Clinical Services

Trauma Surgery

Chief surgeon consulting with patient while residents observe

Attendings in Trauma Surgery are available in the Shock Trauma Center 24 hours a day for consultation and referral regarding patients with severe single or multiple system injuries. These fellowship-trained surgeons direct Shock Trauma's team of fellows, residents, medical students, and nurses.

The teams are responsible for the global management of all patients admitted to Shock Trauma, beginning with assessment, stabilization, and diagnosis in the Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU).

Trauma attendings also perform emergent and scheduled surgical procedures and oversee clinical management on the recovery units. For patients discharged from the trauma center, surgeons provide follow-up care through the Shock Trauma outpatient clinic.

Specialists at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center are available for consultation and patient referral 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ambulatory patients are evaluated in Shock Trauma's Outpatient Clinic on a scheduled basis.

Call University OneCall/Maryland ExpressCare at 1-800-373-4111 for easy access and no-hassle service.

Trauma Surgery Faculty

Thomas M. Scalea, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M.
Physician-in-Chief
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Francis X. Kelly Professor of Trauma Surgery
Director, Program in Trauma
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Special Interests: Trauma Surgery; Surgical Critical Care; Geriatric Trauma
Medical Degree: Medical College of Virginia
Residencies: Upstate Medical Center, General Surgery
Fellowship: New York Medical College, Critical Care Medicine/Trauma
Certification: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-8976 Academic Office

Megan L. Brenner, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Medical Degree: Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University
Residency: New York Medical College/Sound Shore Medical Center, General Surgery; UCLA Medical Center/David Geffen School of Medicine, General Surgery
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Certification: General Surgery

William C. Chiu, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Chair, Shock Trauma Center Research Committee
Special Interests: Surgical Critical Care; Shock
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, General Surgery
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Surgical Research, Trauma Research Training, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Certification: Surgery
410-328-1205 / Academic Office

Carnell Cooper, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Special Interest: General and Trauma Surgery; Critical Care; Pancreatitis
Medical Degree: Duke University
Residencies: University of Minnesota, General Surgery; Yale-New Haven Medical Center, General Surgery
Fellowships: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Trauma/Critical Care Medicine
Certification: Surgery
410-328-1205 / Academic Office

Jose J. Diaz, M.D., C.N.S., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M.
Chief of Acute Care Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Medical Degree: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Residency: Huron / Hillcrest Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Affiliated Health Systems
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Special Interests: Thoracic Trauma; Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction / Ventral Hernia; Re-do General Surgery; Intestinal Fistulas; Surgical Nutrition
410-328-3055 / Academic Office

David R. Gens, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Special Interest: Trauma Surgery, Information Technology
Medical Degree: University of Brussels
Residency: George Washington University Hospital, General Surgery
Fellowships: Shock Trauma Center/MIEMSS/ University of Maryland Medical Center, Traumatology/Critical Care Medicine
Certifications: Surgery; Critical Care
410-328-3495 / Academic Office

Sharon M. Henry, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery
Director, Division of Wound Healing and Metabolism
Special Interest: Trauma and Critical Care Surgery; Complex Injury; Wound Healing and Metabolism; ATLS
Medical Degree:University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, General Surgery
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Critical Care Medicine
Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-2399 / Academic Office

Matthew E. Lissauer, MD, FACS
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Assistant Professor of Surgery
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Special Interests: Inflammation and Sepsis
Medical Degree: New York Medical College
Residency: Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT, General Surgery
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
Certifications: General Surgery; Board eligible Surgical Critical Care
410-328-7611 / Academic Office

Sarah B. Murthi, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Trauma/Critical Care
Special Interest: Cardiac Physiology
Medical Degree: University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey
Residency: George Washington University Medical Center
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
Certifications: General Surgery
410-328-1205 / Academic Office

Mayur Narayan, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Medical Director, Center for Injury Prevention & Policy
Trauma/Critical Care/Acute Care & Emergency General Surgery
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Medical Degree: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, General Surgery
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

Laurie J. Punch, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Medical Degree: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, General Surgery

Deborah M. Stein, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical Director, Neurotrauma Critical Care
Chief, Section of Trauma Critical Care
Special Interests: Management of Traumatic Brain Injury; Functional Outcomes After Trauma; Injury Control; Continual Renal Replacement Therapy in Trauma
Medical Degree: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Masters in Public Health: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, General Surgery
Fellowships: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care; R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Traumatology
Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-1168 / Academic Office

This page was last updated on: February 15, 2012.

For all patient information, please call 410-328-9284.