University of California San Francisco

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Joseph
Cuschieri
MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Chief of Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

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Address

1001 Potrero Avenue, #3A25
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States

    Biography

    Joseph Cuschieri M.D. earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry from the University of Michigan, and his Medical Degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine.  He completed his general surgery residence and surgical critical care fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.  Upon completion of his clinical training, he completed a 2-year NIH T32 Fellowship in the field of Trauma/Burn/Inflammation.

    Dr. Cuschieri is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery with subspecialty certification in Surgical Critical Care.

    Upon completion of his fellowship in 2002, Dr. Cuschieri joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine.  After a couple of years he left Cincinnati and returned to Seattle, joining the faculty at the University of Washington School of Medicine where he served as the Medical Director of Surgical Critical Care, Interim Associate Medical Director of Critical Care, Associate Medical Director of Surgical Services, and Program Director of Surgical Critical Care.  Dr. Cuschieri left Washington and came to UCSF in 2021 to join the faculty in the Department of Surgery as Professor and Trauma Medical Director at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

    Dr. Cuschieri currently serves as Principal Investigator, Co-Principle investigator, or Co-Investigator on 3 federally funded grants and has authored or co-authored over 170 peer-reviewed articles and more than 10 book chapters.  His national service includes active participation in major trauma, critical care, and surgical societies including the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Society of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors.  He also serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 09/2021
    University of Washington T32 Trauma/Burn/Inflammation 6/2002
    Henry Ford Hospital Medical Center General Surgery 6/2000
    Henry Ford Hospital Medical Center Surgical Critical Care 6/1998
    Wayne State University School of Medicine MD Medicine 6/1994
    University of Michigan BS Biochemistry 6/1990

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    John K. Stevenson Faculty Teaching Award in Surgery University of Washington School of Medicine 2019
    CDC HA-VTE Prevention Challenge Champion Centers of Disease Control 2015
    Castle Connelly Top Doctors Castle Connelly Inc. 2006/2021
    Joseph Sussman Memorial Award Surgical Infection Society 2006

    Clinical Trials

    1. Related Conditions: Acute Kidney Injury| Start Date: | End Date:

    In the News

    January, 09, 2023 | UCSF Department of Surgery

    Grants and Funding

    • Surgery Research Training Program | NIH | 2017-07-01 - 2022-06-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • Validation of a Genomics Based Prognostic in Severe Trauma | NIH | 2013-06-01 - 2017-04-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • A Randomzied Phase II Trial of CMV Prevention in Acute Lung Injury | NIH | 2010-06-01 - 2016-12-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING | NIH | 1975-07-01 - 2015-06-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • Bedside Genomics in Severe Trauma | NIH | 2012-09-25 - 2014-08-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • Planning a Multi-Center Trial of Interferon-gamma in Trauma Patients | NIH | 2012-09-01 - 2014-08-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • SIS multicenter study of duration of antibiotics for intraabdominal infection | NIH | 2007-09-11 - 2014-08-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • Inflammation and the Host Responses to Injury | NIH | 2000-09-01 - 2013-08-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • TRAUMA &SEPSIS INDUCED CHANGES IN IMMUNE CELL MEMBRANE RECEPTOR TRAFFICKING | NIH | 2007-09-01 - 2013-06-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
    • Hypertonic Modulation of Inflammation following Injury | NIH | 2007-06-11 - 2012-11-30 | Role: Co-Investigator

    Research Narrative

    Dr. Cuschieri is a clinical and translational researcher who has worked to decipher the effects of initial injury on subsequent alterations immune function, and development of evidence based practices to improve care of injured and septic patients.  His main research focus is in the fields of polytrauma, hemorrhagic shock and neurotrauma with a specific interest in long-term outcomes following injury. From a critical care perspective, his main focus has been on organ support in the critically ill and septic patient.

