Faculty Research Interests
Dr. Bendix - Health impacts of gun violence, and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health care delivery
Dr. Forrester - Care of the injured patient, surgical infectious disease, and global public health
Dr. Hameed - Innovations in trauma surgery and emergency general surgery, process and quality improvement, surgical rescue, value-based healthcare, surgical systems
Dr. Knight - Hemorrhagic shock, resuscitation, and traumatic arrest
Dr. Knowlton - Barriers in access to care, disparities among vulnerable surgical populations, and the financial burden injury imposes upon both patients and hospitals
Dr. Maggio - Quality improvement, patient safety, healthcare delivery
Dr. Nassar - Abdominal wall reconstruction, simulation-based medical education, surgical education, and burnout among physicians and other healthcare professionals
Dr. Pugh - Simulation and advanced engineering technologies to assess and define competency in clinical procedural skills
Dr. Sonntag - Surgical education, simulation, disaster/mass casualty preparedness, and emergency general surgery
Dr. Staudenmayer - Trauma systems of care and vulnerable patient populations such as the elderly
Dr. Tung - Massive transfusion strategies, education regarding pre-hospital trauma management, gastrostomy tube complications, safety profile of body armor worn by law enforcement.
Dr. Weiser - Role of surgical care in the delivery of health services in resource poor settings, particularly low- and middle-income countries