Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care -- Select the Page to Return to --Clinical FacultyApplication ProcessAbout the University of Alabama School of MedicineStudent WithdrawalSurgical Grand RoundsCenters and Programs Related to SurgeryDepartment of PediatricsDivision of Oral Maxillofacial SurgeryFrequently Asked QuestionsInternational CoursesImpairment and Substance Abuse (B7-01)About UsSubspecialties & Clinics The Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care works closely with the Divisions of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Urology. Together with the regional and statewide EMS program, the section provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary program of care for the severely injured multisystem trauma or burn victim. UAB Hospital has been verified as a Level I Trauma Center by the 1999 American College of Surgeons Standards and the State of Alabama and has become one of the major treatment centers in the southeastern U.S. for patients suffering traumatic injury. The Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care and the associated Center for Injury Sciences at UAB are actively engaged in clinical and laboratory research programs which focus on : burn wound coverings and support techniques mediators and mechanisms of the metabolic response to injury, organ system failure and host defense mechanisms motor vehicle crash biomedical research role of growth factors in wound healing injury epidemiology trauma system development Trauma, surgical critical care, and trauma development Loring W. Rue, III, M.D. Burns, trauma and surgical critical care James M. Cross, M.D. Trauma; surgical critical care, prehospital care, trauma outcomes research Jeffrey D. Kerby, M.D. Burns, trauma, surgical critical care Sherry M. Melton, M.D. Trauma, critical care medicine Donald Reiff, M.D. Trauma, surgical critical care Jordan A. Weinberg, M.D. Computer modeling; prediction of injuries with critical care; trauma; burns; and surgical care Samuel T. Windham, III, M.D.		EDUCATION & TRAINING: General Surgery Residency Training Program CENTERS: Centers and Programs in General Surgery CONTACT US: UAB Health System Facilities Department of Surgery Home Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care - Physicians CENTERS: Centers and Programs in General Surgery Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care Center Center for Injury Science Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care Residency Home
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