Editorial Board
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open Editorial Board members have agreed and adhere to the BMJ Editor Roles and Responsibilities guidelines; including our Editor policy on competing interests.
Editor-in-Chief
Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Haut is Vice Chair of Quality, Safety, and Service in the Department of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a Professor of Surgery with secondary faculty appointments in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) and Emergency Medicine. He also has a faculty appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has been the Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at Johns Hopkins for over a decade and was a previous Trauma Medical Director at Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital (a level II trauma center).
Dr. Haut has held numerous leadership roles in trauma surgery. He is past-President of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), chaired the EAST Guidelines Committee, and is past-Chair of Maryland TraumaNet. He was the lead author of a paper commissioned by the National Academies of Medicine titled “Military Trauma Care’s Learning Health System: The Importance of Data-Driven Decision Making” which was used to support the report titled “A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury.” Dr. Haut was a member of the National Quality Forum (NQF) Trauma Outcomes Committee, is on the Board of Directors of the Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR), and was appointed to the Maryland Statewide Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (SEMSAC).
He has been active in the peer-review publishing process. Dr. Haut’s editorial experience includes membership on multiple other editorial boards and has ad-hoc peer-reviewed for over 40 journals. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, as well as dozens of invited editorials, books, and chapters.
Associate Editors
Andrew Bernard, MD
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
@bernardtrauma
Area of expertise: Trauma, critical care, acute care surgery
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Karen Brasel, MD, MPH
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
@kBraselDazzle
Area of expertise: Trauma, critical care, acute care surgery
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Martin Croce, MD
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee
Area of expertise: Surgery, Anesthesiology
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Christine Gaarder, MD, PhD
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Area of expertise: Trauma, resuscitation, abdominal wall reconstruction, ACS, emergency surgery
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Kenji Inaba, MD, FACS
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Areas of expertise: Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency General Surgery
Rosemary Kozar, MD, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Area of expertise: Surgical Critical Care, Nutrition in the Critically Ill, Endothelial Dysfunction after Hemorrhagic Shock
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Stephanie A. Savage, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
Area of expertise: traumatic coagulopathy, hemorrhage and massive transfusion and emergency general surgery classification systems
orcid.org/0000-0001-6634-3098
@ephava727
Associate Editor
Challenges In Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Kimberly Davis, MD, MBA
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
@kadtraumamd
Area of expertise: General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
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Social Media Associate Editors
Julia R. Coleman, MD, MPH
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-9249
@JuliaColemanMD
Lucia Nguyen, MD
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
orcid.org/0000-0002-3989-7949
@Lucywhatisee
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Timothy C. Fabian, M.D., F.A.C.S.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department of Surgery
Memphis, Tennessee
Twitter: @tfabian1
Editorial Advisory Board
L.D. Britt, MD
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia
Eileen Bulger, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
@bulgercot
William Cioffi, MD
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Zara Cooper, MD, MSc, FACS
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
@zaracMD
David V. Feliciano, MD
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma
Baltimore, Maryland
Gustavo P. Fraga, MD, PhD
University of Campinas
São Paulo, Brazil
Gregory Jurkovich, MD
UC Davis Health System
Davis, California
@Gjurkovich
J. Wayne Meredith, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Lena Napolitano, MD, MPH
University of Michigan Health Systems
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Raminder Nirula, MD MPH FACS
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
Andrew B. Peitzman, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Grace S. Rozycki, MD, MBA
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Thomas Scalea, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
John P. Sharpe, MD
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, Tennessee
David Spain, MD, FACS
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
@DavidASpain
Ronald Stewart, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
@Stewartr84
Eric Voiglio, MD
University of Lyon
Lyon, France
Mauro Zago, MD, FEBS EmSurg, FACS
Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit
Bergamo, Italy
Editorial Board Reviewers
Suresh Agarwal, MD
University of Wisconsin System
Madison, Wisconsin
@R2_Mitu
Saman Arbabi, MD
Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center
Seattle, Washington
Chad G. Ball, MS, MSc, FRCSC
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gregory J. Beilman, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Megan Brenner, MD, MS, RPVI
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California
Susan Briggs, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard
