Sharven Taghavi MD, MPH, MS, FACS, FCCP

Dr. Taghavi is the Division Chief of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care. He is a faculty trauma surgeon at University Medical Center-New Orleans and East Jefferson Medical Center. He is double board-certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. He attended Tufts University School of Medicine, where he received his Medical Degree and Master's of Public Health. He completed his general surgery residency at Temple University School of Medicine, where he served as the administrative chief resident. He spent two years as a research fellow at the Temple University Cardiovascular Research Center, investigating the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells and different modes of ventilation in hemorrhagic shock. During this time, he was funded by the NIH as a Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) winner. Dr. Taghavi completed a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard University School of Medicine.

Dr. Taghavi is also a faculty member of the Tulane Violence Prevention Institute. He serves as the PI on a CDC-funded R01 grant that tests a hospital-based violent injury prevention program for injured trauma patients. Dr. Taghavi has led multiple multi-center trials and has authored an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Practice Management Guideline. In addition, he is a co-investigator on an NIH/NGMS-funded R01 that examines the role of succinate in traumatic endotheliopathy.

Dr. Taghavi has presented his research at several national conferences and has authored numerous peer-reviewed original research manuscripts, review articles, and textbook chapters. His research interests include violent injury prevention, improving the pre-hospital care of severely injured trauma patients, and mitigation of the inflammatory response after recovery from hemorrhagic shock. He was selected for the Tulane School of Medicine Physician-Scientist Pipeline Program for his research on acute lung injury. In addition, he was awarded the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship. He was awarded the 2022 Early Career/Emerging Faculty Recognition Award for the Tulane University School of Medicine and was named a 2023 Healthcare Hero by the New Orleans City Business Journal. Dr. Taghavi is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the American Association for Academic Surgery.

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