**David N. Herndon, MD

* Edgar Pierre

(postdoc)

1994-1996

MD

1991

University of Miami

Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Studies

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Ryder Trauma Center, University of Miami

·         *Sina Matin

·         (postdoc)

1995-1997

MD

1993

Medical College of Virginia

The Effects of Nutrition on Muscle Protein Kinetics in Severely Burned Patients

Private Practice, Irving, TX

Hiroto Ikeda

(postdoc)

1996

MD

1993

University of Tokyo

Apoptosis in the gut study

Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Teikyo School of Medicine, Japan

Kazuya Takagi

(postdoc)

1996

MD

1993

Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan

Growth hormone effects on immunologic and burns study

Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan

Steven Wolf

(postdoc)

1995-1996

MD

1990

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Effects of glucocorticoids on protein synthesis study

Vice President of Research, Professor-Dept. of Surgery-UTHSC; Director of Burns-Brooke Army Medical Center – San Antonio, Texas

·         *Meelie DebRoy

·         (postdoc)

1996-1998

MD

1992

Calcutta Medical College

Propranolol inhibition of lipolysis study

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Ctr.

·         *Peter Ramzy

·         (postdoc)

1997-1999

MD

1995

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Ameliorating the hypermetabolic response to thermal injury

Fellow, General Surgery, Suny-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

·         *Randi Vita

·         (postdoc)

1998-1999

MD

1998

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

The effects of burns on cytokines expression and modulation of this response

Research Scientist and Study Director, Dept. of Surgery, Aethlon Medical, San Diego, California

Juan P. Barret

(postdoc)

1997-1999

MD

1988

Univ. of Barcelona, Spain

Topical nystatin and infection control

Professor and Chair of Plastics and Burn in Barcelona, Spain

Minas Chrysopoulo

(postdoc)

1997-1998

MBBS

1996

University College of London Medical School, UK

Renal failure and the effects of TNF-a

Private Practice (plastics)  in San Antonio.

Victor Perez

(postdoc)

1998-1999

MD

1993

University Autonomous of Nuevo Leon, Monterey, Mexico

Population bacterial infection studies

Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery Kansas University Medical Center-Kansas City, KS

Aili Low

(postdoc)

1999-2000

MD

1991

Univ. of Bonn, Dept of Surgery, Germany

Long term effect of recombinant human growth hormone

Attending Surgeon, Dept. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, PhD Candidate Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden

Somesh C. Guha

(postdoc)

2000

MD

1993

Calcutta National Medical College, Calcutta, West Bengal

Morphometric analysis of smoke inhalation injury in an ovine model: after using monoclonal antibodies

Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine; Attending Physician, CAMA Health Systems, Inc., Charleston, WV

·         *Robinlyn Sayers

·         (postdoc)

1999-2001

MD

1998

Baylor College of Medicine-Houston

Cellular and molecular analysis of cultured human keratinocytes

Co-coordinator of Grants and Program Development, Large Animal Intensive Care Facility-UTMB

·         *David Hart

·         (postdoc)

1998-2000

MD

1996

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Sepsis, oxygen metabolism

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

Gregory Williams

(postdoc)

2000-2001

MBBS

 FRCS

1990

1995

Kings College, London UK

The use of different wound coverings to modulate the hypermetabolic response

Consultant Burns and Plastic Surgeon, PhD Candidate, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

·         *Joseph Sturdevant

·         (postdoc)

2000-2001

MD

1998

Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX

Use of exogenous albumin administration, resuscitation and support of patients with burns and traumatic injuries

Fellow in Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University, Amarillo, TX

·         *Kaiulani Morimoto

·         (postdoc)

2000-2001

MD

1996

John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii

Long term insulin use and changes in PTH and ionized calcium in burned patients

Surgery Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Xiao-Wu Wu

(postdoc)

2000-2004

MD

1991

University of Texas Medical Branch

Regulation of intestinal epithelium homeostasis by TNF-Alpha

Research Associate-Dept. of Surgery, UTASC, and Carrier-Scientist, Institute Surgical Research, Brook Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas

Mohan Dasu

(postdoc)

