AAST Genito-Urinary Trauma Study Group

Author List: Renal Trauma


University of Utah

Primary Investigator:

Jeremy B. Myers, MD, FACS

  • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Jeremy.myers@hsc.utah.edu

Corresponding Author:

Sorena Keihani, MD

  • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Sorena.keihani@hsc.utah.edu

Co-investigators:

James M. Hotaling, MD, MS

  • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Jim.hotaling@hsc.utah.edu

Angela P. Presson, PhD

  • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • angela.presson@hsc.utah.edu

Chong Zhang, MS

  • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Chong.Zhang@hsc.utah.edu

Yizhe Xu, MS

  • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • yizhe.xu@hsc.utah.edu

Raminder Nirula, MD, MPH

  • Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • R.NIRULA@hsc.utah.edu

Support Statement:

This study was not directly supported by any industrial or federal funds. The investigation was in part supported by the University of Utah Study Design and Biostatistics Center, with funding in part from the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Grant 5UL1TR001067-05 (formerly 8UL1TR000105 and UL1RR025764).


Medical College of Wisconsin

Christopher M. Dodgion, MD, MSPH, MBA

  • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • cdodgion@mcw.edu

Joshua Piotrowski, MD, PhD

  • Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • jpiotrowski@mcw.edu


Loma Linda University and Medical Center

Kaushik Mukherjee, MD, MSCI

  • Division of Acute Care Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
  • KMukherjee@llu.edu

Cullen M. Black, BA

  • Division of Acute Care Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
  • CBlack@llu.edu


Intermountain Medical Center

Sarah Majercik, MD, MBA, FACS

  • Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA
  • sarah.majercik@imail.org

Bradley J. Morris, PA-C

  • Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA
  • brad.morris@imail.org


University of Pennsylvania

Brian P. Smith, MD

  • Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Brian.Smith2@uphs.upenn.edu

Cameron N. Fick, MS

  • Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Cf661@georgetown.edu


Hennepin County Medical Center

Ian Schwartz, MD

  • Department of Urology, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Ian.Schwartz@hcmed.org

Sean P. Elliott, M.D., M.S.

  • Department of Urology, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • selliott@umn.edu


University of California Davis Medical Center

Scott A. Zakaluzny, MD

  • Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
  • szak99@gmail.com

Erik S. DeSoucy, DO

  • Department of Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
  • esdesoucy@ucdavis.edu


University of Iowa

Bradley A. Erickson, MD, MS, FACS

  • Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
  • brad-erickson@uiowa.edu

Peter B. Thomsen

  • Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
  • peter-thomsen@uiowa.edu


University of California - San Francisco / UCSF

Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS

  • Department of Urology, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Benjamin.Breyer@ucsf.edu

Nima Baradaran, MD

  • Department of Urology, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Nima.baradaran@ucsf.edu


Detroit Medical Center

Richard A. Santucci, MD, FACS

  • Department of Urology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
  • rsantucc@dmc.org

Brandi Miller, DO

  • Department of Urology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
  • bmillerurology@gmail.com


Medical City Plano

Matthew M. Carrick, MD, FACS

  • Medical City Plano, Plano, TX, USA
  • 1mattcarrick@gmail.com

Barbara Shaffer, RN, BSN

  • Medical City Plano, Plano, TX, USA
  • Barbara.Shaffer@hcahealthcare.com


William Beaumont Royal Oak

Frank N. Burks, MD

  • Department of Urology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA
  • FBurks@urologist.org

Timothy Hewitt

  • Department of Urology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA
  • thewitt@oakland.edu


East Texas Medical Center

Jurek F. Kocik, MD

  • Department of Surgery, East Texas Medical Center, Tyler, Texas.
  • jurekkocikmd@gmail.com


Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Reza Askari, MD

  • Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
  • raskari@partners.org

Barbara U. Okafor, BS, MBA

  • Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
  • bokafor@bwh.harvard.edu