Research Interests
• Mechanism of Action of G-CSF in septic models
• Mechanisms of neutrophil sequestration, and emigration during sepsis
• Pathogenesis of the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
• The activation of white blood cells following trauma and burns. Correlation
of white blood cell activation to acute lung injury and septic compications after
trauma and/or burns
• The use of anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory strategies in sepsis,
trauma, and thermal injury
Clinical Expertise
• Burn surgery
• General surgery
• Trauma surgery
Certification
American Board of Surgery
Residency/Fellowship Training
Fellow, Department of Surgery, Massachussets General Hospital and Shriners Burn
Institute
General Surgery - Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
Research Fellow in Surgery - University of Vermont College of Medicine
Select Professional Organizations
American Burn Association
Association of Academic Surgery
John H Davis Society
Massachusetts Medical Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine