Education
Postdoctoral Training
Academic Appointments
Senior Postdoctoral Training
Scientific Activities
Editorial Boards
Manuscript Review
Grant Review
Abstract Review
Grant Support
Certification and Licensure
Honors and Awards
Memberships and Offices in Professional Societies
Teaching Activities
Extramural Invited Presentations
Committee and Administrative Service
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EDUCATION:
1972-1975 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, B.S.E.E.
1975-1977 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, M.S.E.
1976-1980 University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, M.D.
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POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
1980-1982 General and Thoracic Surgery,
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
1984-1987 General Surgery
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
1987-1988 Critical Care, Surgery
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1988-1989 Instructor, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center
1988-1990 Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Loyola University Medical Center
1988-1995 Medical Control Physician, Loyola LIFESTAR, Loyola University Medical Center
1989 Consulting Surgeon; General Surgery, Critical Care, Hines VAMC
1990-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Assistant Chief, Burn Center, Loyola University Medical Center
1994 - 1997
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Chief, Burn Center
Assistant Director for Clinical Studies, Burn and Shock Trauma Institute
Director, Immune Response to Injury/Lung Injury Laboratory
Medical Director, Loyola LIFESTAR Air Medical Program
Director, Clinical Nutrition Unit, Loyola University Medical Center/Stritch
School of Medicine
Assistant Chief, Surgical Service
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Director, Nutrition Support Team (NST), Hines VAMC
1998
Professor with Tenure, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of Trauma, Burns, and Emergency Surgery
Associate Director, Surgical Intensive Care Units
Associate Director, Critical Care Fellowship Program (Surgery)
Associate Director, Air Medical Services, University of Michigan Health
Systems/University of Michigan Medical School
Director, University of Michigan Trauma System
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Loyola University
Medical Center
1999 – 2000
Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota
Director: Academic Programs
Director: Resident and Student Education,
Director: Critical Care Services, Department of Surgery, Regions Hospital,
St. Paul, MN
2000 – 2001
Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota
Director: Academic Programs
Site Director: Resident and Student Education
Director: Critical Care Services, Trauma Program, Burn Center, Surgical
Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Medical Services, Department of Surgery,
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
2001 – 2003
John F. Perry, Jr. Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota
Director: Academic Programs
Site Director: Resident and Student Education
Director: Critical Care Services: Trauma Program, Burn Center, Surgical
Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Medical Services, Department of Surgery,
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota
Biomathematics Study Group, Vanderbilt University
Surgical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Gillette Children’s Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
2003 – Present
John F. Perry, Jr. Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota
Assistant Medical Director, Surgical Care, HealthPartners Medical Group
Director: Academic Programs
Site Director: Resident and Student Education
Director: Critical Care Services, Trauma Program, Burn Center, Surgical
Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Medical Services, Department of Surgery,
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota
Biomathematics Study Group, Vanderbilt University
Surgical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Gillette Children’s Hospital,
St. Paul, MN
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SENIOR POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
1982-1984 Department of Surgery, Division of Artificial Organs, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
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SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:
Editorial Boards
1992 - Present
Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
Senior Editorial Board Member
Editorial Group Chairman
Trauma/Critical Care/Burns
Editorial Group Vice Chairman
General Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery
1993 - Present
Air Medical Journal
Editorial Review Board
1996 - 1997
Air Medical Journal
Acting Co-Editor
1996 - 1997
AIRMED
Physician Consultant
Editorial Board
1996 - Present
Shock
Book Review Editor
Editorial Board
1997 - 2000
Air Medical Journal
Co-Editor
AIRMED
Medical Editor
1998 - Present
Critical Care Journal Club
Surgical Editor
American Thoracic Society Website
www.thoracic.org/cc/cc.html
2000 - Present
Akutjournalen – The Scandinavian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Medicine
Associate Editor
International Editor
Section Editor
2001 - 2005
Air Medical Journal
Co-Editor
2006 - Present
Air Medical Journal
Consulting Editor
2001 - Present
Editorial Advisory Panel
Bioterrorism InfoAlert
Biological and Chemical and Disaster Preparedness
2001 - 2006 Editorial Board, Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care
2002 – 2008 Editorial Board, Critical Care Medicine
2002 Associate Editor, Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2003
2003 Program Chair, Minnesota Surgical Society, Spring Meeting
2003 Associate Editor, Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2004
2004 Associate Editor, Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2005
2005 Associate Editor, Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2006
2006 Associate Editor, Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2007
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Manuscript Review:
1992 - 2006
The Journal of Trauma (Senior Reviewer)
Intensive Care Medicine
Circulatory Shock
Critical Care Medicine
American Journal of Surgery
The Air Medical Journal
Journal of Surgical Research
Archives of Surgery
Shock
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Annals of Surgery
Pediatric Research
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Respiration: International Journal of Thoracic Medicine