Boston, Massachusetts
Adam Brooks, FRCS
Nottingham University Hospital
Nottingham, United Kingdom
@adambrooks_AB
Clay Cothren Burlew, MD
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, Colorado
@ClayBurlew
Michael C. Chang, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Stephanie D. Chao, MD
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Jeffrey A. Claridge, MD, MS
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
@ClaridgeJeffrey
Stephen M. Cohn, MD
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Hempstead, New York
Todd W. Costantini, MD
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
@TWCostantini
Timothy Craig Hardcastle, MBChB, MMed (Chir), FCS (SA), PhD
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
Durban, South Africa
@vemadoc
Marie Crandall, MD
University of Florida Health Science Center
Jacksonville, Florida
@vegansurgeon
Nicola Curry
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Oxford, United Kingdom
@nicola_curry
Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Rochelle A. Dicker, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Jay Doucet, RDMS
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
@jaydoucet
Joe DuBose, MD, FCCM, RPVI, MD, MSc, FRCSC
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Brian J. Eastridge, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
Paula Ferrada, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
@pferrada1
Peter E. Fischer, MD, MS
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina
Barbara A. Gaines, MD
Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joseph M. Galante, MD
UC Davis Medical Center
Davis, California
@JGALANTE44
W. Alan Guo, MD, PhD
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
@waguo_md
Jostein S. Hagemo, MD, PhD
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Adil H. Haider, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
@AdilHaiderMD
Mark R. Hemmila, MD
University of Michigan Health Systems
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Li Hsee, MD
Auckland DHB
Auckland, New Zealand
Donald Jenkins, MD
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
San Antonio, Texas
@Dj53Jenkins
Aaron R. Jensen, MD, MEd, MS, FACS, FAAP
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Bellal Joseph, MD
The University of Arizona Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona
@TopKniFe_B
Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Kevin Kemp, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
@KerbyJD
Andrew J. Kerwin, MD
University of Florida Health Science Center
Jacksonville, Florida
@tak42796
David R. King, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard
Boston, Massachusetts
@geococyxVelox
Orlando C. Kirton, MD, MBA
Abington, Pennsylvania
@orlandokirton1
Hayato Kurihara
Istituto Clinicas Humanitas Milan
Milan, Italy
@HayatoKuri67
Luke PH Leenen, MD, PhD, FACS
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
@LukeLeenen
David H. Livingston, MD
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey
@dhlivingston
Louis J. Magnotti, MD
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee
Ajai K. Malhotra, FRCS
The University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont
George O. Maish III, MD, MBBS (MD), MS, DNB
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee
@gmaish3
Peter Majak, MD, PhD
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Adrian Maung, MD, FACS, FCCM
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
@aamaung
Todd R. Maxson, MD
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Little Rock, Arkansas
Robert Maxwell, MD
University Surgical Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Preston R. Miller, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Joseph P. Minei, MD, MBA
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
@PMHTraumaMinei
Pal Aksel Naess, MD, PhD
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Nicholas Namias, MD, MBA
University of Miami
Miami, Florida
Avery B. Nathens, MD, PhD, MD, ChB, MSPH
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
@injurydr
Terence O’Keeffe, FCCM
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
@terenceokeeffe
Per Ortenwall, MD, PhD
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden
Hans-Christoph Pape, MD
Aachen University Hospital
Aachen, Germany
Myung S. Park, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Joe H. Patton, JR., MD
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
Juan Carlos Puyana, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Patrick M. Reilly, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
@reillyp648
Babak Sarani, MD, FCCM
George Washington University
Washington, DC
@saranimd
Lisa Schlitzkus, MD
University of Colorado Health
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Martin Schreiber, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Thomas J. Schroeppel, MD
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee
Kevin M. Schuster, MD
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
@kevinMschuster
Alexandra Schwartz
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
Jason L. Sperry, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
@Jjasonsperrymd
Nicole A. Stassen, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York
@najsw
Kristan L. Staudenmayer, MD, MS
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California
Kjetil Sunde, MD, PhD
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Deborah M. Stein, MD
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Errington Thompson, MD
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Huntington, West Virginia
Chad M. Thorson, MD, MSPH
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Jeffrey Upperman, MD
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
@PedsTraumaMan
Garth H. Utter, MD, MSc
UC Davis Medical Center
Davis, California
Torben Wisborg, MD, PhD
University of Tromsoe
Oslo, Norway
@TorbenWisborg
Jay A. Yelon, DO
Northwell Health Physician Partners
Bay Shore, New York
Ben L. Zarzaur, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
@benzarzaur
Publishing Team
Publisher: Catherine Dolinsky
Head of Portfolio: Kathleen Lyons