship training in pediatric anesthesia and research fellowship training in trauma and burn research under the NIH-NRSA (T32) program.
His clinical interests are in acute and perioperative care of trauma patients, particularly pediatric trauma and burn victims. He has laboratory, preclinical (animal and human) and clinical research experience in a variety of settings, with successful funding from local, foundation, federal (NIH) and industry sources. His current research interests are in prehospital trauma care, trauma system development, acute pain management following burn injury, and virtual reality analgesia mechanisms/applications.
He is also an ad hoc NIH study section participant, oral examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology and adviser to the Washington (Department of Health) Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care System.
Miriam M Treggiari, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Treggiari is the advisory panel representative for critical care, a UW associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and director of ICU research for the Harborview Department of Anesthesiology. She is board certified in anesthesiology by the European Academy and the Swiss Board of Anesthesiology and board certified in intensive care medicine by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Swiss Board of Critical Care Medicine.
Her clinical and research interests are in the areas of pathophysiology and clinical management of patients with cerebral aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage, glucose management and outcomes in critically ill patients, and outcomes assessment in critically ill patients, with successful funding from local, foundation, federal (NIH) and international sources. She is also Associate Medical Director for the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center in Seattle.
Monica S. Vavilala, M.D.
Dr. Vavilala is the HARC director and the advisory panel representative for pediatrics, as well as a UW associate professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics and Neurosurgery (adjunct). She is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pediatrics.
Her clinical and research interests are in the areas of pathophysiology and acute/perioperative management of pediatric traumatic brain injury, trauma system effects on pediatric trauma care and pediatric cerebral blood flow assessment and interpretation, with successful funding from local, foundation and federal (NIH) sources. She is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and an NIH (NICHD) study section member.
Contact
For more information on HARC, its facilities and its programs:
Monica S. Vavilala, M.D.
Harborview Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
325 Ninth Avenue
Box 359724
Seattle, WA 98104-2499
vavilala@u.washington.edu