Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Surgery
·
2018 - Present
Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery,
Surgery
Chief of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery
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2017 - Present
Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Impact of systemic anticoagulation on traumatic cervical arterial repairs: An analysis of the PROspective Observational Vascular Injury Trial (PROOVIT) registry.
Journal Article Am J Surg · April 2026 PURPOSE: Systemic anticoagulation (SAC) is standard in elective arterial repairs but controversial in trauma due to bleeding risks, with unclear benefits in this population. This is the first study to investigate SAC's impact on cervical artery repairs. ME ... Full text Link to item Cite321: FROM CALORIMETRY TO THE KITCHEN TABLE: PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF ICU-INITIATED PRECISION NUTRITION
Conference Critical Care Medicine · March 2026 Full text Cite320: SOCIAL CONTEXT SHAPES NUTRITION BEHAVIORS IN OLDER TRAUMA ICU SURVIVORS
Conference Critical Care Medicine · March 2026 Full text CiteRecent Grants
Resilience Endotype-derivation through Parsimonious Analysis and causal Inference of Recovery from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (REPAIR-ARDS)
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Hospitalized Patients with Moderate-to-Severe ARDS: A Phase III Clinical Trial
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Direct Biologics LLC · 2023 - 2028Mid-Atlantic praGmatic NETwork for Inclusive Clinical trials in emergency care (MAGNETIC)
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2028View All Grants
Education
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine ·
1995
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania ·
1991
B.A.