Journal of Burn Care and Research
Surgical Infections
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Grant Review
2005 Medical Research Council, United Kingdom, Invited Referee.
“TracMan: Tracheostomy Management in Critical Care. August, 2005.
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Abstract Review: 2000-2006 only
1999 International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB)
Airmed 2000 - The 6th Aeromedical World Congress
Stavanger, Norway, June, 2000
1999 Society of Critical Care Medicine
29th Educational and Scientific Symposium
Orlando, Florida, February, 2000
2001 Society of Critical Care Medicine
31st Educational and Scientific Symposium
San Diego, California, February, 2002
2001 International Scientific Advisory Board
Trauma Care 2002
Stavanger, Norway, May, 2002
2002 Society of Critical Care Medicine
32nd Educational and Scientific Symposium
San Antonio, Texas, January, 2003
2003 Minnesota Surgical Society
Spring Meeting
St. Paul, Minnesota, May, 2003
2003 Society of Critical Care Medicine
33rd Critical Care Congress
Orlando, Florida, February, 2004
2004 Society of Critical Care Medicine
34th Critical Care Congress
Phoenix, Arizona, January, 2005
2005 Minnesota Surgical Society
Spring Meeting
St. Paul, Minnesota, May, 2005
2005 Society of Critical Care Medicine
35th Critical Care Congress
San Francisco, California, January, 2006
2006 Society of Critical Care Medicine
36th Critical Care Congress
Orlando, Florida, February, 2007
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GRANT SUPPORT: CURRENT AND PENDING
HealthPartners Research Foundation, “Comparison of Active Compression Decompression (ACD) with an Inspriatory Impedance Threshold Valve (ITV) versus Standard CPR in Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in St. Paul, Minnesota”; 2002-2006, Co-Investigator; Funded by HealthPartners Research Foundation
NIH SCCOR Grant, “Integrative Physiology of Ventilatory Support in ARDS”; 2002-2007, Co-Investigator - submitted
NIH R-01, “Evolution, Detection, & Prevention of Ventilatory Injury”; 2004-2008, Co-Investigator - submitted
Pharmanet, Inc., “A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Once Daily Levofloxacin Along With Once Daily Metronidazole Versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Treatment of Complicated Appendicitis”; 2004-2006, Co-Investigator
Pfizer, Inc., “Linezolid in the Treatment of Subjects With Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Proven to be Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus”; 2004-2006, Co-Investigator
James S. McDonnell Foundation, “Critical Care Interdisciplinary Research Consortium: A 21st Century Complex Systems Collaborative Activity”; 2004-2007 Co-Investigator; Timothy Buchman, MD; Principle Investigator
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CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
1982 Utah - (inactive)
1983 Idaho - (inactive)
1984 California - (inactive)
1987 Illinois - (inactive)
1988 American Board of Surgery, Certificate #33933
1988 Advanced Trauma Life Support: Provider
1989 Advanced Trauma Life Support: Instructor
1991 American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Certificate #538
1991 Advanced Burn Life Support: Provider
1991 Advanced Burn Life Support: Instructor
1991 American College of Surgeons: Fellow
1991 American College of Chest Physicians: Fellow, Certificate #30426
1991 Advanced Cardiac Life Support: Provider
1992 Advanced Cardiac Life Support: Instructor
1992 American College of Critical Care Medicine: Fellow
1993 Advanced Cardiac Life Support: Course Director
1995 Prehospital Advanced Burn Life Support: Instructor
1995 Advanced Burn Life Support: Senior Faculty
1995 Prehospital Advanced Trauma Life Support: Instructor
1996 Fundamentals of Critical Care Support: Instructor
1996 Neonatal Resuscitation: Provider
1996 American Heart Association - Affiliate Faculty
1998 Michigan
1998 Advanced Burn Life Support: Course Director
1998 American Board of Surgery, Recertified in General Surgery
1999 Minnesota
2000 American Board of Surgery, Recertified in Surgical Critical Care
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HONORS AND AWARDS:
1973-1976 Electrical Engineering Honors Program, Purdue University
1973 Phi Eta Sigma, Purdue University
1975 Eta Kappa Nu, Purdue University
1975 Graduate with Highest Distinction, Purdue University
1975-1976 Honors Curriculum Committee, Purdue University
1975 Tau Beta Pi, Purdue University
1975-1976 Teaching Assistant in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University
1976 Collegiate Who's Who, Purdue University
1976 Phi Beta Kappa, Purdue University
1976 Phi Kappa Phi, Purdue University
1976 Teaching Assistant in Physiology, Class of 1980, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
