Directors
 M. Margaret Knudson, M.D., F.A.C.S. Professor of Surgery Interim Cheif, Department of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital Principal Investigator, San Francisco Injury Center for Research and Prevention Campus Box 0807 Dr. Knudson is currently a Professor of Surgery at UCSF, and the Principal Investigator of the CDC funded San Francisco Injury Center. She also serves as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Trauma, a member of the Executive Committee of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Board of Managers, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, on the editorial board of the Journal of Trauma, and as the Chair of the Western Trauma Association's Multi-center Trials Committee. |
 Mitchell J. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.S. Asssociate Professor of Surgery Campus Box 0807
Dr. Cohen is is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine based primarily at San Francisco General Hospital. Additionally, he is the Director of Acute Care for the SFIC. After completing his undergraduate studies at Bradeis University, he attended Mt Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He completed his residency at Rush University/Cook County Hospital in Chicago and then came to San Francisco where he completed the Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Fellowships. Dr. Cohen is actively engaged in research on hypoperfusion and perturbations in coagulation and inflammation in trauma. |
 Rochelle Dicker, M.D., F.A.C.S. Associate Professor in Residence Director, San Francisco injury Center for Research and Prevention Campus Box 0807 Dr. Dicker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery and the Director of the San Francisco Injury Center for Research and Prevention. She is a recipient of the American Association for Surgery of Trauma Scholarship for her work in violence prevention and is the founder and director of the Wraparound Project. Her research interests include adult respiratory distress syndrome, violence prevention, ultrasound in trauma diagnosis, mental illness as a risk factor in unintentional injury, trauma resuscitation and injury prevention. |