Physicians

Chief, Trauma and Critical Care Surgery

Departments / Divisions

• Surgery / Trauma and Critical Care
• Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-Critical Care Section

Address
DUMC 2837
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-4064

Office Telephone
919-684-3636

Fax Telephone
919-684-4392

Training

• MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1984

Residency

• General Surgery, Cook County Hospital, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1984-1986, 1989-1992 (Chief Resident, 1991-1992)

Fellowship

• Surgery (Research), Northwestern University (Illinois), 1986-1989

Other Training

• PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University (Illinois), 1990

Clinical Interests
Trauma, surgical critical care, gastrointestinal surgery, general surgery, surgical infections

Research Interests
Current research interests include: The development of an implantable artificial lung; design and evaluation of membrane oxygenators; evaluation of blood substitutes; treatment and physiology of shock; gastrointestinal tonometry.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Stephenson, GR; Gray, JL; Vaslef, SN; Louis, JT; Hill, SL. Impingement of the supraceliac aorta after a gun shot wound. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care. 2002;53:394. (2002) Abstract

Vaslef, SN; Knudsen, NW; Neligan, PJ; Sebastian, MW. Massive transfusion exceeding 50 units of blood products in trauma patients. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care. 2002;53:291-295. (2002) Abstract

Hewett, JJ; Freed, KS; Sheafor, DH; Vaslef, SN; Kliewer, MA. The spectrum of abdominal venous CT findings in blunt trauma. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2001;176:955-958. (2001) Abstract

Vaslef, SN; Kaminski, BJ; Talarico, TL. Oxygen transport dynamics of acellular hemoglobin solutions in an isovolemic hemodilution model in swine. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care. 2001;51:1153-1160. (2001) Abstract

Dahm, P; Roland, FH; Vaslef, SN; Moon, RE; Price, DT; Georgiade, GS; Vieweg, J. Outcome analysis in patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia. Urology. 2000;56:31-35. (2000) Abstract

Glasgow, SC; Shah, AS; Noone, RB; Gottfried, MR; Eachempati, SR; Talarico, TL; Vaslef, SN. Comparison of various hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate solutions as resuscitative fluids after hemorrhagic shock. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care. 2000;48:884-892. (2000) Abstract

Kypson, AP; Wentzensen, N; Georgiade, GS; Vaslef, SN. Traumatic vertebrojugular arteriovenous fistula: case report. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care. 2000;49:1141-1143. (2000) Abstract

Noone, RB; Bolden, JE; Mythen, MG; Vaslef, SN. Comparison of the response of saline tonometry and an automated gas tonometry device to a change in CO2. Critical Care Medicine. 2000;28:3728-3733. (2000) Abstract

Shah, AS; Forbess, JM; Skaryak, LA; Lilly, RE; Vaslef, SN; D'Amico, TA. Emergent thoracotomy for airway control after intrathoracic tracheal injury. Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care. 2000;48:1163-1164. (2000) Abstract