1980 Alumni Association Representative, Class of 1980, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
1987 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California, Irvine
1991 Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1991 Fellow, College of Chest Physicians
1992 Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine
Marquis AMBS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists
1999 Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2000 Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2000 Air Medical Physician Association: President’s Award for Outstanding Service
2001 Visiting Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Purdue University
2001 Ian Swatez Teaching Award, Emergency Medicine Training Program, Regions Hospital, HealthPartners
2001 Who’s Who in the 21st Century – First Edition, International Biographical Center, Cambridge CB2 3QP England
2001 Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
2001-2002 America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals – 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury, NY 11590-5119
2002 Visiting Professor, Dayton Surgical Society
2002 Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Wright State University
2002 “Man of Achievement”, International Biographical Center, Cambridge
2002 “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century”, Second Edition, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK
2002 Air Medical Physician Association: Distinguished Physician of the Year
2002-2005 “Americas Top Surgeons,” Consumer Research Council of America
2002 Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2003 National Register’s Who’s Who In Executives and Professionals
2003 Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2003 President’s Team Award, HealthPartners
2003 Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2004 Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Washington University St. Louis
2004 Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
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MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1986 Association for Academic Surgery
1989 Society of Critical Care Medicine
Fundamental Critical Care Support National Committee (1997-2005)
Multidisciplinary Review Course Committee Vice Chairman (1998-1999)
Multidisciplinary Review Course Committee Chairman (1999-2001)
Critical Care Congress Subcommittee (2002-2005)
Multidisciplinary Self-Assessment Review Book Committee (2005-2008)
FCCS Steering Committee (2005-2008)
1990 Shock Society
1991 American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
American Thoracic Society
Chicago Medical Society
Chicago Metropolitan Trauma Society
Illinois State Medical Society
Wound Healing Society
1992 American College of Critical Care Medicine, Fellow
American Burn Association, Member
Research Committee (2003-2006)
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Fellow
Society of University Surgeons
Surgical Infection Society
1994 Chicago Surgical Society
1995 Air Medical Physicians Association
American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Chicago Committee on Trauma
1996 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
1998 Michigan Committee on Trauma
2000 Minnesota Committee on Trauma
2001 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
Beta-Tester – Internet-Based Attendance/Participation at Annual Conference
2002 Minnesota Surgical Society, Executive Committee (2003-2006)
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TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
1990-1992 Instructor: Trauma Nurse Specialist Course: Illinois Designation
1992-1993 Instructor: Trauma/Critical Care, Nursing Orientation Program, Loyola University Medical Center
1993-1995 Alternate Region Chairman, Region V Burn Disaster Triage System, American Burn Association
1993 Instructor: Advanced Practice Trauma Course, Master's Degree Program, Neihoff School of Nursing, Loyola University of Medicine
1994 Referee: Midwest Medical Student Research Forum, University of Nebraska, Omaha, February
1996-1998 Affiliate Faculty, American Hearth Association Community Training Centers (CTC), Loyola University Medical Center and Life Support Systems, Inc., Lake Zurich, Illinois
1999 Co-Director: Critical Care Board Review Course, American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, Florida
2000 Director: Critical Care Refresher Course, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, Florida, February, 2000
2000 Co-Director: Critical Care Course, “Critical Care – Back to Basics”, American Burn Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2000
2000 Co-Director: Critical Care Board Review Course, American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August, 2000.
