Thomas R. Hartka, MD, MS, MSDS

HartkaThomas[1] Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Interim Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics

P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699
Phone: 434-924-8485
Fax: 434-924-2877
E-mail: trh6u@uvahealth.org

Education

M.S.D.S., Data Science, University of Virginia (2021)
Trauma Biomechanics Fellowship, University of Virginia (2014)
Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia (2013)
M.D., University of Virginia (2010)
Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, John Hopkins University (2005)
M.S., Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2004)
B.S., Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2002)

Clinical and Research Interests

Blunt Force Thoracic Trauma
Radiographic Interpretation of Injury and Accident Reconstruction
Motor Vehicle Crash Occupant Kinematics during Collisions
Pre-hospital Patient Care and Triage
Pre-hospital provider education
Mobile computing for medical education
High-fidelity simulation

NIH Grant

2021-2022: Novel deep learning strategy to translate ICD Codes to the Abbreviated Injury Scale. National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.

Role: Principal Investigator – Thomas R. Hartka, MD, MS

Recent Publications

Sartin EB, Pfeiffer MR, Hartka T, Zonfrillo MR, Vaca FE, Metzger KB, Goodman AM, Curry AE, Myers RK. Congruency of crash- and hospital- reported injuries among child passengers. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Jul 16:S0749-3797(24)00245-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.07.008. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39025247.
Espelien C, Jin R, Mostofizadeh S, et al. Seat Belt Use in the US by Pregnant Motor Vehicle Occupants. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(9):e2334272. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34272
Hartka T, Chernyavskiy P, Glass G, Yaworsky J, Ji Y. Evaluation of Neural Machine translation for conversion of International Classification of disease codes to the Abbreviated injury Scale. Accid Anal Prev. 2023 Oct;191:107183. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107183. Epub 2023 Jul 5. PMID: 37418869.
Makonnen N, Layng TA, Hartka TR. Comparison of mortality in emergency department patients with immediate versus delayed hypotension, Am J of Emerg Med, Vol. 72, 2023, pp 1-6, ISSN 0735-6757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2023.06.039.
Kent R, Cormier J, McMurry TL, Johan Ivarsson B, Funk J, Hartka T, Sochor M. Spinal injury rates and specific causation in motor vehicle collisions. Accid Anal Prev. 2023 Mar 30;186:107047. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107047. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37003164.