With more than 30 years of experience in acute care surgery, this board-certified surgery and surgical critical care physician specializes in trauma surgery, burns, advanced wound care, hyperbaric medicine, and surgical critical care, with additional expertise in trauma systems development and evaluation, traumatic brain injury, EMS systems, trauma patient transfer protocols, trauma registries, injury prevention, and trauma outcomes research. The expert has more than 10 years of expert witness experience involving consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony. Current roles include Clinical Professor of Medicine and Staff Intensivist, with prior leadership appointments including Director of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burns, Chief of the Section of Trauma, Medical Director of the Surgical ICU, Director of Injury Analysis and Prevention Programs, Director of a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program, Surgical Residency Program Director, Medical Director of a Trauma Registry, and Medical Director of an Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center.

Widely recognized for leadership in trauma systems and emergency medical services, this physician has served in numerous advisory, committee, reviewer, and governance roles involving trauma system planning, trauma center verification, trauma quality improvement, injury prevention, and EMS policy development. The expert has held appointments with major trauma and surgical organizations and served as a consultant, trauma system reviewer, and EMS advisor for multiple states and national agencies, including an appointment to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National EMS Advisory Council. Additional contributions include leadership roles involving acute care surgery development, trauma registry education, outcomes assessment, trauma performance improvement, and rural trauma and EMS systems.

Complementing extensive clinical and administrative experience, the expert has authored nearly 400 publications, abstracts, presentations, textbook chapters, and educational materials addressing trauma surgery, acute care surgery, trauma systems, injury prevention, EMS, trauma quality improvement, traumatic brain injury, and surgical critical care. Research experience includes participation in federally and privately funded projects focused on pediatric trauma care, trauma systems, preventable trauma deaths, injury prevention, trauma registry evaluation, and emergency medical services. The expert is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and holds certifications and instructional appointments as an ATLS Instructor and Course Director, ATOM Instructor, ASSET Instructor, and B-CON Instructor. This expert holds a Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude, a Doctor of Medicine degree, and a Master of Public Health degree, followed by residency training in surgery and fellowship training in critical care, traumatology, research, and injury prevention.