Simmons Conference: Dr. David Silver and Dr. Thiagu Meyyappan

Dr. David Silver
Title: "Right-Sizing" Trauma and Emergency General Surgery Care
Our projects focus on identifying specific Acute Care Surgery patients and resources and ensuring they align. I plan to discuss our work on the volume-outcome relationship in EMS for severely injured patients and access to advanced emergency general surgery services in the context of the new EGS-VP program.
Mentor: Dr. Brown

Dr. Thiagu Meyyappan
Title: "Engineering approaches to limiting post-operative adhesions and improving wound healing"
Mentors: Matthew Rosengart, MD and Steven Little, PhD