Kinjal N. Sethuraman, MD, MPH

University of Maryland

Biography

Dr. Sethuraman is the Medical Director of the Center for Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at The University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is a practicing emergency medicine physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center where she teaches medical students and residents . Her research interest includes hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for carbon monoxide toxicity, radiation injury, decompression illness, ophthalmic conditions, traumatic brain injury and necrotizing soft tissue infections. She engages in basic science research related to hyperbaric medicine. In addition, Dr. Sethuraman is a gender equity researcher. Her area has specifically focused on gender equity in emergency medicine.