Aditee Ambardekar, M.D.

Biography

Aditee Parag Ambardekar, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She serves as the department’s Residency Program Director and conducts her clinical practice at Parkland Memorial Hospital and Children’s Medical Center Dallas. She specializes in pediatric burn anesthesia.

Dr. Ambardekar earned her medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania and received advanced training in pediatric anesthesiology through a fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology, Dr. Ambardekar joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2014. 

Her research interests include pediatric burn anesthesia, medical education, and simulation-based education. She currently sits as the Vice Chair of the Review Committee for Anesthesiology at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, is an oral board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology, and is a member of the American Burn Association, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Association of University Anesthesiologists, the Society for Education in Anesthesia, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, and the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists.

Dr. Ambardekar holds the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management’s Distinguished Teaching Professorship.