2001-2004

PhD

1998

Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India

Matrix metalloproteinase expression in burns

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, West Virginia University, Morgantown

Suchmor Thomas

(postdoc)

2001-2003

MBBS

1998

T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha Kerala, India

Hepatomegaly in burn patients

General Practice, Conroe, Texas

·         *Pedro Loredo

·         (postdoc)

2001-2002

MD

2001

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Effects of oxandrolone and propranolol on muscle after burn injury on children

General Surgeon, St. Johns Hospital, Detroit, MI

Kevin Murphy

(postdoc)

2003- 2004

MD

1997

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

Effects of long-term oxandrolone administration as an anabolic agent in severely burned children

Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery-Ulster Hospital-Belfast, UK

Giselle Oliveira

(postdoc)

2003- 2004

MD

1995

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

In vitro and in vivo evaluation of oxandrolone effects on scar formation: a randomized prospective

Professor 253-301-Luxembergo, BH, MG-CEP 30380-540 Brazil

Hermes Oliveira

(postdoc)

2003-2004

MD

1987

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Burn-induced gastric emptying delay in rats and the effect of selective COX-2 inhibitors

Professor, 253-301-Luxembergo, BH, MG-CEP 30380-540 Brazil

·         *Hui Xue (Paul)

·         (postdoc)

2003-2004

MD

1985

Shanghai Medical University

The role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of burn hypertrophic scars and keloids

Research Fellow, Dept. of Surgery, UTMB-Galveston

Jonathan Tenorio

(postdoc)

2003-2004

MD

1999

Central University of Venezuela School of Medicine

Fungal infections in severe burns

Fellow, Dept. of OB-GYN, UTMB-Galveston

·         *Orlando Beckum

·         (postdoc)

2003-2005

MD

2000

University of Texas Medical Branch

Ketoconozole steroids and protein synthesis in burns

Practices General Surgery in Houston, TX

Clifford Pereira

(postdoc)

2003- 2005

MD

1995

MS University Medical College, India

Use of non-viral multiple gene therapy to augment acute coetaneous wound healing

Surgical Resident, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Evan Pickus

 (postdoc)

2003-2005

MD

1997

Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC

N/A

Warren Gold

 (postdoc)

2004-2005

MD

1993

Creighton Medical School, Omaha, NE

Determinants of skeletal muscle catabolism after severe burn

Attending, Emergency Room, California

Amalia Cochran

(postdoc)

2004- 2005

MD

1998

Texas A&M University College of Medicine

Body composition changes in burned children

Attending Surgeon, Burn Unit University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah

William Norbury

2005-2009

MBBS

1999

St. Bartholomew  & The Royal London Hospital Medical College

Modulation of the hypermetabolic response: Long-term after burn using anabolic agents

Welsh Burn Center, Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom 

Ludwik Branski

2005-

MD

2001

University of Bohn, Bohn, Germany

The use of amnion as a coverage material for second degree burns

Current Clinical Fellow-Dept. of Surgery, UTMB-Galveston

Nora Nugent

2005- 2006

MD

2000

University College, Dublin

New Technologies to Improve Wound Healing

Dept. of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

Shawn Fagan

2003- 2005

MD

1994

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Pancreatitis after Burn

Assistant Professor and Medical Director Shriners Hospitals for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA

*Juquan Song

2006-

MD

1993

Sun Yat-Sen, University of Medical Science, China

The Effect of Insulin on the Inflammatory Response Postburn

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, UT Health Science Center-San Antonio

Iman Al-Haj

2007 - 2009

MD

1996

General Surgery Residency Program, Dubai

C.diff in Burns

Attending, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Al-Mousawi

2007 -

MD

2000

University of London

Effects of Long-Term Combined Oxandrolone and Propranolol Treatment Following Pediatric Major Burns

Current Clinical Fellow – Dept. of Surgery, UTMB, Galveston, TX

Lourdes Castanon

2008 -2009

MD

2003

State University of New York Health and Science Center, Brooklyn, NY

Age Effects on Postburn Outcomes

Resident - Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Fatemeh Emdad

2008 -

PhD

2007

Colorado State University

Mathematical Modeling to Determine Outcomes Post burn

Assistant Professor in Mathematics Dept. at the University of Connecticut

Mary Lumpkin

2008 -2009

MD

2002

University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ

Transfusions and Postburn Outcomes; How Much is Needed?

