[6][7] He has specialized in acute care surgery, including trauma and care of the critically ill. His main areas of publication have included venous thromboembolism (VTE), aspiration-induced lung injury, pulmonary surfactant biology, and decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury (TBI).
His laboratory research has focused primarily on studying the chemokine modulation in inflammatory mechanisms associated with both lung contusion and its interaction with gastric aspiration.
[9] Additional areas of interest center on the role of Toll-like receptors and micro RNA in the pathogenesis of acute inflammatory response in direct forms of lung injury.
The focuses of his clinical interests are on the development of therapeutic strategies to mitigate the progression of these risk factors to ARDS, surfactant replacement therapy, and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
He also collaborates with in the areas of ultrasound biology, single cell imaging and microfluidic studies of liquid-air interface.