Joseph Cuschieri, M.D.
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Associate Professor
Director of Surgical Critical Care
Faculty Appointments:
University of Washington, Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, 2007-present.
University of Washington, Associate Professor of Surgery, 2006 - present.
University of Washington, Assistant Professor, 2004-06.
University of Cincinnati, Assistant Professor, 2002-04.
Education:
Fellowships: Henry Ford Hospital, Surgical Critical Care, 1997-98.
University of Washington, NIH Postdoc Fellow in Trauma and Burn, 2000-02.
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1994-97, 1998-2000.
M.D. Degree: Wayne State University, 1994.
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery, 2001. Surgical Critical Care, 2002.
Clinical Interests:
Trauma, surgical critical care, surgical infections.
Research Interests:
Inflammatory response following injury and during sepsis.
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Selected Publications:
Cuschieri J, Gourlay D, Garcia I, Jelacic S, Maier RV. Hypertonic preconditioning inhibits macrophage responsiveness to endotoxin. J Immuno, 168(3):1389-96, 2002.
Cuschieri J, Billgren J, Maier RV. Phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC) is required for LPS-mediate macrophage activation through CD14. J Leukoc Biol, 80(2):407-14, 2006.
Cuschieri J, Maier RV. Oxidative Stress, Lipid Rafts and Macrophage Reprogramming. Antioxidant Redox, 9(9):1485-97, 2007.
Warner K, Cuschieri J, Copass MK, Jurkovich GJ, Bulger EM. Emergency department ventilation effects outcome in severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma, 64(2):341-7, 2008.
reviewed 5/08