2001 Director: Critical Care Refresher Course, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, California, February, 2001.
2001 Co-Director: Critical Care Board Review Course, American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, Florida, August, 2001. 2003 Program Chair: MN Surgical Society, Spring Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, May, 2003.
2005 Program Chair: Combined Surgical Societies of MN, Spring Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, May, 2005.
2006 Program Co-Chair: MN Surgical Society, Spring Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May, 2006.
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EXTRAMURAL INVITED PRESENTATIONS: 2000-Present
“Burn care: innovations and issues,” Critical Care Refresher Course 4, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, Florida, February, 2000.
“Hemodynamic monitoring,” Postgraduate Course: Critical Care, American Burn Association, 2000 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2000.
“Antimicrobial use and emergence of resistant pathogens,” Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville, Minnesota, May, 2000.
“Pain management for the burn patient,” 12th Annual Burn Care Today, HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education, St. Paul, Minnesota, May, 2000.
“Evolution of ACLS,” Air Medical Transport In The New Millennium Pre-Conference, Air Medical Physicians Association, Stavanger, Norway, June, 2000.
“The HEMS organization: is there a new better way?” (North American Keynote Address), AIRMED 2000: Climbing to a Higher Level, Stavanger, Norway, June, 2000.
“Planning and executing a study – common pitfalls and the way around,” AIRMED 2000: Climbing to a Higher Level, Stavanger, Norway, June, 2000.
“C-spine injury: new guidelines,” Advances in Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery Continuing Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June, 2000. (Recorded by Audio-Digest Foundation Glendale, California)
“Trauma and thermal injury,” American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2nd Annual Combined Critical Care Board Review Course, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August, 2000.
“Ventilation in the surgical/trauma patient,” 9th Annual Mechanical Ventilation: Principles and Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September, 2000.
“Airway maintenance,” 9th Annual Mechanical Ventilation: Principles and Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September, 2000.
“Abdominal catastrophes,” 16th Annual Pulmonary Critical Care Course, HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November, 2000.
“Perioperative control of pain and stress in the burn-injured patient,” Mid-Atlantic Burn Conference, Annapolis, Maryland, November, 2000.
“ACLS Update,” ALS Society Winter Conference, Fargo, North Dakota, February, 2001.
“Abdominal catastrophes,” Critical Care Refresher Course 5, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, California, February, 2001.
“Cardiopulmonary/cerebral resuscitation” and “Myocardial ischemia and infarction” presented as part of first teleconference Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) Course coordinated by Northwest MedStar, Seattle, Washington, February, 2001.
“Modeling of patient-ventilator interaction,” School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, March, 2001.
“Critical care: resuscitation,” American Burn Association, 33rd Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 2001.
“Fluid resuscitation: monitoring,” American Burn Association, 33rd Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 2001.
“ACLS update,” Woodbury Police and Fire EMS, Woodbury, Minnesota, May, 2001.
“Trauma potpourri,” Spring Trauma Conference, St. Cloud Hospital, Onamia, Minnesota, May, 2001.
“Organ system support: then and now,” A Celebration of the Perry Era, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, May, 2001.
“Variable ventilatory support in a model of invasive pressure support ventilation,” American Thoracic Society 2001, San Francisco, California, May, 2001.
“ACLS update,” White Bear Fire and Rescue Services, White Bear, Minnesota, June, 2001.
“Activated Protein C in empiric treatment of septic shock with soft tissue loss,” Eli Lilly and Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June, 2001.
“Trauma and thermal injury,” American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine, 3rd Annual Combined Critical Care Board Review Course, Orlando, Florida, August, 2001.
“Noninvasive ventilation,” University of Minnesota Center for Excellence in Critical Care, Fall Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September, 2001.
“Trauma potpourri,” Ninth Annual Trauma Nursing Conference – Beyond the Golden Hour, Regions Hospital and Gillette Children’s Hospital, Oakdale, Minnesota, September, 2001.
“Activated protein C and the management of sepsis,” HealthEast St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, October, 2001.
“Activated protein C and the hematologic approach to sepsis,” Center for Excellence in Critical Care, Twin Cities Critical Care Forum, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, November, 2001.
“Ventilation in the surgical/trauma patient: an update,” 10th Annual Mechanical Ventilation Principles and Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November, 2001.
