Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Bradley Barth, M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor in the Deparrtment of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology.
Dr. Barth graduated from UT Austin and UT Medical School in San Antonio. He completed his internship and residency at the Floating Hospital for Children and Tufts University in 2001, and a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard University in 2004.
Dr. Barth’s clinical and research interests include therapeutic endoscopy, ERCP, recurrent and chronic pancreatitis and endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding and complex esophageal strictures. He won the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Endoscopy Prize on two separate occasions, and is a fellow of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Professor, Division Chief
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Venkatesh Aiyagari, M.D., is a Professor in the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
A specialist in the neurocritical care of inpatients, Dr. Aiyagari serves as Chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care.
He is certified in neurocritical care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties and in neurology and vascular neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Aiyagari’s research interests include blood pressure management in stroke, quality improvement in neurocritical care, and sodium management in neurological disorders. He has published scores of journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters.
He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association Stroke Council and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2012, Dr. Aiyagari served as a tenured Associate Professor of neurology and Co-Director of neurocritical care in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation at the University of Illinois.
Dr. Aiyagari earned his medical degree at Calcutta Medical College and Hospitals. He completed two neurology residencies, one at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India and another at New York University Medical Center – serving as chief resident his final year – and a fellowship in neurology/neurosurgery intensive care at Washington University School of Medicine.
He serves on the editorial board of Frontiers in Hospitalist Neurology and as an ad hoc reviewer for journals that include JAMA Neurology, Journal of Critical Care, Neurology, Neurocritical Care, Stroke, and Critical Care Medicine.
He is a member of professional organizations that include the American Academy of Neurology, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Neurocritical Care Society.
