
Archana Dhar, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department Pediatrics
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Biography
Dr. Dhar has been a faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care since 2008. She is actively involved in resident and fellow education and is the Fellowship Co-Director for the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program at UT Southwestern.
Her research focus is fluid balance in critically ill children and the early initiation of CRRT.
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
Featured Publications
- Early fluid accumulation in children with shock and ICU mortality: a matched case-control study.
- Bhaskar P, Dhar AV, Thompson M, Quigley R, Modem V Intensive Care Med 2015 Jun
- Timing of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and Mortality in Critically Ill Children.
- Modem V, Thompson M, Gollhofer D, Dhar AV, Quigley R Crit. Care Med. 2013 Nov
- Current recommended parenteral protein intakes do not support protein synthesis in critically ill septic, insulin-resistant adolescents with tight glucose control.
- Verbruggen SC, Coss-Bu J, Wu M, Schierbeek H, Joosten KF, Dhar A, van Goudoever JB, Castillo L Critical care medicine 2011 Jul 2518-2525
- Insulin resistance in critical illness.
- Dhar A, Castillo L Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 2011 Jun 23 3 269-74
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