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Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD, FACS, FCCM
Harry Edison Professor, Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Chief; Burn, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care Section
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

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In addition to the positions mentioned above, Dr. Buchman is Professor of Anesthesiology and of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is also Director of the Level I Trauma Center, co-Director of the Surgery/Burn/Trauma ICU, and Attending Surgeon at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Prior to moving to St. Louis, Dr. Buchman was Associate Professor of Surgery, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Director of the Training Program in Surgical Critical Care at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he also held a joint appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics.

The Associate Editor of Shock, Dr. Buchman has also been a member of the following editorial boards: Critical Care Medicine, International Journal of Surgical Investigation, The Journal of Surgical Research, and The Journal of the American College of Surgeons. He has published approximately 150 journal articles, abstracts, books, and chapters. Currently Dr. Buchman has three National Institutes of Health grants.

An active member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Buchman is the immediate Past President as well as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. Previously he chaired the following SCCM organizational bodies: Research Division, Project IMPACT Advisory Committee, and the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee of the Educational Affairs Division. He has served the American College of Surgeons as a member of the Surgical Research and Education Committee and Course Director for the Young Surgical Investigators' Conference.

Additionally, Dr. Buchman is a member of the following professional societies: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, American Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Shock Society, Society of University Surgeons, and Surgical Infection Society.

Washington University has honored Dr. Buchman with the Senior Class Award for Teacher of the Year and the Evarts A. Graham Resident Teaching Award. He is the recipient of the Dr. Harold Lamport Research Award Citation and the First Prize Resident's Award from Contemporary Surgery. While at Hopkins, Dr. Buchman was presented with the Anthony L. Imbembo Teaching Award and the Baltimore Academy Teaching Award. He received the John Van Prohaska Award and the Merck Award from the University of Chicago.

Dr. Buchman completed his fellowship in Traumatology and Critical Care at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Service Systems and his residency and internship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He received a medical degree, a doctorate in virology, a master's degree in organic chemistry, and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Chicago.

 

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