Rajabrata (Raj) Sarkar, MD, PhD
Barbara Baur Dunlap Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Developing the Automated Vascular Access Device
Central artery and vein catheterization are common in-hospital procedures but require highly trained physicians. Even so, complications are frequent. The AVAD will be portable, usable by many practitioners, and have a low error rate.
For more information about this technology, please contact the UM Ventures, Baltimore team.
Bio
In 2009, Rajabrata Sarkar, M.D., Ph.D., an expert in treating blood vessel disorders and a nationally known researcher in blood vessel growth and development, joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine as professor of surgery and Head of the Division of Vascular Surgery. He also became Chief of Vascular Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Dr. Sarkar came from the University of California, San Francisco, where he was an associate professor of surgery and a vascular surgeon since 1999. He received his medical degree and a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed his surgical training at UCLA and was trained in vascular surgery at the University of Michigan.
School of Medicine Faculty Profile
Dr. Sarkar was named a "Top Doctor" in the specialty of Vascular Surgery by Baltimore magazine in 2016.