SpecialtiesDavid G. Greenhalgh, M.D.
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Clinical/Research InterestsDavid G. Greenhalgh is chief of staff at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Burn Center. He is interested in investigating new drugs, growth factors, wound sealants, and dressings to treat pediatric burn injuries. Author of three books, he also reviews for Surgery, Archives of Surgery, Journal of Trauma, and American Journal of Pathology. Greenhalgh's research includes a study of long-term treatment of severely burned children with recombinant human growth hormone. He also has examined the role of programmed cell death in wound healing, role of injury and hypoxia in early gene activation, growth factors in impaired wound healing, and effects of burn wound closure on scarring. |
Title: |
Professor Chief of Burn Surgery |
Specialty: |
Surgery - Burn |
Center/Program Affiliation: |
Burn Center |
Address: |
UC Davis Medical Center - Cypress Building 2221 Stockton Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95817 |
Phone: |
(916) 734-2680 |
Education: |
State University of New York at Syracuse College of Medicine Syracuse, New York M.D. 1981 |
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Hamilton College Clinton, New York B.A. 1977 |
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Internships: |
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 1981-82 Surgery |
Residency: |
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 1982-86 Surgery |
Fellowships: |
University of Washington Seattle, Washington 1987-89 Burn Surgery University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, Vermont 1986-87 Surgery |
Board Certifications: |
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1998 American Board of Surgery, 1995 |
Professional Memberships: |
American Burn Association American College of Surgeons American Diabetes Association American Medical Association American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Association for Academic Surgery Fire Fighters Pacific Burn Institute International Society for Burn Injuries Society for Critical Care Medicine Society of University Surgeons Surgical Infection Society Wound Healing Society |
Select Recent Publications: |
Greenhalgh DG. All of the King's Soldiers. The 2007 ABA Presidential Addresss. J Burn Care Res 29: 2-11, 2008 Palmieri TL, London JA, O'Mara MS, Greenhalgh DG. Analysis of admissions and outcomes of verified and nonverified burn centers. J Burn Care Res 29: 208-212, 2008 Ballard J, Edelman L, Saffle J, Sheridan R, Kagan R, Bracco D, Cancio L, Cairns B, Baker R, Fillari P, Wibbenmeyer L, Voight D, Palmieri T, Greenhalgh D, Kemalyan N, Caruso D, Participating Members of the Multicenter Trials Group of the American Burn Association. Positive fungal cultures in burn patients: A multicenter review. J Burn Care Res 29: 213-221, 2008 Palmieri TL, Alderson TS, Ison D, O'Mara MS, Sharma R, Bubba A, Coombs E, Greenhalgh DG. Pediatric soup scald burn injury: Etiology and prevention. J Burn Care Res 29: 114-118, 2008 Lee, Y-K, Chew A, Fitzsimon L, Thomas R, Greenhalgh D, Cho K. Genome-wide changes in expression profile of murine endogenous retroviruses (MuERVs) in distant organs after burn injury. BMC Genomics 8: 440-448, 2007 Greenhalgh DG, Saffle JR, Holmes JH, IV, Gamelli RL, Palmieri TL, Horton JW, Tompkins RG, Traber DL, Mozingo DW, Deitch EA, Goodwin CW, Herndon DN, Gallagher JJ, Sanford AP, Jeng JC, Ahrenholz DH, Neely AN, O'Mara MS, Wolf SE, Purdue GF, Garner WL, Yowler CJ, Latenser BA (The American Burn Association Consensus Conference on Burn Sepsis and Infection Group). American Burn Association Consensus Conference to Define Sepsis and Infection in Burns. J Burn Care Res 28:776-790, 2007 O'Mara MS, Reed NL, Palmieri TL, Greenhalgh DG. Central venous catheter infections in burn patients with scheduled catheter exchange and replacement. J Surg Res 142: 341-350, 2007 Latenser BA, Miller SF, Bessey PQ, Browning SM, Caruso DM, Gomez M, Jeng JC, Krichbaum JA, Lentz CW, Saffle JR, Schurr MJ, Greenhalgh DG, Kagan RJ. National Burn Repository 2006: A ten year review. J Burn Care Res 28: 635-658, 2007 Greenhalgh DG. Consequences of excessive scar formation: Dealing with the problem and aiming for the future. Wound Rep Regen 15 (Suppl): S2-S5, 2007 Kowalske KJ, Greenhalgh DG, Ward SR. Hand Burns. J Burn Care Res 28: 607-610, 2007 |
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