Trauma Surgery & Critical Care

Our Team

Overview

BMC is the only regional trauma center staffed 24/7 by full-time Trauma / Acute Care surgeons whose primary clinical and academic goals are the effective delivery of care. We have a dedicated trauma team of surgeons, nurse practitioners, critical care nurses and residents.

Peter A. Burke, MD, FACS
Chief of Trauma Surgery
Trauma Surgeon

Special Interests: Clinical reseach, Nutritional Support, Trauma Surgical Critical Care

Suresh Agarwal, MD, FACS 
Chief of Critical Care
Trauma Surgeon

Special Interests: Trauma; Thoracic trauma; Traumatic brain injury; Abdominal trauma; Surgical critical care; General surgery; Upper GI (hepatobiliary, stomach, esophagus); Lower GI (colorectal, small bowel); Hernia surgery; Laparoscopic surgery; Emergent surgery (acute care surgery); Wound healing; Resuscitation

John M. Kofi Abbensetts, MD,FACS
Trauma Surgeon

Special Interests: Complex wound managment; Surgical education

Tracey Dechert, MD
Trauma Surgeon

Special Interests: Geriatric Trauma; Pelvic fractures; Trauma in women

Andrew Glantz, MD, FACS
Trauma Surgeon

Special Interests: Complex abdominal wall hernias; Gastrointestinal endoscopy

Eric Mahoney, MD
Trauma Surgeon

Special Interests: Disaster preparedness; Trauma Systems Development

Katherine A. Mandell, MD, MPH
Trauma Surgeon

Special Interests: Health Systems, Injury Prevention, Trauma Resuscitation, Surgical Education

Trauma Program Manager
Joseph Blansfield, NP

Nurse Practitioners
Tricia Charise, NP, Surgical Critical Care
Nancy Connors, NP, Acute Care Surgery
Patty Harrison, NP, Acute Care Surgery
Kathleen Hirsch, NP, Surgical Critical Care
Liza Hunter, NP, Ambulatory Care
Darlene Kamel, NP, Surgical Critical Care
Shelley Leaf, NP, Acute Care Surgery
Janet Orf, NP, Surgical Critical Care
Rosemary Souza, NP, Ambulatory Care
Amanda Zambuto, NP, Surgical Critical Care

Injury Prevention
Lisa Allee, MSW, LICSW, Injury Prevention Coordinator; Director, Community Violence Response Team
Keith Gilliam, LMHC, Mental Health Clinician, Community Violence Response Team

Project Managers
Lauren McNamara
David Steger, MS

Trauma Registry
Julie Duggan
Heidi Wing