Burn and Surgical Research at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Members of the Burn and Surgical Research Team represented The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and MedStar Health Research Institute at the Annual Wound Healing Society Meeting April 29-May 3 in San Antonio, TX. Presentations were as follows: Shawn Tejiram, MD gave a podium presentation titled Pressure Therapy Augments Collagen Composition in Hypertrophic Scar. His coauthors on this work were Taryn E. Travis, MD, Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Hilary A. Hoffman, BS,

Members of the Burn and Surgical Research Team represented The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and MedStar Health Research Institute at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association (ABA) April 21-24 in Chicago, IL. Presentations, awards, and participation were as follows: Bonnie Carney was honored with the Albert T. McManus Award for Burn Microbiology Best Paper at the ABA 47th Annual Meeting. Ms. Carney’s manuscript was based on the work presen

Shawn Tejiram MD, Lauren Moffatt PhD, and Jeffrey Shupp MD attended the 35thAnnual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society which took place from April 15-18 in Westlake Village, CA. Dr. Shupp moderated a panel discussion at the conference and Dr. Tejiram gave a presentation titled Are Screening Nasal Swabs To Detect MRSA Clinically Useful In Predicting Outcomes In Adult Burn Centers: A Large Regional Burn Center’s Experience. His coauthors on this work were Laura S. Johns

Shawn Tejiram, MD presented a poster at the 2015 All Surgeon's Day Conference held March 7, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC. This conference is the DC Chapter’s meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Tejiram’s poster was on the use of MRSA screening nasal swabs to determine management and predict outcomes in burn patients. The presentation was titled: Are Screening Nasal Swabs To Detect MRSA Clinically Useful In Predicting Outcomes In Adult Burn Centers

Noninvasive imaging technologies for cutaneous wound assessment: A review. Paul DW, Ghassemi P, Ramella-Roman JC, Prindeze NJ, Moffatt LT, Alkhalil A, Shupp JW. Wound Repair Regen. 2015 Apr 1. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12262. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25832563