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Kristopher
Hendershot
MD

Faculty
Critical Care
Pinned
Academic
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Sites of Practice
Harborview Medical Center
University of Washington Medical Center

Biography

Dr. Hendershot is an emergency medicine and neurocritical care physician at Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Medical Center Montlake. His clinical focus is caring for critically ill patients, especially those presenting with neurological emergencies.

His program of research focuses on improving early communication and complex decision-making for older adults with severe acute brain injuries and their family members. He currently serves as a UW NIH SIREN Fellow. 

Education & Training

  • Neurocritical Care Fellowship, Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2023-2025)
  • Emergency Medicine Residency, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, FL (2020-2023)
  • Doctorate of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ (2016-2020)
  • Bachelor of Science, Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC (2008-2012)

research & clinical interests

Research

  • Communication
  • Complex decision-making
  • Severe acute brain injury
  • Prognostication 

Clinical 

  • Neurological emergencies
  • Resuscitation
  • Human trafficking prevention
  • Difficult airways

publications