Fellow, Trauma and Wounds, University of Phoenix

Jennifer Perry

2005-2007

Ph.D

2004

University of Houston

Outpatient Social Skills Training to Amplify Positive Gains for Distressed Adolescent Burn Survivors

Staff Psychologist at VA in Cincinnati, OH

Haidy Rivero

2008 -2009

MD

2001

Caracas, Venezuea

Does Obesity Alter the Outcome of Severely Burned Patients?

Clinical Research Fellow, Dept. of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida

**Edward Sherwood,MD,PhD

+Tracy Toliver-Kinsky, PhD

Tushar Varma

(postdoc)

2000 -  2002

PhD

1997

University of Texas Medical Branch

Signal transduction in burn-induced immunomodulation

Instructor, Dept of Anesthesiology, UTMB-Galveston

·         *Tracy Toliver-Kinsky

·         (postdoc)

2000-2003

PhD

1998

University of Texas Medical Branch

Natural killer cell regulation of IFN-Gamma following thermal injury

Associate Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, UTMB-Galveston

·         *Erle D. Murphey

·         (postdoc)

2003-2004

PhD

2000

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Dendritic cell dysfunction in a murine model of post-septic immuno-suppression

Instructor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, UTMB-Galveston

·         *Zhiyu Huang

·         (postdoc)

2003-2004

MD

1991

Shanghai Second Medical University

The role of TGF-b in the burn/sepsis

Assistant Professor, Shanghai

Virginia Watson

2005- 2006

MD

2003

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Effect of Propranolol and/or Insulin on the Immune System after Burn

General Resident, University of San Diego

** D. L. Traber, PhD

+Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, PhD

Weike Tao

(postdoc)

1993-1996

MD

1992

Hubie Medical University, China

Use of AVCOR in acute inhalation injury

Assistant Professor – Dept. of Anesthesiology

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical

Brad Brazeal

(postdoc)

1996-1997

MD

1993

University of Texas Medical Branch

Modified hemoglobin improved renal function in sepsis in sheep

Psychiatric Alliance in Palestine, TX

Darien Bradford

 (postdoc)

1993-1995

MD

1989

University of Texas Medical Branch

Fluid flux in smoke inhalation injury.

Private Practice, Cardiovascular Surgery, Richardson, TX

Paul Schenarts

 (postdoc)

1994-1996

MD

1992

University of Maine

Effects of an L-selectin antibody on the pulmonary and systemic manifestations of severe smoke inhalation injuries in sheep

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, University of North Carolina

Temporarily on active duty in Iraq

Lori Cindrick

 (postdoc)

1995-1996

MD

1993

University of Texas Medical Branch

Bronchoscopic lavage with perfluorocarbon decreases post procedure hypoxemia

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, UTMB-Galveston

Hans Georg Bone

(postdoc)

1995-1996

MD

1993

University of Munster Germany

Effect of Super Oxide Desmutase in Inhalation Injury

Assistant Professor, Dept.  of Anesthesia, Munster Germany

Stephanie Fischer

 (postdoc)

1995-1998

MD

1988

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Hypoxic Vasoconstriction in Inhalation injury

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, UTMB-Galveston

Merci Jourdain

 (postdoc)

1996-1997

MD

1993

University of Lille France

Renal function during burns and inhalation injury

Associate Professor. Intensive Care Medicine, Lille, France

Scott Alpard

(postdoc)

1997-present

MD

1997

University of Texas Medical Branch

Prolonged hemodynamic stability during arteriovenous carbon dioxide removal for severe respiratory failure

Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UTMB, Galveston

Dong Fong

(postdoc)

2001-2003

MD

1990

Hubie Med. University,  China

Arteriovenous CO2 removal and mitogen activated protein kinases

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, UTMB-Galveston

Kazutaka Soejima

(postdoc)

