Publication Working Group Leaders
Christopher D. Barrett MD, FACS, MAJ, MC, USAR
Dr. Barrett is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he practices trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery. He completed his surgical training at BIDMC/Harvard and the Boston Medical Center, and a postdoctoral research fellowship in biology at MIT. Prior to medical school, he served as an Airborne Infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division and deployed to Iraq. He currently serves as a trauma surgeon in the U.S. Army Reserve, and leads an NIH-funded research lab that focuses on the intersection of inflammation, coagulation, and fibrinolysis in trauma and critical illness, with an emphasis on translating mechanistic discoveries into diagnostics and therapeutics.
Jeremy Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, Col (Ret.), USAF Reserve, MC
Dr. Cannon is Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania where he serves as the Surgeon Champion for the Penn Medicine-US Navy Trauma Training Partnership. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and Harvard Medical School and holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He served on active duty in the US Air Force from 2006 to 2015 as a trauma surgeon. He deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan during that time and retired as a Colonel in the US Air Force Reserve in 2023. His research interests include improving outcomes from hemorrhagic shock, developing technology for the management of acutely injured patients, and military-civilian trauma training partnerships.
THOR Network Position Papers
Trauma Hemostasis and Oxygenation Research Network Position Paper on the Role of Hypotensive Resuscitation As Part of Remote Damage Control Resuscitation: Click to Read
THOR- AABB Working Party Recommendations for a Prehospital Blood Product Transfusion Program: Click to Read
It is Time to Reconsider Leukoreduction of Whole Blood For Use in Patients With Life-Threatening Hemorrhage: Click to Read
U.S. Cities Will Not Meet Blood Product Resuscitation Standards During Major Mass Casualty Incidents: Results of a THOR-AABB Working Party Prospective Analysis: Click to Read
Trauma Hemostasis and Oxygenation Research Position Paper on Remote Damage Control Resuscitation: Definitions, Current Practice, and Knowledge Gaps: Click to Read
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