Tara Sheridan MD

Education

Undergraduate: English Literature, magna cum laude, UCLA, 1990-1994
Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program: Bryn Mawr College, 1995-1996
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 1998-2002
Internship: Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, 2002-2003
Residency: Anesthesiology, Yale New Haven Hospital, 2003-2006
Fellowship: Chronic Pain, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2012-2013

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

2023 American Board of Anesthesiology Applied Examiner

2022 Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center San Diego

2022 Master Clinical Award, Naval Medical Center San Diego

2022 American Society of Regional Anesthesia Excellence in Education Award

2020 Directorate of Surgical Services Civilian Award for Outstanding Innovation, Naval Medical Center San Diego

2016 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Award

2015 Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center San Diego

2012 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Award

2008 Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Department of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center

2007 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Award

Representative Bibliography

Successful Use of Thoracic Dorsal Root Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency Ablation to Treat Slipped Rib Syndrome in a Navy Sailor Eugene Smith, MD Tara Sheridan, MD, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2022

Mental Health Predictors of Response to Standard Medical Interventions at a Military Pain Specialty Clinic. Tara Sheridan, MD, Emmanuel Espejo, PhD, Christopher Rendina, MD. Military Health System Research Symposium, 2022

Perioperative Birth Control Counseling for Female Surgical Patients Using Hormonal Contraceptives. Sleipness, Evan, Sheridan, MD. Podium Presentation. California Society of Anesthesiology, June 2020

In Pain AND Not Broken: Saving the Careers of Active Duty Service Members with Chronic Pain through a Functional Restoration Pain Program. Tara Sheridan, MD , Emmanuel Espejo, PhD, Kathleen McChesney, PsyD, Wade Dowling, DPT, Jennifer Muir, PT, and Christopher Phillips, CDR, USN, MC, Academic Research Competition, Honorable Mention Award, San Diego, CA, April 2020

A Functional Restoration Program for Active-Duty Military Personnel with Chronic Pain: Comparing Patient Reported Effectiveness Relative to Standard Medical Treatment at the Pain Clinic. Espejo E, Sheridan T, McChesney K, Dowling W, Muir J. Podium Presentation (virtual), Pain Week Conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 2019

Sheridan T, Chapter 105 - Peripheral Nerve Field Electrostimulation; Pain Medicine – An Essential Review, R. Urman, MD, editor, Springer Press, 2017

Sheridan T, Maruzak, B, Chapter 126 - Piriformis Syndrome; Pain Medicine – An Essential Review, R. Urman, MD, editor, Springer Press, 2017

Hanling S, Sheridan T, Goff, D, Fowler, Ian, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Contemporary Approaches to Low Back Pain (eBook), 2014

Sheridan T, Peña, M, Connolly, N, Headache in Palliative Care, Essentials of Palliative Care, Springer, 2013

Peña, M, Sheridan T, Headache, Pocket Pain Medicine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011