Bio
Dr. Htet is a board-certified physician in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), followed by a master’s degree in Physiological Science at UCLA. She obtained her M.D. from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, before completing her Emergency Medicine residency at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Critical Care fellowship at Stanford.
Dr. Htet practices in both the Emergency Department and Medical Intensive Care Unit at Stanford and serves as ACGME faculty for residency and fellowship education. She is deeply engaged in teaching, mentoring, and coaching trainees. As co-director of the Critical Care Ultrasound Program for critical care fellows, she is dedicated to advancing ultrasound education. Having completed the CCEeXAM® Examination of Special Competence in Critical Care Echocardiography, she is on the path to certification in Critical Care Echocardiography through the National Board of Echocardiography, Inc.
She is actively involved in the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and national emergency medicine organizations. She is the chair of programming subcommittee of research section at SCCM. Her research focuses on improving the care of critically ill patients, encompassing health system strategies for boarding, genetic phenotyping in septic shock, optimizing intubation conditions for metabolic acidosis, and advancing critical care ultrasound. Her career aspiration includes integrating artificial intelligence to enhance ultrasound diagnostics with the care of critically ill patients.
