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Juliana Barr, MD, Anesthesiology, Palo Alto, CA, Stanford Health Care

JulianaBarrMDFCCM

Anesthesiology • Palo Alto, CA

Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor, Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical Center

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Summary

  • Dr. Barr is currently a Professor of Anesthesia in the Medical Center Line at Stanford, and a Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at the VA Palo Alto Medical Center. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California and she received her MD degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine, anesthesiology, and critical care medicine. After completing a post-doctoral research fellowship in clinical pharmacology at Stanford, Dr. Barr joined the Stanford faculty in the Department of Anesthesia and became a staff anesthesiologist and intensivist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in 1992. Dr. Barr’s research interests include the mathematical modeling of the clinical pharmacology of sedatives and opioids commonly administered to ICU patients, and ICU outcomes research. She has published over 60 manuscripts and book chapters.

    Dr. Barr was the lead author of the Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adults Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. She is a founding member of the SCCM's ICU Liberation Campaign, and she helped to create the ABCDEF Bundle to promote widespread adoption of these guidelines. Dr. Barr was a national faculty member of the SCCM's ICU Liberation Campaign Collaborative, and she co-authored a landmark study which demonstrated significant improvements in ICU patient outcomes following implementation of the ABCDEF Bundle. She has previously participated in several national collaboratives to improve ICU patient care and outcomes, including the IHI's 100k Lives and the 5 Million Lives Campaigns. Dr. Barr is a nationally recognized leader in critical care quality improvement, with nearly 30 years of experience in critical care leadership, innovation, education, and research. She is passionate about improving the lives of critically ill patients.

Education & Training

  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1987 - 1988
  • University of Utah Health
    University of Utah HealthResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
  • UT State Medical License
    UT State Medical License 1985 - 1988
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FCCM) American College of Critical Care Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • How Hospitals Can Prevent Dementia in ICU Patients
    How Hospitals Can Prevent Dementia in ICU PatientsOctober 22nd, 2018
  • Clinical Voices April 2024
    Clinical Voices April 2024April 9th, 2024
  • Implementing ICU Liberation Bundle Benefits Mechanically Ventilated Patients
    Implementing ICU Liberation Bundle Benefits Mechanically Ventilated PatientsJanuary 31st, 2024

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Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Juliana Barr, Dr. Juliana Barr, MD, Dr. J Barr