Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Surgery
·
2021 - Present
Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery,
Surgery
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2023 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Novel Strategies to Promote Intensive Care Unit Recovery via Personalized Exercise, Nutrition, and Anabolic Interventions.
Journal Article Crit Care Clin · April 2025 Survivors of critical illness experience significant morbidity, reduced physiologic reserve, and long-term complications that negatively impact quality of life. Although rehabilitative treatments are beneficial during early recovery, there is limited evide ... Full text Link to item CiteMeasured resting energy expenditure in cardiothoracic surgery patients and changes throughout hospitalization: A descriptive cohort study.
Journal Article Clin Nutr ESPEN · April 2025 BACKGROUND & AIMS: There is a general paucity of data on energy needs during critical illness and the subsequent hospital course, particularly in cardiothoracic surgical patients. We measured resting energy expenditure (mREE) via indirect calorimetry on pa ... Full text Link to item CiteGenerative Artificial Intelligence in Academic Surgery: Ethical Implications and Transformative Potential.
Journal Article J Surg Res · March 2025 Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly being used in medicine due to its advanced capabilities in image and video recognition, clinical decision support, surgical education, and administrative task automation. Large language models such as OpenAI's Genera ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Personalized Targeted Nutrition via StructurEd Nutrition Delivery Pathway to Improve Resilience in Older Adult Trauma Patients - SeND Home
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abbott Nutrition · 2022 - 2032Personalized Targeted Nutrition via StructurEd Nutrition Delivery Pathway to Improve Recovery of Physical Function in Trauma - SeND Home
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2026Optimizing Recovery in Trauma Patients: Integrating Enhanced Nutrition Delivery with Muscle Assessments, Functional Outcomes and Quality of Life
Clinical TrialCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Fresenius Kabi AG · 2024 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine ·
2010
D.O.
University of South Florida ·
2005
M.A.
University of South Florida ·
2003
B.A.