Rosemary A. Kozar, Md, Phd
Professor
Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Rosemary Kozar is currently Professor of Surgery and Director of Translational Research at the University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. She completed medical school at Temple University School of Medicine then surgical training and surgical critical care at the University of Texas Houston and Temple University while also obtaining a PhD at Baylor College of Medicine. Her research interests are in nutrition in the critically ill and endothelial dysfunction after hemorrhagic shock. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and has been continuously funded by the NIH for almost 15 years. In addition to her role in the AAST, she serves as committee chair for the American College of Surgeons Verification Review Committee of the COT and the Women in Surgery Committee and is past President-elect of the Shock Society.
Research Interest
Hemorrhagic shock, syndecan-1, endothelial dysfunction, injured elderly, liver trauma
Publications
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Kozar RA, Feliciano DV, Moore EE, Moore FA, Cocanour CS, West MA, Davis JW, McIntyre RC Jr. Western Trauma Association/Critical Decisions in Trauma: Operative Management of Adult Blunt Hepatic Trauma. J Trauma. 2011 Jul;71(1):1-5.
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Moisey LL, Mourtzakis M, Cotton BA, Premji T, Heyland DK, Wade CE, Bulger E, Kozar RA.Skeletal muscle predicts ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, and mortality in elderly ICU patients. Critical Care 2013, Sep 19;17(5):R206.
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Kozar RA, Arbabi S, Stein D, Shackford SR, Barraco RD, Biffl WL, Brasel KJ, Cooper Z, Fakhry SM, Livingston D, Moore FA, Luchette F. Injury in the aged: Geriatric trauma care at the crossroads. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015, Jun;78(6):1197-209
