Harold David Hardman MD, MBA, FASA

Dr. Hardman previously served as a subspecialty regional anesthesiology faculty member and residency program director at Duke University prior to his current appointment at UNC. His clinical expertise is in the area of regional anesthesia and pain medicine, along with liver transplantation and major vascular surgery. He is an expert in ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for regional anesthesia, including point of care ultrasound to assess cardiac, lung, gastric and abdominal function. Dr. Hardman has a special interest in nerve injury after peripheral nerve block, including the unique malpractice risks facing regional anesthesiologists, and has lectured internationally on this topic. He also regularly consults as an expert witness defending anesthesiologists who have experienced neurologic complications after administering peripheral nerve blocks.

Dr. Hardman is a past president of the North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists and currently serves as the Alternate Director from North Carolina to the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists committees on Economics; Health and Public Policy; Anesthesia Care Team; and Ad Hoc Committees on Point of Care Ultrasound and Alternative Payment Models. He is a member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia Committee on Guidelines and Regulatory Affairs, as well as the 2020 Annual Meeting Program Committee. Most recently, he was appointed to the American Society of Anesthesiologists' newly created Editorial Board on Point of Care Ultrasound, which will define and determine the elements of a Certificate of Completion in POCUS for anesthesiologists who have met these requirements.