Joyce and Don Massey Family Foundation Professor
Professor of Surgery
[email protected]
Available to mentor
Lena Marie Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM
Professor
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Fellow in Surgical Critical Care and TraumaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, 1991
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Chief Resident in General SurgeryGeorge Washington University Hospital, Washington D.C., 1990
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General Surgery ResidentGeorge Washington University Hospital, Washington D.C., 1989
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MDG, e, 1984
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Center MemberCenter for Integrative Research in Critical Care
1. Anemia and blood transfusion in trauma and critical care; Hepcidin regulation of anemia
2. Optimal Surgical Critical care outcomes. Gender differences in outcome after trauma.
3. Clinical / biologic predictors of multiple organ dysfunction and failure after trauma or critical illness.
4. Emergency general surgery, national and worldwide opportunities for excellence.
5. The role of the gastrointestinal tract as a potentiator of organ dysfunction, sepsis and hypermetabolism in surgical patients. Altered gut permeability and gut mucosal immunity associated with trauma or surgery.
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Picetti E, Demetriades AK, Catena F, Aarabi B, Abu-Zidan FM, Alves OL, Ansaloni L, Armonda RA, Badenes R, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Barbanera A, Bertuccio A, Biffl WL, Bouzat P, Buki A, Castano-Leon AM, Cerasti D, Citerio G, Coccolini F, Coimbra R, Coniglio C, Costa F, De Iure F, Depreitere B, Fainardi E, Fehlings MJ, Gabrovsky N, Godoy DA, Gruen P, Gupta D, Hawryluk GWJ, Helbok R, Hossain I, Hutchinson PJ, Iaccarino C, Inaba K, Ivanov M, Kaprovoy S, Kirkpatrick AW, Klein S, Kolias A, Konovalov NA, Lagares A, Lippa L, Loza-Gomez A, Luoto TM, Maas AIR, Maciejczak A, Maier RV, Marklund N, Martin MJ, Melloni I, Mendoza-Lattes S, Meyfroidt G, Munari M, Napolitano LM, Okonkwo DO, Otomo Y, Papadopoulos MC, Petr O, Peul WC, Pudkrong AK, Qasim Z, Rasulo F, Reizinho C, Ringel F, Rizoli S, Rostami E, Rubiano AM, Russo E, Sarwal A, Schwab JM, Servadei F, Sharma D, Sharif S, Shiban E, Shutter L, Stahel PF, Taccone FS, Terpolilli NA, Thomé C, Toth P, Tsitsopoulos PP, Udy A, Vaccaro AR, Varon AJ, Vavilala MS, Younsi A, Zackova M, Zoerle T, Robba C. World J Emerg Surg, 2024 Jan 18; 19 (1): 4Journal ArticleEarly management of adult traumatic spinal cord injury in patients with polytrauma: a consensus and clinical recommendations jointly developed by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) & the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).
DOI:10.1186/s13017-023-00525-4 PMID: 38238783 -
Picetti E, Demetriades AK, Catena F, Aarabi B, Abu-Zidan FM, Alves OL, Ansaloni L, Armonda RA, Badenes R, Bala M, Balogh ZJ, Barbanera A, Bertuccio A, Biffl WL, Bouzat P, Buki A, Castano-Leon AM, Cerasti D, Citerio G, Coccolini F, Coimbra R, Coniglio C, Costa F, De Iure F, Depreitere B, Fainardi E, Fehlings MJ, Gabrovsky N, Godoy DA, Gruen P, Gupta D, Hawryluk GWJ, Helbok R, Hossain I, Hutchinson PJ, Iaccarino C, Inaba K, Ivanov M, Kaprovoy S, Kirkpatrick AW, Klein S, Kolias A, Konovalov NA, Lagares A, Lippa L, Loza-Gomez A, Luoto TM, Maas AIR, Maciejczak A, Maier RV, Marklund N, Martin MJ, Melloni I, Mendoza-Lattes S, Meyfroidt G, Munari M, Napolitano LM, Okonkwo DO, Otomo Y, Papadopoulos MC, Petr O, Peul WC, Pudkrong AK, Qasim Z, Rasulo F, Reizinho C, Ringel F, Rizoli S, Rostami E, Rubiano AM, Russo E, Sarwal A, Schwab JM, Servadei F, Sharma D, Sharif S, Shiban E, Shutter L, Stahel PF, Taccone FS, Terpolilli NA, Thomé C, Toth P, Tsitsopoulos PP, Udy A, Vaccaro AR, Varon AJ, Vavilala MS, Younsi A, Zackova M, Zoerle T, Robba C. World J Emerg Surg, 2024 Jan 18; 19 (1): 4Journal ArticleEarly management of adult traumatic spinal cord injury in patients with polytrauma: a consensus and clinical recommendations jointly developed by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) & the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).
DOI:10.1186/s13017-023-00525-4 PMID: 38238783 -
Hemmila MR, Neiman PU, Hoppe BL, Gerhardinger L, Kramer KA, Jakubus JL, Mikhail JN, Yang AY, Lindsey HJ, Golden RJ, Mitchell EJ, Scott JW, Napolitano LM. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 2024 May 1; 96 (5): 715 - 726.Journal ArticleImproving outcomes in emergency general surgery: Construct of a collaborative quality initiative.
DOI:10.1097/TA.0000000000004248 PMID: 38189669 -
Park PK, Napolitano LM. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 2024 Apr 1; 96 (4): 523 - 536.Journal ArticleModern mechanical ventilation strategies for the acute care surgeon: What you need to know.
DOI:10.1097/TA.0000000000004194 PMID: 38196095 -
Worldwide Antimicrobial Resistance National/International Network Group (WARNING) Collaborators . World J Emerg Surg, 2023 Oct 16; 18 (1): 50Journal ArticleTen golden rules for optimal antibiotic use in hospital settings: the WARNING call to action.
DOI:10.1186/s13017-023-00518-3 PMID: 37845673 -
Albert RK, Jurkovich GJ, Connett J, Helgeson ES, Keniston A, Voelker H, Lindberg S, Proper JL, Bochicchio G, Stein DM, Cain C, Tesoriero R, Brown CVR, Davis J, Napolitano L, Carver T, Cipolle M, Cardenas L, Minei J, Nirula R, Doucet J, Miller PR, Johnson J, Inaba K, Kao L. JAMA, 2023 Nov 28; 330 (20): 1982 - 1990.Journal ArticleSigh Ventilation in Patients With Trauma: The SiVent Randomized Clinical Trial.
DOI:10.1001/jama.2023.21739 PMID: 37877609 -
Fawley JA, Tignanelli CJ, Werner NL, Kasotakis G, Mandell SP, Glass NE, Dries DJ, Costantini TW, Napolitano LM. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 2023 Oct 1; 95 (4): 592 - 602.Journal ArticleAmerican Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma clinical protocol for management of acute respiratory distress syndrome and severe hypoxemia.
DOI:10.1097/TA.0000000000004046 PMID: 37314843 -
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery Collaborators . BJA Open, 2023 Sep; 7: 100207Journal ArticleExploring the cost-effectiveness of high versus low perioperative fraction of inspired oxygen in the prevention of surgical site infections among abdominal surgery patients in three low- and middle-income countries.
DOI:10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100207 PMID: 37655933