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 203
    1. Alcohol Intoxication Is Associated With Bladder Injury and Bladder Surgical Repair in Patients Sustaining Motor Vehicle Collisions.
      Lui JL, Hakam N, Shaw NM, Cuschieri J, Abbasi B, Breyer BN| | PubMed
    2. Management of Decompensated Cirrhosis in the Surgical ICU: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document.
      Seshadri A, Appelbaum R, Carmichael SP, Cuschieri J, Hoth J, Kaups KL, Kodadek L, Kutcher ME, Pathak A, Rappold J, Rudnick SR, Michetti CP| | PubMed
    3. Perception of Treatment Success and Impact on Function with Antibiotics or Appendectomy for Appendicitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial with an Observational Cohort.
      Thompson CM, Voldal EC, Davidson GH, Sanchez SE, Ayoung-Chee P, Victory J, Guiden M, Bizzell B, Glaser J, Hults C, Price TP, Siparsky N, Ohe K, Mandell KA, DeUgarte DA, Kaji AH, Uribe L, Kao LS, Mueck KM, Farjah F, Self WH, Clark S, Drake FT, Fischkoff K, Minko E, Cuschieri J, Faine B, Skeete DA, Dhanani N, Liang MK, Krishnadasan A, Talan DA, Fannon E, Kessler LG, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ, Monsell SE, Lawrence SO, Flum DR, Lavallee DC, Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative| | PubMed
    4. Analysis of Outcomes Associated With Outpatient Management of Nonoperatively Treated Patients With Appendicitis.
      Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative, Talan DA, Moran GJ, Krishnadasan A, Monsell SE, Faine BA, Uribe L, Kaji AH, DeUgarte DA, Self WH, Shapiro NI, Cuschieri J, Glaser J, Park PK, Price TP, Siparsky N, Sanchez SE, Machado-Aranda DA, Victory J, Ayoung-Chee P, Chiang W, Corsa J, Evans HL, Ferrigno L, Garcia L, Hatch Q, Horton MD, Johnson J, Jones A, Kao LS, Kelly A, Kim D, Kutcher ME, Liang MK, Maghami N, McGrane K, Minko E, Mohr C, Neufeld M, Patton JH, Rog C, Rushing A, Sabbatini AK, Salzberg M, Thompson CM, Tichter A, Wisler J, Bizzell B, Fannon E, Lawrence SO, Voldal EC, Lavallee DC, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ, Davidson GH, Flum DR, Kessler LG| | PubMed
    5. Self-selection vs Randomized Assignment of Treatment for Appendicitis.
      Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative, Davidson GH, Monsell SE, Evans H, Voldal EC, Fannon E, Lawrence SO, Krishnadasan A, Talan DA, Bizzell B, Heagerty PJ, Comstock BA, Lavallee DC, Villegas C, Winchell R, Thompson CM, Self WH, Kao LS, Dodwad SJ, Sabbatini AK, Droullard D, Machado-Aranda D, Gibbons MM, Kaji AH, DeUgarte DA, Ferrigno L, Salzberg M, Mandell KA, Siparsky N, Price TP, Raman A, Corsa J, Wisler J, Ayoung-Chee P, Victory J, Jones A, Kutcher M, McGrane K, Holihan J, Liang MK, Cuschieri J, Johnson J, Fischkoff K, Drake FT, Sanchez SE, Odom SR, Kessler LG, Flum DR| | PubMed
    6. Postinjury platelet aggregation and venous thromboembolism.
      Matthay ZA, Hellmann ZJ, Nunez-Garcia B, Fields AT, Cuschieri J, Neal MD, Berger JS, Luttrell-Williams E, Knudson MM, Cohen MJ, Callcut RA, Kornblith LZ| | PubMed
    7. Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the acute resuscitation, initial patient evaluation, imaging, and management research gap Delphi survey.
      Costantini TW, Galante JM, Braverman MA, Phuong J, Price MA, Cuschieri J, Godat LN, Holcomb JB, Coimbra R, Bulger EM, NTRAP Acute Resuscitation Panel| | PubMed
    8. Nonoperative Management in Blunt Splenic Trauma: Can Shock Index Predict Failure?
      Senekjian L, Robinson BRH, Meagher AD, Gross JA, Maier RV, Bulger EM, Arbabi S, Cuschieri J| | PubMed
    9. Patient Factors Associated With Appendectomy Within 30 Days of Initiating Antibiotic Treatment for Appendicitis.
      Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative, Monsell SE, Voldal EC, Davidson GH, Fischkoff K, Coleman N, Bizzell B, Price T, Narayan M, Siparsky N, Thompson CM, Ayoung-Chee P, Odom SR, Sanchez S, Drake FT, Johnson J, Cuschieri J, Evans HL, Liang MK, McGrane K, Hatch Q, Victory J, Wisler J, Salzberg M, Ferrigno L, Kaji A, DeUgarte DA, Gibbons MM, Alam HB, Scott J, Kao LS, Self WH, Winchell RJ, Villegas CM, Talan DA, Kessler LG, Lavallee DC, Krishnadasan A, Lawrence SO, Comstock B, Fannon E, Flum DR, Heagerty PJ| | PubMed
    10. A new trauma frontier: Exploratory pilot study of platelet transcriptomics in trauma patients.
      Fields AT, Lee MC, Mayer F, Santos YA, Bainton CMV, Matthay ZA, Callcut RA, Mayer N, Cuschieri J, Kober KM, Bainton RJ, Kornblith LZ| | PubMed