Archana Dhar, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Archana V. Dhar, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in pediatric critical care, with a particular focus on extracorporeal therapies, both extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Dr. Dhar serves as the Medical Director of Transport and Inpatient Access Center for the Children's Health System, Dallas. She earned her medical degree from B.J. Medical College in India. Dr. Dhar completed a residency in pediatrics and received her diploma from Gujarat University in India. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Tulsa and a fellowship in pediatric critical care at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care, Dr. Dhar joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2008. She is deeply involved in medical school, resident, and fellow education. Dr. Dhar served as the Co-Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program from 2014-2016 and is currently the Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Course for the pre-clerkship students. She was inducted into the Southwestern Academy of Teachers in 2022 and is a Distinguished Teaching Professor. Dr. Dhar's research interests are fluid balance in critically ill children and the timing of the initiation of CRRT. She is an active member of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization and currently serves on the Quality Committee. Dr. Dhar is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for ASAIO Journal. Dr. Dhar has been named among D Magazine's Best Doctors in 2020, 2022, and 2023. Education Medical School B.J. Medical College, India (1993) Residency Dow Medical College & Civil Hospital Karachi,Pakistan (1995), Pediatrics Internship University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (2000), Pediatrics Residency University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (2002), Pediatrics Fellowship University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2003), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2008), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Research Interest Extracorporeal support of critical patients - CRRT and ECMO Publications Post-Pandemic Burnout and Staffing Shortages in Pediatric and Neonatal Transport Teams: A Multicenter Survey Dahm P, Kink R, Stroud M, Dhar A Air Medical Journal 2025 Nov 44 492-496 Implementing In Situ Simulation of High-Risk/Low-Volume Emergency Situations for Pediatric Transport Teams Qurashi JN, Shelby J, Martin AK, Dhar AV Air Medical Journal 2025 Nov 44 488-491 Time Course of Kidney Injury Biomarkers in Children With Septic Shock: Nested Cohort Study Within the Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced Versus Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis Trial Author Collaboration PP, Author Collaboration PE, Author Collaboration PR, Weiss SL, Fitzgerald JC, Laskin BL, Singh R, Artis AS, Vohra A, Tsemberis E, Kierian E, Lau KC, Campos AB, Hickey C, Hayes KL, Singleton D, Long E, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Thompson GC, Freedman SB, Eckerle M, Hickey RW, Huang J, Kuppermann N, Balamuth F, Long E, Williams A, Babl F, Borland M, O’Brien S, Craig S, Ramaga E, Kochar A, Nivea G, Jani S, Thosar D, Rao A, Phillips N, George S, Lithgow A, Mitchell C, Thompson G, Freedman S, Mickiewicz B, Gilad E, Cooke S, Judge P, Murthy S, Kissoon N, Alqurashi W, Badawy M, Dhar A Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2025 Jun 26 e816-e826 An Innovative and Integrative Approach to Breaking Down Barriers to Traditional Morbidity and Mortality Conference Tresselt E, Darnell Bowens C, Dhar A Clinical Pediatrics 2024 Mar 63 325-333 Peripheral Veno-Arterial-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Refractory Septic Shock in Children: A Multicenter Review Warnock B, Lafferty GM, Farhat A, Colgate C, Dhar A, Gray B Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 2024 Mar 39 196-202 Assessing the New Norm: A Simulation Study to Assess Pediatric Emergency Physician Success in Critical Procedures with an Air Purifying Respirator Mehmood N, Nesiama JA, Yen K, Dhar A, Lowe G Pediatric emergency care 2023 Dec 39 E86-E89 A Multicenter Survey of Pediatric-Neonatal Transport Teams in the United States to Assess the Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Staffing Dahm P, Kink R, Stroud M, Dhar A Air Medical Journal 2023 May 42 196-200 Differences and similarities in severe bronchiolitis and status asthmaticus Williams A, Dhar A Journal of Pediatric Critical Care 2023 May 10 94-100 Starting and Sustaining an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program Dhar AV, Morrison T, Barbaro RP, Buscher H, Conrad SA, Diaz R, Deng J, Ellis WC, Fortenberry J, Heard M, Hyslop R, Miranda DR, Ogino M, Sin WC, Zakhary B, Maclaren G ASAIO Journal 2023 Jan 69 11-22 Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Guidelines for Fluid Overload, Acute Kidney Injury, and Electrolyte Management Bridges BC, Dhar A, Ramanathan K, Steflik HJ, Schmidt M, Shekar K ASAIO Journal 2022 May 68 611-618 Results 1-10 of 18 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Simulations on ECMO. In ECMO Specialist Training Manual, 4th ed., Chapter 34 Dhar A (2018). Ann Arbor, MI, ELSO Extra Corporeal Life Support Organization Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics American Medical Association Society of Critical Care Medicine