“Airway maintenance,” 10th Annual Mechanical Ventilation Principles and Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November, 2001.
“Mechanical ventilation,” Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November, 2001.
“Noninvasive ventilation,” Milwaukee Critical Care Club, Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November, 2001.
“What’s new with the ABC’s,” St. Mary’s Hospital, Racine, Wisconsin, November, 2001.
“Abdominal catastrophes,” Dayton Surgical Society, Dayton, Ohio, January, 2002.
“Perioperative evaluation and management of cardiopulmonary disease,” Wright State College of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, January, 2002.
“Blunt hollow viscus injury (HVI) and small bowel injury (SBI): prevalence, mortality, and morbidity results from a large multi-institutional study,” Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January, 2002.
“Current diagnostic approaches lack sensitivity in the diagnosis of perforating blunt small bowel injury (SBI): findings from a large multi-institutional trial,” Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January, 2002.
“Diagnosing blunt small bowel injury (SBI): an analysis of the clinical utility of computed tomography (CT) scan from a large multi-institutional trial,” Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January, 2002.
“Motor vehicle crash (MVC) and abdominal seatbelt mark as risk factors for perforating small bowel injury (SBI): results from a large multi-institutional study,” Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 15th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January, 2002.
“Transfer of the critically ill patient,” Critical Care Refresher Course 6, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Diego, California, January, 2002.
“Activated protein C and the hematologic approach to sepsis,” Bismarck Arts and Gallery Center, Bismarck, North Dakota, February, 2002.
“Activated protein C and the hematologic approach to sepsis,” Innovis Health, Fargo, North Dakota, February, 2002.
“Activated protein C and the hematologic approach to sepsis,” University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, February, 2002.
“Activated protein C and the hematologic approach to sepsis,” Avalon Events Center, Fargo, North Dakota, February, 2002.
“Lightning and electrical injury,” Fourteenth Annual Burn and Wound Care Today, St. Paul, Minnesota, February, 2002.
“Severity scoring systems,” Eighteenth International Egyptian Anesthesiology Congress, Cairo, Egypt, March, 2002.
“Burn injury,” Eighteenth International Egyptian Anesthesiology Congress, Egypt, March, 2002.
“Head injury,” Eighteenth International Egyptian Anesthesiology Congress, Cairo, Egypt, March, 2002.
“Blunt chest injury,” Eighteenth International Egyptian Anesthesiology Congress, Cairo, Egypt, March, 2002.
“Trauma potpourri,” Eighteenth International Egyptian Anesthesiology Congress, Cairo, Egypt, March, 2002.
“Hemodynamic monitoring update,” American Burn Association 34th Annual Meeting, Educational Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2002.
“Planning and executing a study – common pitfalls and the way around,” TraumaCare 2002, Stavanger, Norway, May, 2002.
“Pediatric trauma,” Super-PALS Course, Maplewood, Minnesota, May, 2002.
“Management of the burn patient,” All Saints – St. Mary’s Medical Center, Racine, Wisconsin, July, 2002.
“New trends in trauma,” Racine Area EMS, Racine, Wisconsin, July, 2002.
“Trauma and thermal injury,” American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine, 4th Annual Combined Critical Care Board Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2002.
“Trauma practice guideline for solid organ injury management; saves time and money,” Minnesota Surgical Society Fall Meeting, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, September, 2002.
“The resident experience on trauma: declining surgical opportunities and career incentives? An analysis of data from a large multi-institutional study. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Sixty-First Meeting, Orlando, Florida, September, 2002.
“Activated protein C: toward a unified approach to sepsis,” Eli Lilly and Company, Duluth, Minnesota, October 2002.
“Activated protein C: toward a unified approach to sepsis,” Eli Lilly and Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin, October, 2002.
“Airway maintenance,” 11th Annual Mechanical Ventilation: Principles and Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November, 2002.
“Ventilation in the surgical/trauma patient,” 11th Annual Mechanical Ventilation: Principles and Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November, 2002.
“Life-threatening infections in the ICU,” 11th Congress of Asia Pacific Association for Respiratory Care, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, December, 2002.
“Surgical complications in patients with respiratory failure,” 11th Congress of Asia Pacific Association for Respiratory Care, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, December, 2002.
