Nadia Lunardi, MD, PhD

Dr. Lunardi is a Neuro-anesthesiologist and Critical Care physician, an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, the Neuroanesthesia Division Chief, and the Principal Investigator of the Lunardi Lab, a  neuroscience research laboratory. She provides intraoperative and postoperative care to neurosurgical and neurological patients in the operating room and in the Neuro Intensive Care unit. Her laboratory’s research focus is on the interactions between anesthetics and sleep, and the mechanisms of postoperative delirium.

She is recognized as a local and national leader in her field of research, serving as UVa Neuroscience Graduate Program mentor and having received prestigious research awards from the International Anesthesia Research Society and the National Institutes of Health.