1998-2000

MD

1990

Tsukuba University, Ibaraka, Japan

Role of nitric oxide in burn and smoke inhalation combined injury

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dept. of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical College, Tokyo, Japan

Kirk Bauer

 (postdoc)

1998

MD

1997

Medical University, Luebeck
Germany

Clearance of infused fluid from plasma is independent of large infusion volumes of 0.9% saline in sheep

Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesia, UTSW Dallas TX

Saduk Kiliturgay

 (postdoc)

1998-1999

MD

1991

Uludas University, Bursa Turkey

Severe hemorrhage shock

Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Uludas University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Lance Bauer

 (postdoc)

1999

MD

1998

Medical University of Luebeck
Germany

Intrarenal blood flow distribution and fluid balance during ANP receptor antagonism in hyperdynamic sepsis

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, UTMB Galveston

Kazunori Murakami

 (postdoc)

1999-2002

MD

PhD

1985-1996

Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan

Recombinant antithrombin attenuates sepsis following smoke inhalation in sheep

Dept. of Cardiology, Kumamoto University School of Kumamoto, Japan

Jiro Katahiro

 (postdoc)

2000-2001

MD

1989

Kagoshima University, Kagoshima Japan

Heparin nebulization attenuates acute lung injury in sepsis following smoke inhalation in sheep

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Abhijit Chandra

 (postdoc)

2001-2002

MD

1994

King George’s Medical College Lucknow, India

Aerosolized tissue plasminogen activator (T-PA) as a new treatment strategy for septic lung

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division, King George’s Medical University Lucknow, India

Katsumi Shimoda

 (postdoc)

2001-2003

MD

1989

Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan

Liver vitamin E depletion resulting from burn and smoke inhalation in sheep

Senior Staff, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yamagata University; Yamagata, Japan

Perenlei Enkebaatar

 (postdoc)

2001-2003

MD, PhD

2001

MD-St. Petersburg Military Medical Academy, Russia
PhD-Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan

Sepsis and Burn and Smoke Inhalation Injury and Acute Lung Injury

Research Instructor, Dept. of  Anesthesiology, UTMB-Galveston

Akio Mizutani

 (postdoc)

2002-2003

MD

1990

Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan

Role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute renal injury in rats

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Oita Medical University Hospital, Oita, Japan

Naoki Morita

 (postdoc)

2003-2004

MD

1994

Ryukyu University, Okinawa, Japan

Burn and Smoke Inhalation Injury; Acute Lung Injury

Post Doctoral Fellow Dept of Anesthesiology, UTMB Galveston

Martin Westphal

 (postdoc)

2003-2004

MD

1999

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfort, Germany

Hypoxic vasoconstriction during inhalation injury and burns

Assistant, Dept. of Anesthesiology University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Ruksana, Huda

 (postdoc)

2004-2006

PhD

1992

University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India

Reperfusion injury following burn and smoke inhalation injury

Current Fellow, Dept. of Anesthesiology, UTMB-Galveston, TX

Dirk M. Maybauer

 (postdoc)

2004-2005

MD, PhD

1992

2004

MD, PhD-The Justus-Liebig, University of Giessen, Germany

Sepsis and Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Anesthesiology, UTMB Galveston

Marc O. Maybauer

 (postdoc)

2004-2005

MD, PhD

2002

2004

MD, PhD-The Justus-Liebig, University of Giessen, Germany

Sepsis and Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Anesthesiology, UTMB Galveston

Sousse, Linda

2006-present

PhD

2006

University of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Inhalation
Injury/Sepsis

Graduate Student,
Pathology Education,
UTMB, Galveston, TX

**Robert R. Wolfe, PhD

+David N. Herndon, MD

* Melinda Moore

 (postdoc)

1997-1999

PhD

1997

Ball State University

Albumin and Metabolism Studies in Burned Children

Professor, Dept Aging, UTMB-Galveston

Elisabet Borsheim

 (postdoc)

1999-2002

PhD

1998

Norwegian University Oslo, Norway

Energy expenditure and the role of the sympathoadrenal system

Associate Professor, Dept. of Metabolism, Director of Metabolism, UTMB, Galveston, TX

Oivind Irtun

 (postdoc)

