R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

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.

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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/MBNA 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

John Adamski II, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Special Interests: Trauma Surgery; Critical Care; Abdominal Compartment Syndrome; Injury Control and Prevention; Trauma Care Policy
Medical Degree: St. George’s University
Masters in Public Health: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Nassau University Medical Center
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Trauma/Critical Care Medicine
410-328-3495 / Academic Office

Grant V. Bochicchio, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical and Outcomes Research
Special Interests: Surgical Critical Care; Sepsis; Infection
Medical Degree: Pennsylvania State University Hospital, Hershey
Mastern In Public Health: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Residency: Pennsylvania State University Hospital
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Trauma/Critical Care Medicine
Certification: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-5537 / Academic Office

William C. Chiu, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Special Interests: Medications with 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
410-328-3587 / Fellowship Coordinator
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
410-328-1168 / Academic Office

James Cushman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Special Interests: Disaster Management; Damage Control Surgery
Medical Degree: Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons
Residency: St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, General Surgery
Fellowship: University of California, San Diego; Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-1168 / 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

James M. Haan, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Director of Trauma
Medical Director, Trauma Resuscitation Unit
Special Interests: Splenic Injury; Non-operative Management; Trauma Radiology; Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Medical Degree: University of Michigan
Residency: University of Iowa, General Surgery
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Trauma/Critical Care Medicine
Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-1168 / Academic Office

Sharon M. Henry, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, 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

Steven B. Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Surgical Critical Care
Medical Degree: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Rochester, General Surgery
Certification: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-7611 / Academic Office

Matthew E. Lissauer, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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

Philip R. Militello, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Special Interest: Trauma Surgery
Medical Degree: Univ of Nuevo Leon
Residency: Grant Hospital, General Surgery
Fellowship: Shock Trauma Center/MIEMSS/ Univ of Maryland Medical Center, Traumatology
Certifications: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-2399 / 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

James V. O'Connor, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., F.C.C.P.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Medical Degree: State University of New York/Downstate Medical Center
Residency: Downstate Medical Center - Kings County Hospital Center
Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia, Cardiothoracic Surgery; R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center - Surgical Critical Care
Certification: Surgery; Thoracic Surgery
410-328-8976 / Academic Office

Allan S. Philp, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical Degree: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt University, Surgery
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University, Trauma/Critical Care
Certification: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-0398 / Office

Amy C. Sisley, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Physician Education
Medical Degree: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Surgery
Fellowship: Emory University, J.D. Martin Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellow
Certification: Surgery; Surgical Critical Care
410-328-3055 / Academic Office

Deborah M. Stein, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Medical Director, Trauma Acute Care
Physician Director, CRRT Program
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: March 20, 2008.