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Srikar Adhikari, MD, MS, RDMS, RPVI

Professor, Emergency Medicine
Member of the Graduate Faculty

PO Box 245057
Building: AZ Health Sci. Center Library (#201A)
Room #: 4161D

(520) 626-6312
sadhikari@aemrc.arizona.edu

Selected Publications

Adhikari S, Theodoro D, Raiio C, Nelson M, Lyon M, Leech S, Stolz U. Central Venous Catherization: Are We Using Guidance? J Ultrasound Med. 2015;34(11):2065-70
 
Adhikari S, Schmier C, Marx J. Focused simulation training: emergency department nurses' confidence and comfort level in performing ultrasound-guided vascular access. J Vasc Access. 2015;16(6):515-20
 

Sponsored Research Through MSRP

Ryan Grieger,  MSRP 2016: "Development of a New-User Ultrasound Training Curriculum for Resident Students in Family Medicine."
 
Helpees Guirguis, (MSRP 2017): "The Feasibility of Teaching and Assessing an Extended 2-Point Compression for the Detection of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism."
 
Sana Rukh, (MSRP 2017): "The Use of Ultrasound Is a Valid Modality to Investigate the Need for Thoracotomy Tube Placement in Patients with Traumatic Pneumothorax."
 
Muhammad Arif, (MSRP 2019): "Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Emergency Department Patients with Syncope."
 
Omar Rizvi, (MSRP 2019): "Utility of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of a Peripheral Vein Septic Thrombophlebitis."
 
James Patterson, (MSRP 2020): "Utility of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of a Perirectal Abscess."
 
April Huckleberry, (MSRP 2021: "Diagnostic Utility of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections."
 

Advanced Research Distinction Track (RDT)

Sana Rukh, (RDT Class of 2020): "The Use of Ultrasound Is a Valid Modality to Investigate the Need for Thoracotomy Tube Placement in Patients with Traumatic Pneumothorax"
 
Muhammad Arif, (RDT Class of 2022): "Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Emergency Department Patients with Syncope"
 
Omar Rizvi, (RDT Class of 2022): "Utility of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of a Peripheral Vein Septic Thrombophlebitis"

Degrees

  • St. Mary's Health Center, 1998 (M.D.)
  • Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2001 (Residency)
  • Medical College of Georgia, 2006 (Fellowship)

Awards

  • Faculty Mentoring Award, University of Arizona, 2015
  • Outstanding reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine Journal, 2013
  • Outstanding reviewer, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
  • SAEM Academy of emergency Ultrasound Research Award for outstanding achievement in Emergency Ultrasound Research, 2012
  • Academic Teaching award in Emergency Medicine, The University of Arizona Medical Center, 2012

Research Interests

Point-of care Ultrasound - The overall goal of my research agenda is to improve the quality and safety of care in the emergency department patients using bed side ultrasound technology. In pursuit of this goal, I have focused my research on novel ultrasound technologies and clinical applications.  As PI or co-Investigator I successfully conducted several research projects, collaborated with other researchers, and produced several peer-reviewed publications. Over the last five years, I have authored more than 30 manuscripts. I have experience in all aspects of clinical research in the emergency department including protocol design, research compliance, enrollment, and retention of subjects, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.