Michael
Lauria
MD
NRP
FP-C
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue
Seattle WA 98104-2499
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Lauria is an emergency physician, intensivist, and prehospital/retrieval specialist. He cares for patients in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at the University of Washington Medical Center and the Emergency Department at Harborview Medical Center. He also works clinically with the Harborview Medical Center Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Team and is an active member of their ECMO Transport Program. In addition, Dr. Lauria is the Associate Medical Director for Airlift Northwest and cares for patients in the prehospital setting as a flight physician.
Dr. Lauria serves as a Captain in the United States Air Force Reserve. He is assigned to the 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron as part of the Critical Care Air Transport Team stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. In this role, he provides care to critically injured service members who require aeromedical evacuation around the globe.
Dr. Lauria’s mission is to improve the care of critically ill patients across the spectrum of the medical system: from their initial contact in the prehospital environment, through their care in the emergency department and intensive care unit, and up to their recovery. His area of clinical focus is on mechanical circulatory support, cardiogenic shock, and acute respiratory failure. His academic interests include Human Factors Engineering and system design related to resuscitation and emergency care. Dr. Lauria is passionate about prehospital, emergency, and critical care education. He is the co-director and producer of the MDCast podcast for critical care transport professionals. He also writes for the EMCrit Podcast/Blog, consults for various emergency service organizations, and speaks around the world on clinical human factors and improving clinical performance in stressful situations.
Education & Training
- MD, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine (2018)
- Residency in Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico (2021)
- Fellowship in Emergency Medical Services, University of New Mexico (2022)
- Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico (2024)
Research & Clinical Interests
Research
- Critical care transport medicine and prehospital education
- Human Factors Engineering
- Transport of patients requiring mechanical circulatory support
- Military, wilderness, and austere medicine
Clinical
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Cardiogenic shock
- Acute respiratory failure
- Critical care transport
- Austere critical care and prolonged field care