Description
An academic Burn Surgeon and Burn Medical Director of the Loyola University Burn Center, one of the busiest burn centers in the country. He is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. His clinical and academic interests both focus on burn injuries and other injuries to the skin and soft tissues, including both acute management and management of long-term sequelae (e.g. burn reconstruction and scar management). He treats both adult and pediatric patients. He has treated thousands of patients with serious burn injuries, and has published extensively on burn surgery, wound care and related topics. A respected authority in the field of burn care, He is a member of the editorial board of the field’s pre-eminent journal (JBCR) and serves on national committees of several burn-related professional associations (American Burn Association, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma).
Academic/Clinical Appointments
Loyola Burn Center
Burn Medical Director
Burn Surgeon
2021 – Current
Maywood, IL
Illinois State Burn Coordinating Center
Chief Medical Officer
2021 – Current
Maywood, IL
Loyola University Medical Center
Attending Surgeon – Burns, Trauma, Acute Care Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Section Chief, Burn Surgery
2021 – Current
Maywood, IL
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
2021 – Current
Maywood, IL
UF Health Shands Burn Center
Associate Director
Burn Surgeon
2017 – 2021
Gainesville, FL
University of Florida Shands Health System
Attending Surgeon – Burns, Trauma, Acute Care Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
2016 – 2021
Gainesville, FL
University of Florida College of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery
2016 – 2021
Gainesville, FL
Post-Graduate Education
Shriners Hospital for Children & University of Texas Medical Branch
Fellowship in Acute Burn Surgery, Burn Reconstruction,
& Surgical Critical Care
2014 – 2016
Galveston, TX
University of California Los Angeles
General Surgery Residency
2011 – 2014
Los Angeles, CA
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Yuman Fong Laboratory
Fellowship in Surgical Research
2009 – 2011
New York, NY
New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Campus
General Surgery Residency, Clinical Years 1-2
2007 – 2009
New York, NY
Undergraduate & Graduate Education
Cornell Weill Medical College
Medical Doctor (Including elective year of research in Bostrom Laboratory)
2002 – 2007
New York, NY
Harvard College
Bachelor of Arts (AB)
Cum Laude: English and American Literature and Language
1998 – 2002
Cambridge, MA
Licenses/Certifications
State Medical Licenses
Illinois
New York (255914)
California (A116793)
Florida (ME 128369)
Active
2009-2011 (not renewed)
2011-2019 (not renewed)
2015-2022 (not renewed)
Board Certifications
General Surgery (060335)
Surgical Critical Care (003812)
Issued: 2015
Issued: 2016
Languages Spoken
English – native language
Spanish – fluent
Memberships
· American Burn Association
· American College of Surgeons
· American Medical Association
· Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
· The Longmire Surgical Society
Regional/National/International Committee Membership & Leadership
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Burn Surgery Committee 2019 – Current
Founding and Current Chairperson
*Initiated as task force in 2019. Designated permanent committee in 2020
American Burn Assoc. Committee on Organization/Delivery of Burn Care 2017 – Current
Committee member
American Burn Association Practice Guidelines Committee 2020 – Current
Committee member
American Burn Association Membership Advisory Committee 2019 – 2022
Committee member
American College of Surgeons Health Information Technology Committee 2019 – 2021
Committee member
Editorial Positions
Journal of Burn Care and Research
Digital Media Editor 2018 – Current
Editorial Advisory Board Member 2018 – Current
Ad Hoc Reviewer Work
Public Library of Science One (PLOS ONE), Burns; American College of Surgeons Scientific Forum, Journal of Surgical Research, Burns Open
Grant Reviewer Experience
2023 Military Burn Research Program, Congressionally Directed Military Research Program
Chairperson, Clinical Translational Research Panel
2022 Defense Medical Research and Development Program, Battlefield Wound Management and Infection Research
Scientist Reviewer, Infection Control and Management (Panel 1)
2022 Defense Medical Research and Development Program, Battlefield Wound Management and Infection Research
Scientist Reviewer, Infection Control and Management (Panel 3)
2022 United States Army Medical Research and Development Command Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Research, Congressionally Directed Military Research Program
Scientist Reviewer, Combat Casualty Care Panel
2021 Military Burn Research Program, Congressionally Directed Military Research Program
Scientist Reviewer, Clinical Translational Research Panel
2021 Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program, Congressionally Directed Military Research Program
Scientist Reviewer, Combat Casualty Care Panel
2020 Combat Readiness-Medical Research Program, Congressionally Directed Military Research Program
Scientist Reviewer, Wound Injury Panel
2020 Military Burn Research Program, Congressionally Directed Military Research Program
Scientist Reviewer, Clinical Translational Research Panel
2019 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, Congressionally Directed Military Research Program
Scientist Reviewer, Tissue Regeneration Panel