Dr. Deepak Sharma MBBS, MD, DM, is the Virginia & Prentice Bloedel Endowed Professor and Division Chief of Neuroanesthesiology & Perioperative Neurosciences, Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. He is also the Program Director of the Neuroanesthesiology Fellowship and Education Director of the Transcranial Doppler Laboratory at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Dr. Sharma has 60 peer reviewed publications and 15 book chapters. His academic interests include traumatic brain injury, stroke, transcranial doppler ultrasonography and neuroanesthesiology education.