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Susannah Nicholson, MD
General Surgery Resident
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Education:
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Medical School - 2005
BS Biology, Duke University, B.S. in Biology - 2000
Other Postgraduate Training:
Publications:
Nicholson SE, Johnson RA, Craig T, Myers JG, Durante W, Stewart RM, Johnson FK.
Transfusion-related
acute lung injury in a rat model of trauma-hemorrhage.
J Trauma 70: 466-471, 2011.
Presentations:
2008, 'Heme derived iron reduces wound thickness,'
American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Surgical Forum, an Francisco, CA.
Professional organizations:
American Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
Bexar County Medical Society
Association of Women Surgeons
Honors and awards:
2000 - Graduated cum laude from Duke University
2000 - Graduated with Distinction in Biology from Duke University
Research experience:
1999-2000:
Investigated the interaction of surfactant protein A with lipoteichoic acid in gram positive bacteria
Principal Investigator: Jo Rae Wright, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology
Role: Co-investigator for undergraduate research project and honors thesis
2007 - Current Projects:
The role of heme oxygenase and carbon monoxide in wound healing
Principal Investigators: Robert Johnson, Ph.D., Fruzsina Johnson, MD and
Ronald Stewart, MD
UTHSCSA, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Role: Co-investigator
Hemoperitoneum and carbon monoxide formation
Principal Investigators: Robert Johnson, Ph.D., Fruzsina Johnson, MD,
Ronald Stewart, MD and John Myers, MD
UTHSCSA, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Role: Co-investigator
Effects of sleeve gastrectomy on metabolic parameters and insulin resistance in obese Zucker
Rats with development of procedure/model
Principal Investigator: Robert Johnson, Ph.D., and
Fruzsina Johnson, MD,
UTHSCSA, Department of Surgery
Role: Co-investigator
The role of MELD score in predicting mortality and outcome in trauma patients with cirrhosis
Principal Investigator: Michael Corneille, MD
UTHSCSA, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Role: Co-investigator
Awards, honors:
2009 Aust Society Resident Paper competition, 3rd place in basic science; Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Weight-Loss Model in Obese Zucker Rats
2008, NIH Loan Repayment Award - The NIH will provide funding to repay a portion of Dr. Nicholson's student loans in exchange for research. Dr. Nicholson will be working with Robert Johnson, PhD, and Ronald Stewart, MD, to investigate the Effects of Hemoperitoneum Driven Carbon Monoxide on Post-Traumatic Stability and Platelet Aggregation.
Biosketch: Susannah Nicholson is a General Surgery Resident working in Dr. Robert Johnson's laboratory in the Trauma and Emergency Surgery Division of the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Dr. Nicholson completed her medical training at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2005. Dr. Nicholson recently started her research rotation working with Dr. Robert Johnson identifying pathophysiological roles for endogenous carbon monoxide during trauma.
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