National Trauma Institute

The National Trauma Institute is governed by a 20-member Board of Directors comprising leaders in the trauma field and representatives of the major national trauma organizations.

The Board's Science Committee is responsible for the development of the national research agenda, issuance and communication of Requests for Proposals to a national audience, consideration of proposals, and recommendation of contracts and funds to be awarded. This committee will create Study Sections to provide expertise in the appropriate clinical research areas consistent with the national research agenda.

Timothy C. Fabian, MD, FACS – Chair
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee

Donald H. Jenkins, MD, FACS – Vice Chair
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

M. Margaret Knudson, MD, FACS – Science Committee Chair
University of California
San Francisco, California

Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS – Immediate Past-Chair
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

P. David Adelson, MD, FACS
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

COL Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD, FACS
US Army Institute of Surgical Research
San Antonio, Texas

Stephen M. Cohn, MD, FACS
University of TexasHealth Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

CAPT James R. Dunne, MD, FACS
US Navy

COL Brian J. Eastridge, MD, FACS
US Army Institute of Surgical Research
San Antonio, Texas

Angela Gardner, MD, FACEP
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

John B. Holcomb, MD, FACS
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas

David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois

Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Andrew B. Peitzman, MD, FACS
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Andrew N. Pollak, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
College Park, Maryland

Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Col. Todd Rasmussen, MD, FACS
US Army Institute of Surgical Research
Ft. Sam Houston, Texas

Mrs. Jocelyn Straus
San Antonio, Texas

Steven Venticinque, MD
Steven Venticinque,
San Antonio, Texas

Steven E. Wolf, MD, FACS
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

"The clinical research supported by the National Trauma Institute will ultimately save thousands of military and civilian casualties by producing the "evidence" necessary for the provision of evidence-based medicine."

Timothy C. Fabian, MD, FACS,
Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee and Chairman, National Trauma Institute