FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) -- Though Captain Donald Bittner retired from the U.S. military nearly three years ago, his work to aid soldiers wounded in battle continues -- this time, by preparing ...

The Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program at UAB provides an opportunity for fellows to acquire in-depth knowledge of the pathophysiology of critical care, treatment of the most ...

Trauma surgeons (also called critical care and acute care surgeons) specialize in performing emergency surgeries on people who’ve had a critical injury or illness. Trauma surgery requires extensive ...

Trauma surgeon and Navy veteran Dr. Peter Rhee rates 10 battlefield medical scenes in movies and television for realism. Dr. Rhee discusses the accuracy of medical war scenes in “Hacksaw Ridge” (2016) ...

Baylor College of Medicine has a profound history in the care of trauma and acute care surgery patients. Dr. Kenneth Mattox, a true pioneer who, by helping define what trauma surgery was, had an ...

The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery has a unique connection with the military. Twelve faculty members are either veterans or active duty military. Many trauma surgeons will spend years ...

ST. LOUIS — When he’s not working as a level one trauma surgeon in the emergency department at St. Louis University Hospital, he can be found in SLU classes teaching the next generation of medical ...

Athena Failla, a third-year student at Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, reflects on her first call day in a trauma surgery rotation. Her account, “One Call Day of Many to Come,” was first ...

Dr. Ronald Stewart is a trauma surgeon at University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, the region’s Level I trauma center for adults and children. Three kids and one adult were transported to the ...