Archana Dhar, M.D.

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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.

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

• Extracorporeal support of critical patients - CRRT and ECMO

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

 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

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Medical Association
• Society of Critical Care Medicine