Nathalia Jimenez, M.D., M.P.H.

Nathalia Jimenez is Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Jimenez has over 20 years of experience as a pediatric anesthesiologist, caring for children with complex medical conditions.

She is also principal investigator at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Her research focus on improving access to healthcare for children, and development of family-centered programs to bridge care between hospitals and communities.

She is recognized for her research on factors associated with pediatric post-operative pain management, and for seminal work documenting large long-term disability in children with traumatic brain injuries. She developed a navigation program to improve receipt of rehabilitation care after hospital discharge, and she is currently testing the efficacy of this program in a multicenter effort. Her work highlights the importance school programs to decrease disability and improve community reintegration for children with complex medical conditions. She is also multiple principal investigator for a summer internship program engaging undergraduate students in pain and neurologic health research. Her dedication to academic anesthesiology has been recognized by the Association of University Anesthesiologists and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research.

Dr. Jimenez earned her MD from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, and completed her anesthesiology residency there. She completed her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship and received her MPH from the University of Washington.