Dr. Sig Kharasch is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston City Hospital.
At Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Sig was Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department for 11 years. He was also Chair of Intern Selection for the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP) and was the recipient of several teaching awards including the Jerome O. Klein Faculty Teaching Award for the Boston Combined Residency Program.
Sig joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department in 2012 and completed his fellowship in Emergency Medicine Ultrasound at MGH in 2018. He has published numerous articles on lung and diaphragm ultrasound and has a special interest in POCUS in children with medical complexity. He has spoken nationally and internationally on several topics in point-of-care ultrasound and is a member of the P2 (Pediatric Emergency Medicine POCUS) Network Executive Committee and is Chair of Conferences. He is also a member of the International Bowel Ultrasound Society (IBUS) and is certified in bowel ultrasound for inflammatory bowel disease.