1999-2001

MD, PhD

1982

University of Tromsoe Norway

Fatty infiltration of the liver post-trauma

Professor and Assistant Chief of Staff, University Hospital of North, Tromsoe, Norway

Hisamine Kobayashi

 (postdoc)

1999-2001

DVM

1989

University of Tokyo, Japan

Research on protein and amino acid metabolism

Researcher, Ajinomoto Company, Inc. Kawasaki, Japan

Beatrice Morio

 (postdoc)

2000-2001

PhD

1997

University Clermont-Auvergne, France

The effect of propranolol on fat and protein catabolism

UMPE-Laboratoire de Nutrition Huamine, France

Tabatha Elliott

 (postdoc)

2000-2004

PhD

2000

University of Conn, Storrs, CT

Muscle protein metabolism

Research Associate,  Dept. of Surgery, UTMB, Galveston, TX

Douglas Paddon-Jones 

 (postdoc)

2000-2002

PhD

1999

University of Queensland Australia

Mechanisms of muscle synthesis and breakdown in humans and identification of interventions to counteract catabolism and promote anabolism

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Metabolism, UTMB, Galveston, TX

·         *Steven Thomas

·         (postdoc)

2000-2002

MD

1999

East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

Effect of intensive insulin therapy during acute hospitalization and long-term effects of recombinant growth hormone administration on linear growth, bone formation and lean body mass

Resident, Dept. of Plastic Surgery Resident, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA

Christos Katsanos 

 (postdoc)

2002- 2007

PhD

2001

Florida State University

The effect of cortisol on muscle protein synthesis during bed rest

Post Doc Fellow, UTMB, Galveston, TX

Melanie Cree

(predoc)

2002- 2007

BA

1999

Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Examining relationship between aging, burns and insulin resistance

MD General Surgery in Little Rock, Arkansas

Carwyn Sharp

(predoc)

2002- 2007

MS

2001

Ball State University

Molecular biology of metabolism

Human Performance Faculty, College of Charleston

* Ricki Fram

 (postdoc)

2004- 2006

(NIH 2004-2005)

MD

2002

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Assessment of mechanisms of improved wound healing and protein metabolism of insulin in severely burned patients

MD, General Surgery in Little Rock, Arkansas

**David N. Herndon, MD

·         * Celeste Finnerty

·         (postdoc)

2002- 2006

PhD

2001

UTMB

Correlation of genotypic changes to phenotypic catabolic responses following major burns in children

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery-UTMB, Galveston, TX

Associate Coordinator for Research, Shriners Burns Hospital for Children

·         Kita Katsuhiro

2008 -2009

PhD

2000

Kyushu University, Japan

Establishment of Stem Cell-Based Skin Substitutes

Instructor, Dept. of Surgery, UTMB, Galveston, TX

·         Gabriel Mecott

2008 - 2010

MD

1998

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Effects of propranolol and Growth Hormone in Hypertrophic Scars in Burned Patients

Faculty in Monterrey, Mexico

·         Felicia Williams

2007 - 2009

MD

2005

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Beta antagonists improves postburn morbidity and mortality

General Surgery Fellow at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

+Oscar E. Suman, PhD

**David N. Herndon, MD

·         Rene Przkora

2004- 2006

MD

1992

Medical School, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Anabolic effects agents and exercise on body composition and exercise performance

Resident, Dept. of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

**David N. Herndon, MD

·         *Roque Ramirez

·         (postdoc)

1996-1998

MD

1993

Ross University

Ibuprofen modulation of inhalation injury

Private Practice, El Paso, TX; President of Pan-American Surgical Association

*Jyoti Chawla Rai

(postdoc)

1997-1998

MD

1995

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Effects of Insulin-Like growth factor-I/Insulin-Like growth binding protein 3 on cardiac function in pediatric burns

Private Practice, Chillicothe, OH

·         *Sophia Lal

·         (postdoc)

1999-2000

DO

1999

University of North Texas Health Science, Ft. Worth, Texas

Recombinant human growth hormone to treat osteopenia and growth delay after major burns in children

Private Practice in Osteopathic Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia