Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Surgery
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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
State-level COVID-19 lockdown stringency associated with increases in motor-vehicle mortality rates
Journal Article Journal of Safety Research · December 1, 2025 Background: Motor-vehicle collision fatalities increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, but significant variation existed between states. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between state-level COVID ... Full text CiteReducing Missed Doses of VTE Prophylaxis.
Journal Article JAMA Surg · October 8, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteAsian American Representation in Surgical Training in the United States.
Journal Article J Surg Res · October 2, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Asians are considered an over-represented minority in medicine, making up 7% of the US national population but 17.1% of active physicians. However, representation trends are different across surgical specialties, and many surgical residency p ... Full text Link to item 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, Training & Certifications
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine ·
1995
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania ·
1991
B.A.