Shahram Aarabi, MD
Associate Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

415-353-4366

Dr. Aarabi is a vascular surgeon interested in care of underserved populations as well as novel therapeutics for use in resource limited settings. His current research is focused on limiting ischemic damage in traumatic limb injuries as well as automated ultrasound monitoring of critically ill patients.

Awards

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  • Visiting Early Career Faculty Mentorship & Sponsorship Program Awardee, University of California, 2024
  • Outstanding Presentation in Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco Department of Surgery, 2024
  • Candidate, Capital Factory, Austin, TX, 2020
  • Graduate, Creative Destruction Lab, University of British Columbia, 2020
  • Finalist, Seattle Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch Competition, 2017
  • Best fellow research presentation, Strandness Vascular Symposium, Wailea, HI, 2017
  • Finalist, Business Plan Competition, University of Washington, 2017
  • Graduate, Foster and Jones Business Accelerator, University of Washington, 2017
  • Rosenkranz research award, given to the best reseident research presentation at the annual meeting, American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA, 2010
  • Dean's academic scholarship, Harvard School of Public Health, 2009
  • Award for medical student excellence in scientific research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006
  • Foundation grant, awarded to NYC medical students with demonstration of excellence in the arts, The Collins Foundation, 2003-2006
  • University academic scholarship, New York University School of Medicine, 2001
  • Department of Philosophy honors, University of California at Berkeley, 1999
  • Dean's list, University of California at Berkeley, 1997-1999
  • Regents' full academic scholarship, University of California at Berkeley, 1994

Education & Training

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  • Vascular Surgery Fellowship University of Washington 05/2017
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship University of Washington 05/2015
  • General Surgery Residency University of Washington 05/2013
  • MPH Epidemiology & Statistics Harvard University 05/2010
  • General Surgery Internship University of Washington 05/2008
  • MD Medicine New York University 05/2007
  • BA Mathematics & Philosophy University of California 05/1999

Interests

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  • Vascular surgery
  • Trauma
  • Limb ischemia
  • Critical care
  • Underserved populations
  • Ultrasound

Grants and Projects

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  • Wearable Machine-Learning Ultrasound Monitor, Department of Defense, 2024-2027
  • Pre-hospital thermal regulation for the prolonged field care of traumatic injuries, Department of Defense, 2023-2026
  • Wearable machine-learning ultrasound monitor to detect hemorrhage and guide prolonged damage control resuscitation, Department of Defense, 2022-2025
  • Pre-Hospital Thermal Regulation For The Prolonged Field Care of Traumatic Injuries, Department of Defense, 2022-2025
  • Therapeutic Limb Cooling to Prevent Amputation in pDCR, DoD CDMRP, 2017-2022
  • Pre-Hospital Thermal Regulation For The Prolonged Field Care of Traumatic Injuries, Department of Defense, 2021
  • VascuSight (3D ultrasound monitoring of critically ill patients), University of Washington, 2018-2020
  • A Feedback Controlled Pressure Monitoring System for Limb-Stabilizing Medical Air Splints, Amazon, 2018-2019
  • LC-tourniquet (a novel life and limb saving cooling tourniquet), University of Washington, 2016-2018
  • A novel life and limb saving cooling tourniquet, University of Washington, 2015-2016
  • A novel life and limb saving cooling tourniquet, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, 2015-2016
  • Adult endothelial progenitor cell trafficking, NIH/NCCR, 2005-2006

Publications (50)

Top publication keywords:
General SurgeryArterial Occlusive DiseasesPeritoneal CavityIschemiaHealth Services, IndigenousBalloon OcclusionForeign-Body MigrationNeoplasms, MesothelialHypothermia, InducedExtremitiesVascular System InjuriesNeedlesShock, HemorrhagicAbdominal NeoplasmsCicatrix, Hypertrophic

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