Babak Sarani, MD FACS

Babak Sarani is a Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine and the Chief of Trauma Surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and then completed his training in General Surgery also at GW. Following this, he completed fellowship training in Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He began his career at the University of Pennsylvania and was recruited back to GW in 2011 where he is the Founder and Director of the Center for Trauma and Critical Care at The George Washington University Hospital. He established a level 2 trauma center in Arlington, Virginia in 2020 and is now leading the effort to establish a level 3 trauma center in Anacostia, Washington, DC. He also helped lead the creation of the prehospital transfusion program in Washington, DC. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American Trauma Society and the Surgical Critical Care Program Director’s Society, past Chair of the Brady United Against Gun Violence Regional Leadership Council for Washington, DC, and past President of the Chest Wall Injury Society. He serves on the Central Committee on Trauma for the American College of Surgeons where he oversees the creation of the College’s Best Practice Guidelines. In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Sarani is an active researcher with over 200 publications dedicated to mitigating risk of death following injury, chest wall repair, and resuscitation following injury.

Critical Care

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• appendectomy
• peritonitis

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• cholecystectomy
• gallstone disease
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• skin and soft tissue infections

Trauma/Injury Procedures

• abdominal injuries
• abdominal wall reconstruction
• blunt trauma
• chest injuries
• cricothyroidotomy
• intestine injuries
• liver injury
• neck injuries
• stomach injuries
• vascular injuries

Hosp of the Univ of Pa

Philadelphia, PA,

Attending

07/2005—10/2011

George Washington University

Washington DC,

Attending

11/2011—Present

Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Assistant Professor

07/2005—10/2011

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Washington, DC

Associate Professor

11/2011—Present