Acute Care & Trauma Surgery / Surgical Critical Care

Our Team

Overview

BMC is the only regional trauma center staffed 24/7 by full-time Acute Care/Trauma 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 Acute Care & Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care
Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

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

John M. Kofi Abbensetts, MD,FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Special Interests: Complex wound managment; Surgical education

Tracey Dechert, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

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

Andrew Glantz, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

Special Interests: Complex abdominal wall hernias; Gastrointestinal endoscopy

George Kasotakis, MD, MPH  
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

Special Interests: Abdominal wall reconstruction; Acute colitis; Acute lung injury/ARDS; Diverticulitis; Gallbladder disease; Hernia surgery; Refractory peptic ulcer disease

Beda Sarkar, MD
Laszlo N. Tauber Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

Special Interests: Basic & clinical research; Emergency general surgery

Trauma Program Manager

Joseph Blansfield, NP

Injury Prevention

Lisa Allee, MSW, LICSW, Injury Prevention Coordinator; Director, Community Violence Response Team

Keith Gilliam, LMHC, Mental Health Clinician, Community Violence Response Team