Directors

M. Margaret Knudson
M. Margaret Knudson, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Professor of Surgery

Principal Investigator, San Francisco Injury Center

for Research and Prevention

Campus Box 0807
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0807
(415) 206-8673 Appointments
(415) 206-4623 Office
(415) 206-5484 Fax
pknudson@sfghsurg.ucsf.edu
 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, 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 MultiCenter Trials Committee.
Mitchell Cohen
Mitchell J. Cohen, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Campus Box 0807
San Francisco CA 94143-0807
(415) 206.8673 Appointments
(415) 206.4622 Office
(415) 206.5484 Fax
mcohen@sfghsurg.ucsf.edu

 

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 undergarduate 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, MD
Rochelle Dicker, MD

Assistant  Professor
Director, San Francisco injury Center for Research and Prevention

Campus Box 0807
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco CA 94143-0807
(415) 206-8673 Appointments
(415) 2064623 Office
(415) 206.5484 FAX
dickerr@sfghsurg.ucsf.edu

  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.