“Blunt and penetrating cardiac injury,” 24th Annual Cardiovascular Conference, HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education, St. Paul, Minnesota, December, 2002.
“Damage control: when less is more,” Critical Care Refresher Course 7, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, January, 2003.
"Trauma: acute management,” Critical Care Update, Park Nicollet Institute, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, February, 2003.
“Trauma and thermal injury,” American College of Chest Physicians: Critical Care Board Review Course, Scottsdale, Arizona, August, 2003.
"Thermal injury and soft tissue infections,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, September, 2003.
"Trauma resuscitation and compartment syndromes,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, September, 2003.
“Traumatic brain injury,” 11th Annual Regions Hospital Trauma Nursing Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, September, 2003.
“Protocol-driven ventilator weaning reduces use of mechanical ventilation, rate of early reintubation and ventilator-associated pneumonia,” American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September, 2003.
“Resuscitation issues,” Emergency Medicine and Trauma Update, St. Paul, Minnesota, October, 2003.
"Burns and soft tissue infection,” Life Link III Trauma Tactics 2003, Red Wing, Minnesota, October, 2003.
“Electrical and lightening injuries,” 16th Annual Burn & Wound Care Today, St. Paul, Minnesota, February, 2004.
“Mechanical ventilation: special edition,” Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 2004.
“Cardio-cranial interactions: reduction of elevated intracranial pressure with an inspiratory impedance threshold device in spontaneously breathing pigs after resuscitation from cardiac arrest,” Society of Critical Care Medicine, 33rd Critical Care Congress, Orlando, Florida, February, 2004.
"Alveolar instability does not cause gross alveolar tearing,” American Thoracic Society, 100th International Conference, Orlando, Florida, May, 2004.
“Critical care issues in management of the injured patient,” Trauma Symposium, Theda Clark Medical Center, Appleton, Wisconsin, May, 2004.
“TBI: pathophysiology and treatment,” Trauma Symposium, Theda Clark Medical Center, Appleton, Wisconsin, May, 2004.
“Effect of a weaning protocol on reintubation rates in the surgical intensive care unit,” Minnesota Surgical Society Spring Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May, 2004.
"Respiratory issues in the trauma ICU,” 68th Annual Course-Advances in Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June, 2004.
“Trauma and thermal injury,” American College of Chest Physicians: Critical Care Board Review Course, Orlando, Florida, August, 2004.
“Thermal injury and soft tissue infections,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2004.
“Thoracic and abdominal trauma,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2004.
“Writing for the Air Medical Journal,” Air Medical Transport Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October, 2004.
"Novel device decreases intracranial pressure and improves vital organ perfusion pressures in hypovolemic swine,” Society of Critical Care Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, January, 2005.
"Ventilator associated pneumonia,” University of Wisconsin, Department of Surgery, Trauma Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, February, 2005.
“Abdominal compartment syndrome: An update,” Critical Care Forum, St. Paul, Minnesota, March, 2005.
“Trauma resuscitation from the patient’s viewpoint,” Surgical Societies of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, May, 2005.
“Air medical outcomes: The search for relevance in HEMS,” AAMS Pre-Conference, AirMed 2005, Barcelona, Spain, June, 2005.
"Trauma and thermal injury,” American College of Chest Physicians: Critical Care Board Review Course, Scottsdale, Arizona, August, 2005.
“Thermal injury and soft tissue infections,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2005.
“Thoracic and abdominal trauma,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2005.
“Thermal injury and soft tissue infections,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, July, 2006.
“Thoracic and abdominal trauma,” Society of Critical Care Medicine: Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, July, 2006.
“Trauma and thermal injury,” American College of Chest Physicians: Critical Care Board Review Course, Orlando, Florida, August, 2006.
“Abdominal problems in the ICU: Acute abdomen/pancratitis/biliary infection & injury,” American College of Chest Physicians: Critical Care Board Review Course, Orlando, Florida, August, 2006.
“Abdominal problems in the ICU,” Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, November, 2006.
“Trauma and sepsis in the ICU,” 3rd International Symposium on Respiratory Disease, 14th Congress of the Asia Pacific Association, Shanghai, China, November, 2006.
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COMMITTEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE:
1988 - Present Alumni Senate, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
1990 - 1997 Surgical Intensive Care Unit Committee, Hines, (Chairman)
1990 - 1997 Burn Center Quality Assurance Committee, Loyola
1991 - 1997 OR Committee, Hines
1991 Policy Committee for OR Blood Transfusion, Hines
1991 - 1994 Shock Trauma Institute Study Section Research Committee of Council, Loyola
1992 - 1995 Clinical Executive Board, Hines
1992 - 1997 Critical Care Core Curriculum: Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship Program, Loyola/Hines
1993 Hospital Restraint Policy Committee, Hines
1993 - 1994 VA Staff Utilization Pilot Study: Critical Care Section, Hines
1994 Multidisciplinary PCA Group, Hines
1994 - 1995 Clinical Guidelines Committee: Transfusion, Loyola
1995 Chief Nursing Service, Selection Committee, Hines
1995 - 1997 Department of Surgery, Loyola, Research Committee, Loyola
1995 - 1997 Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Institute Research Committee, Loyola
1998 Disaster Response Planning Committee, University of Michigan
1998 ICU Steering Committee, University of Michigan
1998 Multidisciplinary Trauma Quality Assurance Committee, Chair, U of MI
1998 Trauma Quality Assurance Committee, Hurley Medical Center
1999 - 2000 Surgical Intensive Care Unit Quality Assurance Committee, Regions Hospital
1999 - Present Department of Surgery Research Committee, Chair, Regions Hospital
1999 - 2004 Department of Surgery Education Committee, Chair, Regions Hospital
1999 - Present Graduate Medical Education Committee, Institute for Medical Education, HealthPartners
1999 - Present Cardiac Arrest Committee, Regions Hospital
1999 - 2004 Medical Student Education Committee, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota (UMN)
1999 - 2004 Surgical Education Council, Department of Surgery, UMN
1999 - Present Medical Advisory Committee, Life Link III, St. Paul, Minnesota
1999 - Present Board of Directors, Life Link III, St. Paul, Minnesota
1999 - 2006 Board of Directors, Institute for Medical Education, HealthPartners
1999 - Present Faculty Advisory Council, Department of Surgery, UMN
1999 - Present Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Surgery, UMN
1999 - Present Trauma Program Committee, Regions Hospital
2000 Basic Science and Animal Research Strategic Thinking Workgroup, HealthPartners Research Foundation.
2000 Resident Research Committee, Regions Hospital, Institute for Medical Education, HealthPartners
2000 Care Integration Rapid Design Team, Regions Hospital, HealthPartners
2000 - Present Basic Science and Animal Research Subcommittee, HealthPartners Research Foundation
2000 - 2001 Moonlighting Policy Committee, Regions Hospital, Institute for Medical Education, HealthPartners
2000 - 2001 Physicians Advisory Council: Strategies 2000, Regions Hospital
2001 - 2008 Board of Directors, HealthPartners Research Foundation
2001 - 2006 Medical Executive Committee, Regions Hospital, HealthPartners
2001 - Present Chair, Multidisciplinary Critical Care Committee, Regions Hospital
2001 - Present Infection Control Committee, Regions Hospital
2001 - Present Clinical Faculty Appointments and Promotion Committee, Department of Surgery, UMN
2002 Translational Research Committee, HealthPartners Research Foundation
2002 Ad Hoc Quality Assurance Redesign Committee, Regions Hospital
2002 - 2005 Vice-Chair, Basic Science and Animal Research Subcommittee, HealthPartners Research Foundation
2002 - 2005 Research Committee, HealthPartners Research Foundation
2002 - Present Pediatric Critical Care Committee, Gillette Children’s Hospital
2003 - Present Group of 120, HealthPartners Medical Group
2003 - Present Specialty Leadership Team (SLT), HealthPartners Medical Group
2004 Search Committee: Department of Anesthesiology Head; UMN
2004 - Present Specialty Leadership Committee; HealthPartners Medical Group
2005 - 2006 Search Committee: Department of Surgery Head; UMN
2006 - 2008 Best Practices Committee; Regions Hospital
2006 IME-Excellence in Education Award Selection Committee; HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education
2006 Associate Examiner; American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination, St. Paul, MN, May, 2006
2007 - 2009 FDM/HDM Subcommittee; FCCS Program Committee; Society of Critical Care Medicine
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